Length 77:54 Release date 16 March 1981 | Artist Wings | |
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Released 30 March 1981 (1981-03-30) Recorded 26–29 December 1979, Hammersmith Odeon, London Concerts for the People of Kampuchea(1981) Wingspan Hits and History(2001) Similar Wings albums, Rock music albums |
Concerts for the people of kampuchea vinyl audio
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea is a double album from Wings, The Who, Queen, Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, The Clash, The Specials, and many more artists of the highlights from the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea held at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, UK to raise money for the victims of war-torn in Cambodia. It has yet to be released on CD.
Contents
- Concerts for the people of kampuchea vinyl audio
- History
- Album track listing
- Rockestras personnel
- Charts
- Songs
- References
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. The best of the concerts was released as a film, Concert for Kampuchea.
Rockestra was a Paul McCartney-led supergroup of at least thirty English rockers. The credited list appears at the bottom of the back cover of the LP. The name was first given to an assemblage of famous rock stars that were brought together by McCartney for the final Wings album, 1979's Back to the Egg. The supergroup – which consisted of Wings, John Paul Jones and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, David Gilmour from Pink Floyd, Ronnie Lane of 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 Kurt Waldheim re-assembled Rockestra for a series of benefit concerts for the people of Cambodia (also known as Kampuchea), suffering from the reign of Pol Pot. This time, Rockestra consisted of, among others, 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.
Album track listing
- "Baba O'Riley" (Pete Townshend) – 5:12
- "Sister Disco" (Townshend) – 5:16
- "Behind Blue Eyes" (Townshend) – 3:46
- "See Me, Feel Me" (Townshend) – 5:49
- Tracks 1–4 performed by The Who
- "The Wait" (Chrissie Hynde, Pete Farndon) – 3:28
- "Precious" (Hynde) – 3:23
- "Tattooed Love Boys" (Hynde) – 3:18
- Tracks 5–7 performed by The Pretenders
- "The Imposter" (Elvis Costello) – 2:10
- Performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
- "Crawling from the Wreckage" (Graham Parker) – 3:02
- Performed by Rockpile
- "Little Sister" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 3:33
- Performed by Rockpile with Robert Plant
- "Now I'm Here" (Brian May) – 6:49
- Performed by Queen
- "Armagideon Time" (Bennett) – 4:15
- Performed by The Clash
- "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" (Ian Dury, Chaz Jankel) – 4:30
- Performed by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
- "Monkey Man" (Toots Hibbert) – 2:26
- Performed by The Specials
- "Got to Get You into My Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:57
- "Every Night" (McCartney) – 4:17
- "Coming Up" (McCartney) – 4:08
- Tracks 15–17 performed by Wings
- "Lucille" (Albert Collins, Richard Penniman) – 3:03
- "Let It Be" (Lennon, McCartney) – 4:12
- "Rockestra Theme" (McCartney) – 2:30
- Tracks 18–20 performed by Rockestra
Rockestra's personnel
Charts
Album
Album track
Songs
1Baba O'RileyThe Who5:19
2Sister DiscoThe Who5:16
3Behind Blue EyesThe Who3:36