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EPISODE · Aug 11, 2026 · 1H 33M

THE ALTERNATE CONCERT FOR BANGLA DESH - George Harrison

from Planet Ludwig · host Steve Ludwig

August 1, 1971 ~ George Harrison & Friends (including Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Badfinger, & others) gave two charity concerts (afternoon & evening) for Bangladesh Relief, at Madison Square Garden in NYC.The matinee began at 2:30 PM, and the evening concert started at 8:00 PM. Most of the songs from the commercially-released triple-album set came from the evening show, while a few were used for the album from the afternoon show.So this set list is the OPPOSITE of the songs used for the commercial release.**PLEASE NOTE: This recording came from an audience member's recording, so the sound is definitely not good. It's listenable, but not up to "commercial" standards.***ALSO PLEASE NOTE: The source of this recording did not record the Ravi Shankar set, which opened the concert. This recording begins with George and band taking the stage after Ravi's set. I feel, from an historical viewpoint, it's quite cool. Please enjoy!WAH-WAH - George. Audio is from the afternoon show up until the 3:20 mark, at which time, the audio from the evening show is used to finish the song (the opposite of the commercial release)SOMETHING - George. The afternoon version. This was switched to the next-to-last song in the evening performance.AWAITING ON YOU ALL - George. Afternoon version. This song wasn't played at all during the evening show.THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT - Billy Preston. Afternoon performanceIT DON'T COME EASY - Ringo Starr. Afternoon performanceBEWARE OF DARKNESS - George. AfternoonBAND INTRODUCTIONS - From the evening performance. George had forgotten to intro the band earlier in the evening, so these introductions are right before the second-to-last song in the show. I moved the audio up to this point in order to get a good idea of who's in the band.JUMPING JACK FLASH / YOUNGBLOOD - Leon Russell. Afternoon performanceHERE COMES THE SUN - George with Badfinger on acoustic accompaniment. Evening performanceA HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL - Bob Dylan. Afternoon performanceIT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY - Bob Dylan. AfternoonLOVE MINUS ZERO / NO LIMIT - Bob Dylan. Afternoon. This song was replaced in the evening show by "Mr. Tambourine Man" (which Bob didn't sing in the afternoon.)JUST LIKE A WOMAN - Bob Dylan (joined by George & Leon on vocals). AfternoonHEAR ME LORD - George. Afternoon (George didn't perform this in the evening show.) (It's at this point in the evening show that George introduced the band, but we heard it earlier.) George performs MY SWEET LORD. Afternoon showBANGLA DESH - George. AfternoonThanks for listening!

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