Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (album)

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Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
Hammersmith Odeon, London
GenreRock
Length79:30
LabelAtlantic
ProducerChris Thomas
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB+[2]

Concerts for the People of Kampuchea is a double album credited to Various Artists and released in March 1981.

Hammersmith Odeon in December 1979 to raise money for the victims of war-torn Cambodia. The event was organised by Paul McCartney and Kurt Waldheim
.

History

The album starts with four songs from the Who (culled from a 3-hour set list) and finishes with three songs from Wings and three from the all-star line-up called

Rockestra. A selection of the best performances from the concerts was compiled and released as a film, Concert for Kampuchea
.

Rockestra was a

the Faces, Kenney Jones and Pete Townshend of the Who, and Hank Marvin of the Shadows
– recorded two McCartney compositions, the instrumental "Rockestra Theme" and "So Glad to See You Here".

Then, McCartney and

Wings, John Paul Jones, Bonham, Robert Plant, Rockpile, James Honeyman-Scott and Townshend. Hank Marvin was not available and Gilmour for tax reasons had to decline, as he was with the rest of Pink Floyd in Los Angeles, California, where they were in the midst of rehearsing for an upcoming concert tour for the just released Pink Floyd album The Wall
.

Despite the all-star lineup and charting within the Top 40, it remains one of McCartney's few projects to never receive a remaster or a CD release.

Album track listing

  1. "Baba O'Riley" (Pete Townshend) – 5:12
  2. "Sister Disco" (Townshend) – 5:16
  3. "Behind Blue Eyes" (Townshend) – 3:46
  4. "See Me, Feel Me" (Townshend) – 5:49
  5. "The Wait" (Chrissie Hynde, Pete Farndon) – 3:28
  6. "Precious" (Hynde) – 3:23
  7. "Tattooed Love Boys" (Hynde) – 3:18
  8. "The Imposter" (Elvis Costello) – 2:10
  9. "Crawling from the Wreckage" (Graham Parker) – 3:02
  10. "Little Sister" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 3:33
  11. "Now I'm Here" (Brian May) – 6:49
  12. "Armagideon Time" (Bennett) – 4:15
  13. "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" (Ian Dury, Chaz Jankel) – 4:30
    • Performed by
      Ian Dury & the Blockheads
  14. "Monkey Man" (Toots Hibbert) – 2:26
  15. "Got to Get You into My Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:57
  16. "Every Night" (McCartney) – 4:17
  17. "Coming Up" (McCartney) – 4:08
    • Tracks 15–17 performed by
      Wings
  18. "Lucille" (Albert Collins, Richard Penniman) – 3:03
  19. "
    Lennon, McCartney
    ) – 4:12
  20. "Rockestra Theme" (McCartney) – 2:30
    • Tracks 18–20 performed by Rockestra

Rockestra's personnel

Charts

Album

Chart (1981) Position
US Billboard 200[4] 36

Album track

Year Title Chart Position
1981 Little Sister US
Top Tracks
 8

References

  1. AllMusic
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Album: Concerts for the People of Kampuchea".
  3. ISBN 0-615-11724-4
    .
  4. ISBN 9780878333042
    .
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