The War Child charity is marking the 25th anniversary of its seminal ‘Help’ compilation with a limited edition vinyl reissue.
It will also be made available on digital services for the first time.Recorded in a single day in 1995, and released a week later (on CD, kids, it was harder to just put stuff out back then), the record featured performances by various artists of the day, including Oasis, The Stone Roses, Radiohead, Portishead, The KLF, Blur, Massive Attack and Paul McCartney.The inspiration for the record came from a John Lennon quote from 1970, saying: “The best record you can make is recorded on a Monday, cut on Tuesday, pressed up on Wednesday, packaged on a Thursday, distributed on Friday, in the shops on Saturday”.“The ‘Help’.
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