Twenty-five years ago this month, the cream of the British music industry walked into Abbey Road and studios around the UK and recorded an album forWar Childin response to the plight of the thousands of families caught up in the bloody Balkans war. It went onto become the most legendary charity album of all time. Inspired by aJohn Lennonquote The best record you can make, is recorded on Monday, cut on Tuesday, pressed up on Wednesday, packaged on Thursday, distributed on Friday, in the shops on Saturday,Paul McCartney,Noel Gallagher,Paul Wellerformed the super groupSmokin Mojo FiltersandRadiohead, Manic Street Preachers,Portishead,Massive Attack,Suede,The Charlatansand many more contributed tracks. Go! DiscsTony CreanandAndy McDonald, press officerTerri Halland others rallied artists, media and the industry to come together in those few days. Nirvana bassistKrist Novoselicwrote the sleeve notes,John Squiredesigned the artwork andJohnny Deppeven popped in to play guitar. Within 24 hours, 20 tracks had been recorded and it was in store five days later selling 70,000 copies in its first day. The album went on to make 1.25 million and launched War Child not only asthecharity for British music, but more importantly, the only charity who specialise in protecting, educating and supporting children in war. The difference this album made for War Child cannot be over emphasised. It was the starting point of a relationship with the British music industry that has seen some of the worlds biggest artists come together - but more importantly, it has enabled War Child to reach more than a million children caught in the crossfire of war over the last 20 years. You only need look at the news today to see that War Childs work is more important than ever. Four million Syrian refugees have fled the conflict, two million of these are children, some of whom are alone, all of whom are terrified and traumatised by what they have seen. Since the HELP album, War Childs work with music has gone onto raise more than 7 million for children in conflict.