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War Child to reissue Help album for 25th anniversary
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 27 August 2020
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’ album enabled War Child UK to bring security and education to thousands of children in 1995 and created an enduring bond between the UK music industry and the fate of children caught up in wars”, says the organisation’s CEO Rob Williams.
“Since then War Child UK has developed into a global charity, helping over 1.5 million children to recover from the trauma of war, get access to education, and move on to productive adult lives”, he goes on. “We draw our strength from the musicians, artist and donors who came together around the ‘Help’ album in 1995”.
The album will be reissued on 9 Sep – 20 years to the day it was originally released.
