Top 43 Music Albums of 1971
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1971-APPLE
Produced By GEORGE HARRISON & PHIL SPECTOR
1. Introduction By George Harrison & Ravi Shankar
2. Bangla Dhun
3. Wah-Wah
4. My Sweet Lord
5. Awaiting On You All
6. That’s The Way God Planned It
7. It Don’t Come Easy
8. Beware Of Darkness
9. Band Introduction
10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
11. Medley: Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Young Blood
12. Here Comes The Sun
13. A Hard Rain’s A Gonna Fall
14. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
15. Blowin’ In The Wind
16. Mr. Tambourine Man
17. Just Like A Woman
18. Something
19. Bangla Desh
20. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Nobody ever began their new career outside their old band like George Harrison did. After leaving The Beatles, he released the 3 record masterpiece All Things Must Pass, then got together with Ravi Shankar to put together The Concert For Bangladesh. Recorded at Madison Square Garden in August of 1971, the show was a huge success for refugees in need of help from oppression and a huge cyclone that ravaged Bangladesh in 1970. Proceeds from the show (and the album and film) to this day go to the George Harrison UNICEF Foundation. This was the first large scale benefit concert, setting the stage for all future benefit shows.
Harrison had plenty of help from some famous friends: Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, and Badfinger were all there. Phil Spector lends his Wall Of Sound production to the live setting, making for a very advanced sounding album. The show is not without flaws: Ringo had one song to learn (“It Don’t Come Easy”), and he butchers the words. The Dylan set gets a bit long, and at times the lack of rehearsal time shows. But it’s still very worthwhile…the film is obviously better. Great to hear George finally able to play some of his Beatles songs live. An historic album, and a high note in Harrison’s career. [First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
Produced By GEORGE HARRISON & PHIL SPECTOR
1. Introduction By George Harrison & Ravi Shankar
2. Bangla Dhun
3. Wah-Wah
4. My Sweet Lord
5. Awaiting On You All
6. That’s The Way God Planned It
7. It Don’t Come Easy
8. Beware Of Darkness
9. Band Introduction
10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
11. Medley: Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Young Blood
12. Here Comes The Sun
13. A Hard Rain’s A Gonna Fall
14. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
15. Blowin’ In The Wind
16. Mr. Tambourine Man
17. Just Like A Woman
18. Something
19. Bangla Desh
20. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Nobody ever began their new career outside their old band like George Harrison did. After leaving The Beatles, he released the 3 record masterpiece All Things Must Pass, then got together with Ravi Shankar to put together The Concert For Bangladesh. Recorded at Madison Square Garden in August of 1971, the show was a huge success for refugees in need of help from oppression and a huge cyclone that ravaged Bangladesh in 1970. Proceeds from the show (and the album and film) to this day go to the George Harrison UNICEF Foundation. This was the first large scale benefit concert, setting the stage for all future benefit shows.
Harrison had plenty of help from some famous friends: Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, and Badfinger were all there. Phil Spector lends his Wall Of Sound production to the live setting, making for a very advanced sounding album. The show is not without flaws: Ringo had one song to learn (“It Don’t Come Easy”), and he butchers the words. The Dylan set gets a bit long, and at times the lack of rehearsal time shows. But it’s still very worthwhile…the film is obviously better. Great to hear George finally able to play some of his Beatles songs live. An historic album, and a high note in Harrison’s career. [First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
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1971
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[First added to this chart: 10/14/2012]
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1971
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1971 – UNITED ARTISTS
NO PRODUCTION CREDIT
1. Prolugue And “Tradition” & Main Title
2. Matchmaker
3. If I Were A Rich Man
4. Sabbath Prayer
5. To Life
6. Miracle Of Miracles
7. Tevye’s Dream
8. Wedding Procession
9. Sunrise, Sunset
10. Wedding Celebration And “The Bottle Dance”
11. First Act Finale
12. Entr’acte
13. Do You Love Me
14. Far From The Home I Love
15. Chava Ballet Sequence
16. The Rejection Scene
17. Anatevka
18. Finale
19. Any Day Now
One of the very few memories of my mother that involve her actually being happy was from when I was ten years old. She took me to the movie theater to see Fiddler On The Roof. I have never been a big fan of musical theater, but this film stayed with me forever…and a huge part of that was the music. Which brings me to the soundtrack album, which I obtained many years later. The music for this film is still stunning, amazingly tuneful. And after all of these years, I can still see the scenes as they played alongside the music. I can still see the players, mostly Tevye, who was played by an actor I never saw anywhere else named Topol. For me, the fact that this album can bring to mind so many images of the film it accompanied means that it has done its job very well.
