I read about this yesterday - as has already been said, it is definitely not an original idea - anyone remember Wet Wet Wet's version of With A Little Help From My Friends (with Billy Bragg's She's Leaving Home on the other side)? Both tracks were taken from a charity album called "Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father", released in 1988 by the NME in aid of Childline.
Track list was as follows:
1. Three Wize Men - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
2. Wet Wet Wet - "With a Little Help from My Friends"
3. The Christians - "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
4. The Wedding Present with Amelia Fletcher - "Getting Better"
5. Hue and Cry - "Fixing a Hole"
6. Billy Bragg with Cara Tivey - "She's Leaving Home"
7. Frank Sidebottom - "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite"
8. Sonic Youth - "Within You Without You"
9. Courtney Pine - "When I'm Sixty-Four"
10. Michelle Shocked - "Lovely Rita"
11. The Triffids - "Good Morning Good Morning"
12. Three Wize Men - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)"
13. The Fall - "A Day in the Life"