Assistance for the man with a record (4)
I believe the answer is:
help
'assistance' is the definition.
('help' can be a synonym of 'assistance')
'the man with a record' is the wordplay.
'the man' becomes 'he'.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a record' becomes 'lp' (LP is an example).
'he'+'lp'='HELP'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for help that I've seen before include "Succour" , "Assistance" , "Serve" , "Charity" , "SOS, mayday" .)