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CaptainCorella
The movie is good, but they were very constrained by the fact that one of the cameras didn't work. It's a great time capsule. Eric Clapton was in the middle of his dreadful drug dependancy, but still pulled off two great performances.
I was in the UK at the time so could only follow it through media reports.
But, a good friend brought me over the USA triple album for Xmas that year. (I'd never met a USA multiple album set before and instead of the sides being 1 & 2 on disc 1, 3 & 4 on disc 2 and 5 & 6 on disc 3 - as in the UK, they were 1 & 6 on Disc 1, 2 & 5 on disc 2 and 3 & 4 on disc 3. Reason... so could stack the albums and turn them over once at the end of the first 3 dropping on each other. (Hurts me even to write that).
Anyway.... having the album set before it was released in the UK meant that I heard it in the UK before most people. Bob Harris on the BBC started to trail that when it was released he would play bits of it, so I wrote and urged him to play it all in one go to get the maximum impact... and he did and credited me with the suggestion.
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duke richardson
i have enjoyed that album and film so much, over the years.
I have to say, the performance by Ravi Shankar and his musicians, has become more and more enjoyable. back in the day, I used to skip it..
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duke richardson
i have enjoyed that album and film so much, over the years.
I have to say, the performance by Ravi Shankar and his musicians, has become more and more enjoyable. back in the day, I used to skip it..
My older brother bought the album when it was released (I was just 8), and we listened to it continuously.
So many classic performances, and a standout even up to this day is this: Leon Russell - Jumpin' Jack Flash/Youngblood...
Have always loved it when Leon starts preaching at the beginning of Youngblood, and again at the end, and how it then rips back in to JJF!
Can't be sure of the first time I saw the movie - maybe the Z channel in the late '70's (?), but have seen it dozens of times since.
Also learned to appreciate Ravi's set more as time went on, but when I was a kid it was completely baffling to my young ears.
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stargroover
Interesting comments about Ravi Shanker.This type of music has grown on me over the years,I particularly like some of his daughter Anoushka’s recordings
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duke richardson
i have enjoyed that album and film so much, over the years.
I have to say, the performance by Ravi Shankar and his musicians, has become more and more enjoyable. back in the day, I used to skip it..
My older brother bought the album when it was released (I was just 8), and we listened to it continuously.
So many classic performances, and a standout even up to this day is this: Leon Russell - Jumpin' Jack Flash/Youngblood...
Have always loved it when Leon starts preaching at the beginning of Youngblood, and again at the end, and how it then rips back in to JJF!
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stargroover
Thanks Captain I will check that album out,it sounds interesting!
Just been listening to Ravi Shankar at Woodstock,pretty hypnotic,relaxing stuff.
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stargroover
Thanks Captain I will check that album out,it sounds interesting!
Just been listening to Ravi Shankar at Woodstock,pretty hypnotic,relaxing stuff.
I'm almost certain that Anooshka (and some other bits) have been cut from the album to get it to fit on a CD, so go for the DVD.
(Forgive me if you already knew this... "Concert For George" is the one-off one-night tribute show organised by Eric Clapton to pay tribute to George one year after his death. Worth watching the extra's on this one as well!)
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duke richardson
i have enjoyed that album and film so much, over the years.
I have to say, the performance by Ravi Shankar and his musicians, has become more and more enjoyable. back in the day, I used to skip it..
My older brother bought the album when it was released (I was just 8), and we listened to it continuously.
So many classic performances, and a standout even up to this day is this: Leon Russell - Jumpin' Jack Flash/Youngblood...
Have always loved it when Leon starts preaching at the beginning of Youngblood, and again at the end, and how it then rips back in to JJF!
Can't be sure of the first time I saw the movie - maybe the Z channel in the late '70's (?), but have seen it dozens of times since.
Also learned to appreciate Ravi's set more as time went on, but when I was a kid it was completely baffling to my young ears.
Did George Harrison play "You"? That throw away song, at first, kicks ass.
Yes, released on "Extra Texture" but it is obviously from the "What is Life" era. Towers above the rest of that album. (Although I like several songs on it "Answer is at the End", and the Smokey Robinson tribute song)Quote
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duke richardson
i have enjoyed that album and film so much, over the years.
I have to say, the performance by Ravi Shankar and his musicians, has become more and more enjoyable. back in the day, I used to skip it..
My older brother bought the album when it was released (I was just 8), and we listened to it continuously.
So many classic performances, and a standout even up to this day is this: Leon Russell - Jumpin' Jack Flash/Youngblood...
Have always loved it when Leon starts preaching at the beginning of Youngblood, and again at the end, and how it then rips back in to JJF!
Can't be sure of the first time I saw the movie - maybe the Z channel in the late '70's (?), but have seen it dozens of times since.
Also learned to appreciate Ravi's set more as time went on, but when I was a kid it was completely baffling to my young ears.
Did George Harrison play "You"? That throw away song, at first, kicks ass.
Pretty sure that "You" was a few years later.
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duke richardson
i have enjoyed that album and film so much, over the years.
I have to say, the performance by Ravi Shankar and his musicians, has become more and more enjoyable. back in the day, I used to skip it..
My older brother bought the album when it was released (I was just 8), and we listened to it continuously.
So many classic performances, and a standout even up to this day is this: Leon Russell - Jumpin' Jack Flash/Youngblood...
Have always loved it when Leon starts preaching at the beginning of Youngblood, and again at the end, and how it then rips back in to JJF!
Can't be sure of the first time I saw the movie - maybe the Z channel in the late '70's (?), but have seen it dozens of times since.
Also learned to appreciate Ravi's set more as time went on, but when I was a kid it was completely baffling to my young ears.
Did George Harrison play "You"? That throw away song, at first, kicks ass.
Pretty sure that "You" was a few years later.
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Manofwealthandtaste
I have the 2005 DVD release of this concert, it is quite superb as is the documentary disc which accompanies it and gives an insight into how the whole event came about.
I believe this was the first charity/benefit gig of all. 14 years before Live Aid in 1985. George Harrison - the cool Beatle.