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Joi Bangla
''Joi Bangla'' is an EP by Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, issued in August 1971 on Apple Records. The recording was produced by George Harrison and its release marked the first in a series of occasional collaborations between the two musicians that lasted until the ''Chants of India'' album in 1997. Shankar recorded the EP in Los Angeles, to help raise international awareness of the plight faced by refugees of the Bangladesh Liberation War, in advance of his and Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh shows at Madison Square Garden, New York. Side one of the disc consists of two vocal compositions sung in Bengali, of which the title track was a message of unity to the newly independent nation, formerly known as East Pakistan. The third selection is a duet by Shankar and sarodya Ali Akbar Khan, supported by Alla Rakha on tabla, a performance that presaged their opening set at the Concert for Bangladesh. ''Joi Bangla'' was the first of four Shankar-related releases on the Beatles' Apple label, closely followed by the ''Raga'' soundtrack album. The EP has been out of print since soon after its release. Of the three tracks, only "Oh Bhaugowan" has been reissued – on the Harrison-compiled ''Ravi Shankar: In Celebration'' box set (1996). ==Background==
A Bengali by birth, Ravi Shankar was deeply concerned by the plight of the cyclone- and war-ravaged people of East Pakistan during the first six months of 1971.〔The Editors of ''Roling Stone'', p. 123.〕 To help raise funds to try to alleviate the misery, he turned to his friend George Harrison, then riding a huge wave of popularity with the success of his ''All Things Must Pass'' set.〔Lavezzoli, pp. 187, 189.〕〔Neal Alpert, ("George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh" ), Gadfly Online, 3 December 2001 (retrieved 24 August 2014).〕 Within a matter of weeks, Madison Square Garden in New York was booked for two UNICEF shows on Sunday, 1 August; Western stars such as Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr and Leon Russell had pledged to be there; and Harrison's purpose-made single "Bangla Desh" was garnering much airplay. Decades later, Shankar would describe it as a "miracle", the speed at which Harrison had made things happen.〔Olivia Harrison, p. 286.〕
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