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Tuesday 2 June 2020

The Two Sheds Mix Tape #5: Charity Singles 1984-2004

In 1984 Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof, upset at the images of the Ethiopian famine he’s seen on a BBC news report, gathered together the good and the great of the British pop music industry to record the song “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” under the Band Aid moniker. The rest, as the old saying goes, is history.

There’s been countless charity singles released since that day, records that have raised millions for various charities around the world. “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” was recorded three more times, the last in 2014.

This collection brings together fifteen singles, singles where groups came together to record a song to raise money for charity. It begins with the aforementioned Band Aid song, and includes tracks from USA for Africa, Hear ‘N’ Aid, Artists United Against Apartheid, as well as the fifth and twentieth anniversary recordings of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”

1) Do They Know It’s Christmas? (12” extended mix) - Band Aid
2) We Are The World (12” extended mix) - USA For Africa
3) Stars - Hear ‘N’ Aid
4) You’ll Never Walk Alone - The Crowd
5) Sun City (12” extended mix)  - Artists United Against Apartheid
6) Let It Be - Ferry Aid
7) The Wishing Well - Great Ormond Street Hospital feat. Boy George
8) Ferry Cross The Mersey - The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden & Stock Aitken Waterman
9) Smoke On The Water - Rock Aid Armenia
10) Do They Know It’s Christmas - Band Aid II
11) What’s Going On! - Music Relief ‘94
12) The Gift of Christmas - Childliners
13) Perfect Day - Various Artists
14) What’s Going On! - Artists Against AIDS Worldwide
15) Do They Know It’s Christmas?  - Band Aid 20


Don't forget you can listen to the previous mix tapes and my podcast over at https://www.mixcloud.com/julian-radbourne/

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