“All Together Now the Charity Record?
Whilst any monies made will go to charity, being compared to other records out there is a little disingenuous to those involved in making this record (who fully understand what this record is about) & the truce soldiers of WW1.
Sorry but All Together Now 2014 is more than a charity record, the song is and always has been an anti-war song, The Peace Collective are promoting a message (hence the name), we repeat that message daily, The Farm have been repeating it for the last 25-years, this song commemorates peace & those that chose not to fight on Christmas day 1914. It’s a tribute to those brave souls, English & German ordinary folk, who found they had more in common with each other than the aristocracy who sent them there to die.
You cannot compare this to XFactor, Band Aid 30 or any of the other record being made in the name of, they are vehicles in aid of, whose purpose is raising money, the rights or wrong of, I will not debate here. All Together Now exists because of that moment Christmas Day 1914, one of humanities greatest ever stories. I struggle to imagine the bravery of those men taking that first step into no man’s land, who were not only at risk of being shot by their supposed enemy, they risked being executed by their own country for fraternising with that enemy. A spirit stronger than war was at work that night, humanity at its best in my opinion, with that in mind there’s a lot humanity can learn from those men on Christmas Day 1914, that’s the message, that story is used now to educate and long may it continue, We’ve tried to keep it alive for 25-years enshrined in a song, you can do more with music than just making money. We can question & educate, demonstrate & challenge, therefore this is not just a charity record!
We do not want money from this, however a consequence of selling records is that, if you sell enough, the record makes money. We do not want that money so we decided to give whatever monies are made to The Red Cross, who are normally the first in any war zone /global tragedy clearing up the mess governments make (the Red Cross do not have an ego that needs feeding unlike some!!), and The Shorncliffe Trust who are trying to keep the memory of this event alive!!
Be under no illusion as to why we are doing this!
Maybe that’s why radio isn’t playing this record as much as it should, and some just want to pigeon hole it as just another Charity Record..”
The Premier League on the 8/12/2014 released their cut of the video at this link
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1004078846283197
The Official Video can be found here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNmugOpDhW8
Digital sales will be released on the 14th December 2014, with physical copies on sale the following day, 15th December
The links to buy all of them are below
Text GET PEACE to 84222. Track sent on 15/12/2014
(Texts cost £1 + 1 standard rate msg. Help: 0333 003 0580)
☛ iTunes http://t.co/GZ7DaaIGh0
☛ Amazon CD: http://t.co/ycbAl88Iar
☛ Amazon MP3: http://goo.gl/4qPbbr
☛ 7Digital http://bit.ly/peace7dig
You may notice some footballing legends as well singing in it!
The campaign’s Twitter handle is @PeaceForXmas so tweet your support using the #AllTogetherNow and #Footballremembers
