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 performance
- IT DON'T COME EASY - Ringo Starr. Afternoon performance
- BEWARE OF DARKNESS - George. Afternoon
- BAND 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 performance
- HERE COMES THE SUN - George with Badfinger on acoustic accompaniment. Evening performance
- A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL - Bob Dylan. Afternoon performance
- IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY - Bob Dylan. Afternoon
- LOVE 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). Afternoon
- HEAR 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 show
- BANGLA DESH - George. Afternoon
Thanks for listening!