All proceeds from this album are contributed to the "Year of the Child" to help sick and handicapped children
Released by K-Tel in December 1979[1], The Summit was rush-released in answer to the all-star concerts staged by Paul McCartney in 1979 to raise money for the victims of the war in Kampuchea. It entered the UK Albums Chart w/e January 26, 1980 at #49 beginning a run of five weeks. It peaked at #17 w/e February 9, 1980[2]. The urgency was perhaps mis-placed because those Kampuchea concerts led to the release of a film in 1980, and an album in 1981 featuring live performances by The Who, Queen, Ian Dury, Elvis Costello, The Clash, and Paul McCartney & Wings, amongst others[3] and the album, Concerts For The People Of Kampuchea, released on Atlantic Records, did not perform as well[4].
The Summit contained 13 studio tracks, including one from Wings: "Jet". The track list boasted a nice range of artists, if not bordering a little too much on the rock genre. Thin Lizzy, Bad Company, and Led Zeppelin were lined up with Yes, Pink Floyd, Electric Light Orchestra, and Cliff Richard, Elton John and Gerry Rafferty with Supertramp, Dire Straits and Eric Clapton[1]. K-Tel's cause was UNESCO's The International Year of the Child (1979). Cliff Richard's offering was the possibly a little inappropriate "Devil Woman"[3].
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All Singles Chart data from Official Charts