the concert for george

[beatlz]

hiya all! i wasn't sure if i should post this here or on the GH forum. i'd thought i'd try here. well, here goes. lol. last nov. at the empire theatre in liverpool city centre, on the 1 yr. anniversry of george's passing away, the held a memorial concert for george. wait a minute! i'm thinking of the concert in london that was held at the royal albert hall this past nov. not to be confused with the l'pool one that was held in feb. of that same year. anywho, i know that it was taped for the telly. terri hammert even played some stuff that paul sang and tom petty did not to long ago on the chicago BWTB. it really sounded good! do any of you in britian know if it was televised there? and does anyone here in america know when and where it will be shown here? i thought i heard within these past 3 months it was going to be shown. or surely like this month or in april. and does anyone know if that concert for george will come out as a dvd and cd? ta.
all the best, BEATLZ

[FPSHOT]

Beatlz,

A DVD of the concert at the Royal A Hall will be released, whereas BBC taped the whole concert.

It has not been on British TV yet.

A CD will also be released, no actual dates have been fixed yet as far as I know.

If you want to read more about the concert, there are about 8 topics about it at Crackerbox Palace, reviews, links to info, links to downloads (mp3 and video), links to pictures.

Type 'concert for george' in the search area, click 'Crackerbox Palace' and you will find the topics. Feel free to add your thoughts on the concert.

Can we move this to Crackerbox Palace please

[bearkat77]

I'll move this topic over for you.

[FPSHOT]

Thanks graemlins/beer1.gif * graemlins/cat.gif

[taxgirl]

I don't think it was the BBC that taped the concert. I think Olivia and Dhani gave orders to tape the whole concert and that part of the revenues will go to the Material World Charitable Foundation too, like the revenues from the T shirts and the Commemorative Folios.

I read this on Abbey Road's page:

Just to let you know, there was an article on George's 60th Birthday in the Toronto Sun which featured an interview with Dhani. Though I don't have a link to the article, it did mention that Dhani IS currently working on a DVD release of the Concert for George. It didn't have a release date, but at least they are working on it.

[FPSHOT]

I read this about BBC just last week in a magazine which has a review of someone who actually stood just next to one of their cameras during the concert.

Anyways, does not really matter who taped it as long as we can see the DVD somewhere this year.

[taxgirl]

Yeah, that's true!

[FPSHOT]

Yes it is

[Hari's Chick]

Originally Posted By taxgirl:
Though I don't have a link to the article, it did mention that Dhani IS currently working on a DVD release of the Concert for George. It didn't have a release date, but at least they are working on it.[/i]<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">Yes, now they've added Jeff~ looks like maybe this will be another Jeff/Dhani project. graemlins/thumbsup2.gif

[Siobhan]

Found this statement from Jeff Lynne over at AbbeyRd:

http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm

"The 'Concert for George' was the most amazing musical and emotional night I've ever experienced.
The stage of the Albert Hall looked like a great Indian palace, with a twenty foot tall picture of George directly above. Everyone said they could feel his presence in the atmosphere.

George was a great friend and a hero to me, and the evening was a fantastic celebration of his life, and what a line-up! It really was brilliant to be playing with this lot.

I even got to sing one of my favourite George songs, 'The Inner Light'. This was a big honour for me, to sing with Anoushka Shankar playing sitar, and Ravi Shankar conducting!

At the moment we're mixing the second half of the show (the rock & roll part). That might sound simple enough, except for the fact that it was recorded on ninety six tracks!

On 'Wah Wah' there are three drummers, two bass players, seven guitarists, three keyboard players, ten piece string section, two sax players, two percussionists, two female backing singers, with Eric Clapton, Gary Brooker, Andy Fairweather-Low, Paul McCartney, Billy Preston, Dhani Harrison, Tom Petty & me all singing. At the same time! It takes some mixing, I can tell you.

We're going to be working on this for quite some time, with Ryan engineering & Marc occasionally. Marc also played lead & rhythm guitar in the concert. It was a great bunch of guys to work with.

When it's all finished it will be on DVD in surround sound.

Love from Jeff Lynne"

[taxgirl]

Originally Posted By Siobhan:
We're going to be working on this for quite some time<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">Don't let us disturb them... graemlins/sssh.gif
Thanks Siobhan!

[FPSHOT]

Originally Posted By Siobhan:
On 'Wah Wah' there are three drummers, two bass players, seven guitarists, three keyboard players, ten piece string section, two sax players, two percussionists, two female backing singers, with Eric Clapton, Gary Brooker, Andy Fairweather-Low, Paul McCartney, Billy Preston, Dhani Harrison, Tom Petty & me all singing. At the same time! It takes some mixing, I can tell you.

Love from Jeff Lynne"<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">Jeff, you know George was used to the crowded house. See the line-up at Bangla Desh 1971, two drummers, all those guitars, keyboard and piano, all the horns, singers, bla bla (some don't like bla bla, but do like wah wah) and also on ATMP various songs had such a line up with at least more than one drummer.

Fantastic news btw, thanks so much Siobhan for posting this.

[Savoy Truffle]

Yes, thank you for posting this Siobhan!

This is great news. I am happy now! images/icons/smile.gif

Love you too, Jeff!

[lennonluvr9]

I hope that George concert is released on dvd soon. I'd love to be able to see that!

[FPSHOT]

Here is a link to the original Jeff Lynne message on the 'Official Information Service for ELO and related artists' website.

http://www.ftmusic.com/news/news.html

[taxgirl]

This is also posted by ShyGirl in "I read the news today"

It's an interview with Ringo in which he says that the dvd of the Concert for George will be released by the END of this year.

http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusic/mar17_ringo-sun.html

I thought I should post it here too images/icons/smile.gif

[Hari's Chick]

Thanks so much~ I hadn't seen it yet, and it's good to have also here at the Palace. What a very precious interview with Ringo. images/icons/smile.gif

[Savoy Truffle]

Yes, thanks taxgirl! That was indeed a lovely interview with Ringo. I usually check the Canoe site daily but didn't get a chance today or yesterday so of course missed it.

[ Mar 18, 2003, 06:03 PM: Message Edited By: Savoy Truffle ]