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US Release date : Monday, March 30, 1981

Concerts for the People of Kampuchea

By Various ArtistsOfficial album • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney as producer, composer, or session musician in the 80s

Last updated on August 1, 2024

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Disc 1

  1. Baba O'Riley

    5:23 • Live

    Chris Thomas : Producer

  2. Sister Disco

    5:20 • Live

    Chris Thomas : Producer

  3. Behind Blue

    3:35 • Live

    Chris Thomas : Producer

  4. See Me Feel Me

    6:01 • Live

    Chris Thomas : Producer

  5. The Wait

    3:31 • Live

    Chris Thomas : Producer

  6. Precious

    3:26 • Live

    Chris Thomas : Producer

  7. Tattooed Love Boys

    3:20 • Live

    Chris Thomas : Producer

  8. The Imposter

    2:12 • Live

    Chris Thomas : Producer

  9. Crawling From The Wreckage

    3:06 • Live

    Chris Thomas : Producer

  10. Little Sister

    3:35 • Live

    Chris Thomas : Producer

Disc 2

  1. Now Im Here

    6:58 • Live

    Chris Thomas : Producer

  2. Armagideon Time

    4:17 • Live

    Chris Thomas : Producer

  3. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

    4:36 • Live

    Chris Thomas : Producer

  4. Monkey Man

    2:33 • Live

    Chris Thomas : Producer

  5. Lucille

    Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard, Albert Collins

    3:03 • LiveL1

    Paul McCartney : Bass, Piano, Vocals Linda McCartney : Keyboards, Vocals Denny Laine : Guitars Howie Casey : Horns Laurence Juber : Guitars Steve Holley : Drums, Percussion Thaddeus Richard : Horns Chris Thomas : Producer Tony Ashton : Keyboards Gary Brooker : Keyboards James Honeyman : Scott: guitars Dave Edmunds : Guitars Billy Bremner : Guitars Pete Townshend : Guitars Robert Plant : Guitars, Vocals Bruce Thomas : Bass, Vocals Ronnie Lane : Bass, Vocals John Paul Jones : Bass, Vocals Kenney Jones : Drums, Percussion Tony Carr : Drums, Percussion Morris Pert : Drums, Percussion Speedy Acquaye : Drums, Percussion John Bonham : Drums, Percussion Steve Howard : Horns Tony Dorsey : Horns

    Concert From "Concert For The People of Kampuchea" in London, United Kingdom on Dec 29, 1979

  6. Let It Be

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    4:13 • LiveL1

    Paul McCartney : Bass, Piano, Vocals Linda McCartney : Keyboards, Vocals Denny Laine : Guitars Howie Casey : Horns Laurence Juber : Guitars Steve Holley : Drums, Percussion Thaddeus Richard : Horns Chris Thomas : Producer Tony Ashton : Keyboards Gary Brooker : Keyboards James Honeyman : Scott: guitars Dave Edmunds : Guitars Billy Bremner : Guitars Pete Townshend : Guitars Robert Plant : Guitars, Vocals Bruce Thomas : Bass, Vocals Ronnie Lane : Bass, Vocals John Paul Jones : Bass, Vocals Kenney Jones : Drums, Percussion Tony Carr : Drums, Percussion Morris Pert : Drums, Percussion Speedy Acquaye : Drums, Percussion John Bonham : Drums, Percussion Steve Howard : Horns Tony Dorsey : Horns

    Concert From "Concert For The People of Kampuchea" in London, United Kingdom on Dec 29, 1979

  7. Rockestra Theme

    Written by Paul McCartney

    2:39 • LiveL1

    Paul McCartney : Bass, Piano, Vocals Linda McCartney : Keyboards, Vocals Denny Laine : Guitars Howie Casey : Horns Laurence Juber : Guitars Steve Holley : Drums, Percussion Thaddeus Richard : Horns Chris Thomas : Producer Tony Ashton : Keyboards Gary Brooker : Keyboards James Honeyman : Scott: guitars Dave Edmunds : Guitars Billy Bremner : Guitars Pete Townshend : Guitars Robert Plant : Guitars, Vocals Bruce Thomas : Bass, Vocals Ronnie Lane : Bass, Vocals John Paul Jones : Bass, Vocals Kenney Jones : Drums, Percussion Tony Carr : Drums, Percussion Morris Pert : Drums, Percussion Speedy Acquaye : Drums, Percussion John Bonham : Drums, Percussion Steve Howard : Horns Tony Dorsey : Horns

    Concert From "Concert For The People of Kampuchea" in London, United Kingdom on Dec 29, 1979


From Wikipedia:

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.

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 also released as a film.

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 had just finished recording The Wall and were in the midst of rehearsing for an upcoming concert tour.

From Melody Maker – April 4, 1981
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Monica • 4 years ago

When will be this record available in CD? It's a shame that nobody cares about it. I've only got the old vynil, which is rotten, and need a fresh copy. Also the film.


Klaus • 2 years ago

This is one of my favorite albums. As Monica asked, I wonder when this will ever be available as a CD? I have seen some on various websites, but they are all shoddy home-copies and not remastered and converted to CD.


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