 The Concert for Bangladesh – originally titled The Concert for Bangla Desh – is a live triple album by George Harrison and celebrity friends , released on Apple Records in December 1971 in America and January 1972 in Britain . The album followed the two concerts of the same name , held on 1 August 1971 at New York 's Madison Square Garden , and was the first double-disc rock concert album . The album was conceived by Harrison as a benefit concert to raise funds for the people of Bangladesh .
The album cover, designed by graphic artist Ivan Chermayeff , depicts the concert's main stage in the shape of a