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George Harrison A Concert For Bangladesh Boxed Set 1st UK
Cat No. APPLE STCX 3385 1969
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Nice original 1st UK issue boxed set complete and Features the tripple lp rough textured Apple labels very collectable and sought after in this condition. Overall Graded excellent plus superb near mint audio quality on all six sides.
The Concert for Bangladesh – originally titled The Concert for Bangla Desh – is a live triple album by George Harrison and celebrity friends, released on Apple Records in December 1971 in America and January 1972 in Britain. The album followed the two concerts of the same name, held on 1 August 1971 at New York’s Madison Square Garden, featuring Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Leon Russell and Eric Clapton. The shows were a pioneering charity event, in aid of the homeless Bengali refugees of the Bangladesh Liberation War, and set the model for future multi-artist rock benefits such as Live Aid (1985) and the Concert for New York City (2001).
Co-produced by Phil Spector and featuring the latter’s signature Wall of Sound in a live setting, the fundraiser album was delayed for three months due to protracted negotiations between Harrison and two record companies keen to protect their business interests, Capitol and Columbia/CBS. Besides the main performers, the musicians and singers on the recording include Badfinger, Jim Horn, Klaus Voormann, Alla Rakha, Jim Keltner, Jesse Ed Davis and Claudia Linnear. The box set’s original packaging included a 64-page book containing photos from the concerts; the album cover, designed by Tom Wilkes, consisted of an image of a malnourished child sitting beside an empty food bowl.
On release, The Concert for Bangladesh was a major critical and commercial success, topping albums charts around the world, and went on to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in March 1973. Together with the 1972 Apple concert film directed by Saul Swimmer, the album gained Indian classical music its largest Western audience up until that time. The album was reissued in 2005, in remastered form, featuring a new cover.
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The Vinyls:
On visual inspection I can’t see any needle scratches or indeed any marks that would cause any clicks or pops. Any marks that could possibly be seen angled in strong light would be light whyspy sleeve removal type only. The playing surface is lovely.
The Audio Quality:
I have played this vinyls,al six sides throughout at very loud volume prior to this listing on a top system. I have also recorded the complete album. Please contact me to hear the recording. The audio is cristal clear and vibrant through out no distortion or any signs of groove wear at all. I heard no clicks or pops during the play of this vinyl. Lovely sounding copy. Audio graded at very near mint in my opinion.
The Matrix:
Side 1″STCX 13385 2″
Side 6″STCX 6 3385 2″
Side 1″STCX 2 3385 2″
Side 6″STCX 5 3385 3″
Side 2″STCX 3 3385 2″
Side 5″STCX 4 3385 2″
The Labels:
These are the original 1st issue custom rough textured Apple Labels: (correct for this early pressing) Any spidering can barely be seen angled to the light and there is little if no spindle wear the hole is perfectly round.
The Record Sleeves:
These are the original 1st issued custom die cut apple sleeves, becoming fragile at the edges with age only edges are fragile just beginning to split . The vinyl s are now always stored seperately from the vinyls.
The Box Cover:
This is the original and rarest to find 1st issued boxe cover. Nearly always found wqith split corners and wear. This is superb with no splits or tears . There are no real nasty creases on the front to mention this is nice and straight as it should be I would grade this at least excellent plus if not much better in my opinion.
Summery:
Rarely seen in this condition and totally complete. AnArchive copy Near mint audio!