A Brief History of Charity Records

A Brief History of Charity Records
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"Rockestra Theme," 1979
Following George Harrison's lead with the Concert for Bangladesh, ex-Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney launched a 1979 supergroup collaboration dubbed Rockestra for the victims of Pol Pot's purges in Cambodia (and released "Rockestra Theme" on the album Concerts for the People of Kampuchea).

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