Nobody's Child: Romanian Appeal

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 17, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000008IZT
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,410 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #16 in Music > World Music > Europe > Eastern Europe > Romania

Track Listings

1. Nobody's Child - Traveling Wilburys

2. Wonderful Remark - Van Morrison

3. Medicine Man - Elton John

4. This Week - Elton John

5. Homeward Bound - Paul Simon/George Harrison

6. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? - Bee Gees

7. Lovechild - Billy Idol

8. Big Day Little Boat - Edie Brickell And New Bohemians

9. Feeding Off The Love Of The Land - Stevie Wonder

10. That Kind Of Woman - Eric Clapton

11. Goodnight Little One - Ric Ocasek

12. The Trembler - Duane Eddy

13. Ain't That Peculiar - Mike And The Mechanics

14. Civil War - Guns N' Roses

15. With A Little Help From My Friends - Ringo Star And His All Star Band

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Nobody's Child: Romanian Appeal

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An obscure yet amazingly good charity album, October 4, 2003

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This review is from: Nobody's Child: Romanian Appeal (Audio CD)

1990's Nobody's Child is the best charity album I have ever come across. The album was the brainchild of Barbara Bach, Olivia Harrison, Yoko Ono, and Linda McCartney, and the money it raised went to support the huge numbers of orphans in Romania. This album really never got the attention it deserved (and still deserves); not only is the cause a noble one, but the quality of the music included here is top-notch indeed.

I'll list the tracks and the artists that grace this incredible album.

Track 1: The Traveling Wilburys, Nobody's Child. This is an outstanding and little known Wilburys classic.
Track 2: The always impressive Van Morrison, Wonderful Remark
Track 3: Elton John, Medicine Man
Track 4: Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys, This Week. Dave Stewart is best known, of course, as half of the Eurythmics, but he is a talented artist in his own right.
Track 5: Paul Simon and George Harrison, Homeward Bound; this comes from a Saturday Night Live performance.
Track 6: Bee Gees, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? This cut was recorded live in Australia in 1989.
Track 7: Billy Idol, Lovechild
Track 8: Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians, Big Day Little Boat
Track 9: Stevie Wonder, Feeding Off the Love of the Land
Track 10: Eric Clapton, That Kind of Woman
Track 11: Ric Ocasek, Goodnight Little One
Track 12: Duane Eddy, The Trembler (a song co-written by Ravi Shankar)
Track 13: Mike & the Mechanics, Ain't That Peculiar. This group is little known today but was quite popular at the time of this album's release.
Track 14: Guns N' Roses, Civil War. This monumental GNR classic was unavailable elsewhere at the time (until the later release of the group's Use Your Illusions albums).
Track 15: Ringo Starr and His All Star Band, With a Little Help From My Friends

Quite obviously, this is a stellar list of performers. George Harrison fans should take special notice of this album; not only does he contribute upfront to two of the tracks, he plays guitar on several of the other selections. I was fortunate enough to gobble this CD up just after it was released, and I have to say that it's a real shame that an album this impressive is so obscure and hard to find today.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rare Traveling Wilburys Song., May 31, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Nobody's Child: Romanian Appeal (Audio CD)

A relatively obscure compilation,this album was released in 1990 as a benefit for charity,involving the likes of two Beatle wives(Yoko Ono and Linda McCartney)and also features a Traveling Wilburys' tune not available anywhere else except in a rare,out-of-print CD single.Though there are some other good tunes on this CD,its main attraction is this rare Wilburys' song.So if you are a Beatles or George Harrison fan,this obscure gem is for you.