HELP!
A long long time ago there was this album out called Help by this benefit group called War Child. On the album were the who's who of the UK music scene circa 1995. Radiohead, Oasis, Blur, The Stone Roses, Portishead, Massive Attack, Suede, The Charlatans, Manic Street Preachers among even more luminaries made a track each in the space of a day and the whole thing was done up post haste and released in a very short amount of time. It ended up being a rather stellar compilation that was for a good cause.
Fast forward 10 years to today and War Child has already long released several albums and the album in 1995 was actually entitled Help: Bosnian Relief. They had an album out in 2002 called War Child: 1 Love and then in 2003 War Child: Hope. Along the way, they've also gotten a tremendous bunch of musicians to donate their time and effort to record songs just for War Child to the extent where they're almost their own unique record company. Everyone from Ash to Fatboy Slim to The Zutons has got a track or three down. What I'm surprised about was how all this slipped under the radar.
Still its not to late to Help out. The latest release is Help: A Day In The Life. Whilst there aren't any Beatles tracks on this one, you can still find a fantastic collection of the who's who of 2005. From the good old Radiohead and the Manics to Coldplay, Bloc Party and Gorillaz, Help: A Day In The Life Is Another great collection of fantastic musicians. All of whom made tracks specific to this album all in the name of charity in the space of a day.
The War Child Music Store also allows you to download a single track for 99p from the vast array of musicians involved in this beautiful project.