The version I have is a 30th Anniversary edition, which is great because it contains a few tracks that were in the film but not on the original soundtrack album. It also contains “Every Day Now”, which was not in the film because the scene was cut. It is sung by one Paul Michael Glaser (he was in the film), who a few years later became best known as Starsky in the TV series Starsky & Hutch. The orchestra is conducted by John Williams, and all of those wonderful fiddle solos are played by Isaac Stern. So many classic songs here…”Tradition”, “If I Were A Rich Man”, “Sunrise, Sunset”. “Matchmaker”, and “To Life”. The film was fantastic, but for me, this is a masterpiece of how to be able to experience the greatness of a movie at home by simply playing the album. This is a great record, and truly one of my best childhood memories. [First added to this chart: 11/24/2020]
NO PRODUCTION CREDIT
1. Prolugue And “Tradition” & Main Title
2. Matchmaker
3. If I Were A Rich Man
4. Sabbath Prayer
5. To Life
6. Miracle Of Miracles
7. Tevye’s Dream
8. Wedding Procession
9. Sunrise, Sunset
10. Wedding Celebration And “The Bottle Dance”
11. First Act Finale
12. Entr’acte
13. Do You Love Me
14. Far From The Home I Love
15. Chava Ballet Sequence
16. The Rejection Scene
17. Anatevka
18. Finale
19. Any Day Now
One of the very few memories of my mother that involve her actually being happy was from when I was ten years old. She took me to the movie theater to see Fiddler On The Roof. I have never been a big fan of musical theater, but this film stayed with me forever…and a huge part of that was the music. Which brings me to the soundtrack album, which I obtained many years later. The music for this film is still stunning, amazingly tuneful. And after all of these years, I can still see the scenes as they played alongside the music. I can still see the players, mostly Tevye, who was played by an actor I never saw anywhere else named Topol. For me, the fact that this album can bring to mind so many images of the film it accompanied means that it has done its job very well.
The version I have is a 30th Anniversary edition, which is great because it contains a few tracks that were in the film but not on the original soundtrack album. It also contains “Every Day Now”, which was not in the film because the scene was cut. It is sung by one Paul Michael Glaser (he was in the film), who a few years later became best known as Starsky in the TV series Starsky & Hutch. The orchestra is conducted by John Williams, and all of those wonderful fiddle solos are played by Isaac Stern. So many classic songs here…”Tradition”, “If I Were A Rich Man”, “Sunrise, Sunset”. “Matchmaker”, and “To Life”. The film was fantastic, but for me, this is a masterpiece of how to be able to experience the greatness of a movie at home by simply playing the album. This is a great record, and truly one of my best childhood memories. [First added to this chart: 11/24/2020]
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[First added to this chart: 06/10/2018]
Year of Release:
1971
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Top 43 Music Albums of 1971 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Rolling Stones | 2 | 5% | |
| Alice Cooper | 2 | 5% | |
| Various Artists | 1 | 2% | |
| The Allman Brothers Band | 1 | 2% | |
| Bob Dylan | 1 | 2% | |
| Faces | 1 | 2% | |
| Sly & The Family Stone | 1 | 2% | |
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| ! | 06/05/2020 03:31 | Szyfman | 174 | 85/100 |
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From Szyfman 06/05/2020 03:32 | #252864
Awesome !!!! Love Concert for Bangladesh and Distant Light is underrated.
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thedistantship 08/22/2014 14:37 | #120101
Like the two live albums in top ten. very nice
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From guigs13 01/13/2013 02:50 | #61280
Very cool!
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