Rock Aid Armenia Smoke on the Water Tracks: Disc 1 1. Smoke on the Water 2. Paranoid (by Black Sabbath) Line up: For track 1: Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar Alex Lifeson – Guitar Brian May – Guitar Dave Gilmour – Guitar Geoff Beauchamp – Guitar Tony Iommi – Guitar Ian Gillan – Vocals Bruce Dickinson – Vocals Bryan Adams – Vocals Paul Rodgers – Vocals Geoff Downes – Keyboards Keith Emerson – Keyboards Chris Squire – Bass Roger Taylor – Drums Record Label / Year of Release: Armen 1989 Notes: Rock Aid Armenia was a humanitarian effort by the British music industry to raise money to help those affected by the Leninakan Earthquake of 1988 that struck Armenia. The first Rock Aid Armenia project was a remake of 'What's Goin On' which featured Boy George, Aswad, Errol Brown, Richard Derbyshire and various other British artists. The record was produced by Steve Levine and the Executive Producers were Fraser Kennedy and Jon Dee. This was released as a single on Island Records in Germany. The project is most remembered for a re-recording of one of Deep Purple’s famous hit songs, "Smoke on the Water", with different vocalists singing each verse. The track was recorded by an elite group of contemporary hard rock and heavy metal musicians who gathered at the historic Metropolis Studios in Chiswick, London. Recording began on July 8, 1989 and was completed over 5 different sessions. The rock musicians involved in the recording of the song included Bryan Adams, Geoff Beauchamp, Ritchie Blackmore, Bruce Dickinson, Geoff Downes, Keith Emerson, Ian Gillan, David Gilmour, Tony Iommi, Alex Lifeson, Brian May, Paul Rodgers, Chris Squire and Roger Taylor. John Paul Jones and Jon Lord were credited as "helping" behind the scenes with the track. The track's producers were Gary Langan and Geoff Downes. Talent co-ordination for the record was overseen by Jon Dee, with David Gilmour being the first to join up after a call from Dee. Ian Gillan's manager Phil Banfield also helped out with talent recruitment. The other successful part of the project were 'The Earthquake Album' (which was the first UK charity album to go 'Gold') and 'The Earthquake Video'. These compilations consisted of donated tracks by Pink Floyd, Bon Jovi, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Gary Moore, Black Sabbath, Asia, Mike & the Mechanics, Rush, Deep Purple, Foreigner, Yes, Whitesnake and others. Rock Aid Armenia: The Earthquake Album was released in 1990, Rock Aid Armenia: The Earthquake Video was a video compilation released in the same year.