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Gary Brooker + Rockestra

1979: The Concerts for Kampuchea

Miguel Terol kindly alerted us - and all PH completists - to this album, and provided all the information and the picture

Paul McCartney and Wings held a benefit concert to raise funds for the people of Kampuchea, on 26, 27, 28 and 29 December 1979, at London's Hammersmith Odeon.

The Live LP is called Concerts For The People Of Kampuchea (1981, Atlantic), and it comprises tracks from The Who (who played for three hours!), The Pretenders, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Rockpile (with Robert Plant), Queen, The Clash, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, The Specials, Paul McCartney & Wings (three tracks), and the final feast, three tracks from Rockestra:
18 Lucille
19 Let It Be
20 Rockestra theme

The line-up (different from that on the Back to the Egg album) was:

Wings
Paul McCartney (vocal, bass, guitar)
Denny Laine (guitar)
Laurence Juber (guitar)
Linda McCartney (keyboards, vocal)
Steve Holly (drums)

Rockestra guests
Robert Plant (vocal, from Led Zeppelin)
Pete Townshend (guitar, vocal, from The Who)
Billy Bremner (guitar, from Rockpile)
Dave Edmunds (guitar, vocal, from Rockpile)
James Honeyman-Scott (guitar, from The Pretenders)
John Paul Jones (bass, from Led Zeppelin)
Ronnie Lane (bass, vocal)
Bruce Thomas (bass, from The Attractions)
John Bonham (drums, from Led Zeppelin)
Kenny Jones (drums, from The Who)
and
Gary Brooker (vocal, piano, from Procol Harum)

Wings horns
Howie Casey (sax)
Tony Dorsey (trombone)
Steve Howard (horns)
Thadeus Richard (sax, flute, clarinet)

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