Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (album)

1981 live album by Various Artists

Concerts for the People of Kampuchea

Live album by

Various Artists

Released| 30 March 1981 (1981-03-30)
Recorded| 26–29 December 1979
Venue| Hammersmith Odeon, London
Genre| Rock
Length| 79:30
Label| Atlantic
Producer| Chris Thomas
Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Robert Christgau| B+[2]

Concerts for the People of Kampuchea is a double album credited to Various Artists and released in March 1981.[3] It contains live performances by Wings, the Who, Queen, Elvis Costello, Pretenders, the Clash, the Specials and other artists from the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, held at London's 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

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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 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 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

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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
* Tracks 1–4 performed by the Who
5. "The Wait" (Chrissie Hynde, Pete Farndon) – 3:28
6. "Precious" (Hynde) – 3:23
7. "Tattooed Love Boys" (Hynde) – 3:18
* Tracks 5–7 performed by Pretenders
8. "The Imposter" (Elvis Costello) – 2:10
* Performed by Elvis Costello & the Attractions
9. "Crawling from the Wreckage" (Graham Parker) – 3:02
* Performed by Rockpile
10. "Little Sister" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 3:33
* Performed by Rockpile with Robert Plant
11. "Now I'm Here" (Brian May) – 6:49
* Performed by Queen
12. "Armagideon Time" (Bennett) – 4:15
* Performed by the Clash
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
* Performed by the Specials
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. "Let It Be" (Lennon, McCartney) – 4:12
20. "Rockestra Theme" (McCartney) – 2:30
* Tracks 18–20 performed by Rockestra

## Rockestra's personnel

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

## Charts

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Album

Chart (1981)  | Position

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US Billboard 200[4] | 36

Album track

Year  | Title  | Chart  | Position

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1981  | Little Sister  | US Billboard Top Tracks | 8

## References

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1. ^ Concerts for the People of Kampuchea at AllMusic
2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Album: Concerts for the People of Kampuchea".
3. ^ Madinger, Chip; Easter, Mark (2000). Eight Arms to Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium. Chesterfield, MO: 44.1 Productions. p. 600\. ISBN 0-615-11724-4.
4. ^ McGee, Garry (2003). Band on the Run: A History of Paul McCartney and Wings. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 233\. ISBN 9780878333042.

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Wings

* Paul McCartney
* Linda McCartney
* Denny Laine
* Denny Seiwell
* Henry McCullough
* Jimmy McCulloch
* Geoff Britton
* Joe English
* Laurence Juber
* Steve Holley

Studio albums|

* Wild Life (1971)
* Red Rose Speedway (1973)
* Band on the Run (1973)
* Venus and Mars (1975)
* Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976)
* London Town (1978)
* Back to the Egg (1979)

Live albums|

* Wings over America (1976)
* Wings over Europe (2018)
* One Hand Clapping (2024)

Compilations|

* Wings Greatest (1978)
* Cold Cuts (unreleased)
* Wingspan: Hits and History (2001)

Singles|

* "Give Ireland Back to the Irish"
* "Mary Had a Little Lamb" / "Little Woman Love"
* "Hi, Hi, Hi" / "C Moon"
* "My Love"
* "Live and Let Die" / "I Lie Around"
* "Helen Wheels" / "Country Dreamer"
* "Mrs. Vandebilt" / "Bluebird"
* "Jet" / "Mamunia"
* "Let Me Roll It"
* "Band on the Run" / "Zoo Gang"
* "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"
* "Junior's Farm" / "Sally G"
* "Listen to What the Man Said" / "Love in Song"
* "Letting Go" / "You Gave Me the Answer"
* "Venus and Mars"/"Rock Show" / "Magneto and Titanium Man"
* "Silly Love Songs" / "Cook of the House"
* "Let 'Em In" / "Beware My Love"
* "Maybe I'm Amazed" / "Soily"
* "Seaside Woman"
* "Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School"
* "With a Little Luck" / "Backwards Traveller"/"Cuff Link"
* "I've Had Enough" / "Deliver Your Children"
* "London Town" / "I'm Carrying"
* "Goodnight Tonight" / "Daytime Nighttime Suffering"
* "Old Siam, Sir"
* "Getting Closer"
* "Arrow Through Me" / "Old Siam, Sir"
* "Rockestra Theme"
* "Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)"
* "Mama's Little Girl"

Other songs|

* "Big Barn Bed"
* "Little Lamb Dragonfly"
* "Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)"
* "No Words"
* "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)"
* "Call Me Back Again"
* "Spirits of Ancient Egypt"
* "She's My Baby"
* "Must Do Something About It"
* "Warm and Beautiful"
* "Girlfriend"

Tours|

* Wings University Tour (1972)
* Wings Over Europe Tour (1972)
* Wings 1973 UK Tour (May 1973)
* Wings Over the World tour (1975–1976)
* Wings UK Tour 1979 (1979)

Filmography|

* Wings Over the World (1979)
* Concert for Kampuchea (1980)
* Rockshow (1980)
* Back to the Egg (1981)
* Wingspan – An Intimate Portrait (2001)

Related articles|

* 1972 Wings Tour Bus
* Discography
* Songs
* McGear
* Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (album)
* Japanese Tears
* Standard Time
* Suzy and the Red Stripes
* The Oriental Nightfish
* Wide Prairie

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* MusicBrainz release group

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