Purchasing special re-issued albums by The Cure, U2, Chvrches, The Charalatans and more on Record Store Day will help benefit children living in war zones, in a new initiative launched by the WarChild charity.
The partnership between Record Store Day and the charity, which helps to protect, educate, and stand up for the rights of children living through conflict around the world, features 13 albums that have been specially created for this year’s staging of RSD: £1 from every copy sold will be donated to the non-profit organisation.
The titles involved in the initiative are:
The Cure – The Head On The Door (40th Anniversary)
David Sylvian – Camphor
Sugababes – Taller In More Ways
OMD – Peel Sessions 1979 – 1983
The Charlatans – Wonderland (Deluxe)
Frank Turner – Positive Songs For Negative People
Mark Knopfler – One Take Radio Sessions (20th Anniversary)
Years & Years – Communion
CHVRCHES – Every Open Eye (10th Anniversary)
Van Morrison – Be Just and Fear Not
Boys Wonder – Be Reasonable…
The Boomtown Rats – Dawn of the Rats: B-Sides Demos And Live 1975-1979
Passengers (Brian Eno, U2) – Original Soundtracks 1 (30th Anniversary Remastered Edition)
