# Amnesty releases John Lennon CD

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/05/26/amnesty-releases-john-lennon-cd/
- Published: 2007-05-26T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Green Day, R.E.M, Christina Aguilera, U2, and Snow Patrol are among the best-selling
artists who feature on a CD of songs written by John Lennon to benefit Amnesty International.
The CD and downloads will be released globally on 12 June 2007 by Amnesty International
and Warner Bros. Records, with all proceeds going towards Amnesty International’s
human rights work, including the crisis in Darfur.**

The initiative is supported by Yoko Ono, who donated the rights to the entire John
Lennon songbook to Amnesty International.

The album is part of the human rights organisation’s Make Some Noise initiative,
which uses music to inspire a new generation of activists to stand up for human 
rights.

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Jack Johnson, Corinne Bailey Rae, Postal Service and Regina Spektor have all recorded
songs for the project, along with many other stars. There will be over 50 tracks
available for download altogether.

Music fans can get a taste of the album straight away by downloading R.E.M’s version
of . R.E.M.’s drummer Bill Berry came back from retirement to record the group’s
version of “#9 Dream”, marking the first time the four band members – Berry, vocalist
Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck and bassist Mike Mills – have been in the studio
together since 1997.

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