| Product Summary | | Label: Emd/capitol | | UPC: 00724385911026 | | Release Date: 11/4/1997 | | Buy.com Sku: 60135290 | | Item#: MQ3S43 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Begining Day Prayers - Monks From Depung Loseling Monastery/Nuns From The Tibetan Nuns Project ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Ground On Down - Ben Harper ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Blues Explosion Man - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Om Mani Padme Hung - Yungchen Lhamo ~ Various Artists | | | 5. About A Boy - Patti Smith ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Oh My God - A Tribe Called Quest ~ Various Artists | | | 8. One - U2 ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Cast No Shadow - Noel Gallagher ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Wildflower - Sonic Youth ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Meija - Porno For Pyros ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Celebration, The - Nawang Kheehog ~ Various Artists | | | 13. This Is A Call - Foo Fighters ~ Various Artists | | | 14. The Bridge Is Over / Black Cop / South Bronx Medley - KRS-One ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Star Spangled Banner / Nobody Beats The Biz - Biz Markie ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Closing Prayers - Monks From Depung Loseling Monastery/Nuns From The Tibetan Nuns Project ~ Various Artists | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Opening Prayers - Monks From Depung Loseling Monestary/Nuns From The Tibetan Nuns Project ~ Various Artists | | | 2. Yellow Ledbetter - Eddie Vedder/Mike McCready ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Noise Brigade - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Type Slowly - Pavement ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Gyi Ma Gyi - Dadon ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Heads Of Government - Lee Perry/Mad Professor/Robotiks Band ~ Various Artists | | | 7. She Caught The Katy - Taj Mahal/The Phantom Blues Band/John Popper ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Beetlebum - Blur ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Electrolite - Michael Stipe/Mike Mills ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Ajo Sotop - Chaksam-pa ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Wake Up - Alanis Morissette ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Hyper-Ballad - Bjork ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Harder They Come, The - Rancid ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Root Down - Beastie Boys ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Closing Prayers - Monks From Drepung Loseling Monastery/Nuns From The Tibetan Nuns Project ~ Various Artists | | Disc 3
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Birthday Cake - Cibo Matto ~ Various Artists | | | 2. Asshole - Beck ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Me, Myself And I - De La Soul ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Fu Gee La - The Fugees ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Bulls On Parade - Rage Against The Machine ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | The three-disc TIBETAN FREEDOM CONCERT commemorates the series of all-star benefit performances. Disc 1 contains one song from every artist who performed at the June 7, 1997 concert at Randall's Island, New York, New York. Disc 2 does the same for the June 8, 1997 show at the same venue. The third disc is an Enhanced-CD, containing a full audio program recorded during the first Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco as well as multimedia computer files. Also included are footage from the show, interviews conducted by Sean Lennon, photos, soundbites and information on Milarepa, Adam Yauch's non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of compassion and non-violence. All proceeds and artist royalties from the CD will be donated to the organization. | | Engineers: John Harris, Kooster McCallister. | | Recorded live at Randalls Island, New York, New York on June 7 & 8, 1997 and Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California on June 15 & 16, 1996. Includes liner notes by Adam Yauch and The Dalai Lama. | | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | The Tibetan Freedom Concert was the largest rock charity event of 1997, a two-day event held in June that featured many of the biggest names in rock and rap. Appropriately, it was filmed and recorded with the intention of being released later in the year as a charity record. The triple-disc set The Tibetan Freedom Concert is the extraordinary document of that weekend, containing one perofrmance apiece from the 36 artists that appeared at the concert. As expected with any charity album this size, there's a fair amount of filler on the album, as well as a number of missed opportunities -- for instance, Noel Gallagher's solo electric reading of "Cast No Shadow" would have been more affecting on an acoustic, while the Mighty Mighty Bosstones simply sound out of place. Fortunately, these are exceptions to the rule -- there's a lot of wonderful music here, including the Jon Spencer Blues' Explosion's frenetic "Blues Explosion Man," Radiohead's stark, gorgeous "Fake Plastic Trees," Biz Markie's wild medley, Pavement's shambling epic "Type Slowly," Lee Perry's "Heads of Government," Blur's haunting "Beetlebum," Bjork performing "Hyper-Ballad" with a string quartet, Rancid saluting Jimmy Cliff with "The Harder They Come," Cibo Matto's "Birthday Cake," Beck's "Asshole" and and the Beastie Boys' raucous "Root Down." These moments where were it was at musically during the weekend, even if there were some other great perofrmances -- part of the fun of this kind of package is to sit down and find the hidden gems and a set as extensive as Tibetan Freedom Concert certinaly has a number of gems that makes the album worhwhile. Besides, it's for a very good cause and it's budget-priced, making it something of a bargain. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | Over two days in New York during the summer of 1997, The TIBETAN FREEDOM CONCERT put the message of human rights where it could do the most good--in the minds of today's youth culture. Containing one song by each of the pop stars who donated their time, TIBETAN FREEDOM CONCERT features live performances by a staggering collection of musical personalities. Sonic Youth and Pavement contribute edgy alt-rock tracks, while the hip-hop nation is represented by such luminaries as Biz Markee, KRS-1, and A Tribe Called Quest. | | Pop deities Michael Stipe, Patti Smith, Alanis Morissette, and Bjork give standout performances, while Blur, Radiohead and Oasis's Noel Gallagher (playing solo on "Cast No Shadow") make up the Britpop contingent. Opening and closing the day's proceedings, the Tibetan Monks and nuns contribute prayers, whose haunting, plaintive sound serves to remind the listener of the concert's very serious, very urgent purpose. A third, enhanced CD contains tapes of an earlier TIBETAN FREEDOM CONCERT in San Francisco and features interviews, sound bites and other multimedia elements as well as tracks by Cibo Matto, Beck, and The Fugees. |
Producer: Pat McCarthy |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/04/1997 | | Original Release Date : 1997 | | Catalog ID : 59110 | | Label : Capitol/EMI Records | | Number of Discs : 3 | | Studio/Live : Live | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724385911026 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (11/27/97, pp.105-106)
- 4 Stars (out of 5)
- "...Charitable premise aside, there is much that is worth your time and money on TIBETAN FREEDOM CONCERT....if you like to get something for your charity, this set is a good deal..."Entertainment Weekly (10/31/97, pp.102-103)
- "...Slump-shouldered '90s rock...that adequately encapsulates the unvarnished, lo-fi sensibility of its time. Token nods to rap and blues..." - Rating: B Vibe (12/97-1/98, p.184)
- "...chronicles the weekend-long music festival staged to raise awareness of the Himalayan country's nonviolent struggle against Chinese oppression..." |
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