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Release 朝日ソノラマ 1968年1月号 No. 97 [Asahi Sonorama, January 1968]
Year 1968
Label Asahi Sonorama # 97
Format 7" · Compilation
Country Japan
Language Vietnamese, Japanese
Songs here 4 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Various Artists, 朝日ソノラマ 1968年1月号 No. 97 [Asahi Sonorama, January 1968]; cite each song by its SongID

朝日ソノラマ 1968年1月号 No. 97 [Asahi Sonorama, January 1968]

1968 · Compilation · Asahi Sonorama # 97 · Japan
4 songs from this release are in the archive, listed below in catalogue order. Track positions are not recorded; the release may carry other songs that do not reference the war. Most common themes: Vietnamese Perspective, Vietnamese Patriotic.
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Songs from this release appear in these 3 curated collections.
The songs
1.
1968 · Compilation · Asahi Sonorama # 97 · Tokyo, Japan · 朝日ソノラマ 1968年1月号 No. 97 [Asahi Sonorama, January 1968]

Asahi Sonorama No. 97, '68 1月号 (INDEX no. 97), price 300円, "Printed in Japan"; red flexi sheet, 33⅓ R.P.M., silver label with "1968 1月号 朝日ソノラマ" and a rim reading "Speeches Sciences Cultures Religions Internationals Sports Economics Arts Politics Socials". Side 1A: "1968年の世界展望" — 激動の1967年 — 中東戦争／中ソ対立／ベトナム戦争／革命50周年のモスクワ他 [Middle East war / Sino-Soviet split / Vietnam War / Moscow at the 50th anniversary of the Revolution, etc.]; side 1B: "1968年の世界展望" — 北ベトナム報告・田英夫 [Report from North Vietnam, Hideo Den], and "佐藤首相へのメッセージ" — 南ベトナム民族解放戦線・本多勝一 [Message to Prime Minister Satō — South Vietnam NLF, Katsuichi Honda]. The front cover photo shows President Johnson and Prime Minister Satō (WWP) with the banner "ベトナム解放戦線より佐藤首相への手紙" [A letter to Prime Minister Satō from the Vietnam Liberation Front]; the back cover lists the contents over a photo of a soldier, and the index lists sheet 1A·B as 録音構成「一九六八年の世界展望」 including ルポ・ベトナム民族解放戦線より佐藤首相へ and the song 「南方の解放」. Katsuichi Honda's article "ベトナム民族解放戦線 — 解放戦線から佐藤首相へ" (pp. 5–6, Asahi Shimbun Tokyo head office, society desk) describes a month in a Mekong Delta liberated zone, where at S village a 23-year-old political committee member, グエン・バン・キイ, recorded on tape a message asking him to convey their feelings to Prime Minister Satō; the message printed in bold (recorded on sheet 1B) addresses the Japanese people as brothers, says Satō is deceived by the US imperialism Johnson represents, and calls for the return of Okinawa and the removal of US bases. The article adds that the fighters then sang, ending with 「南方の解放」 (フィン・ミン・シェン作詞作曲 [words and music by Huỳnh Minh Siêng]), described as the NLF's national anthem and used as Liberation Radio's news theme, with its Japanese meaning printed. Photographs on pp. 4–6 by cameraman 藤木高嶺 (Takane Fujiki); sheet 1AB produced with the cooperation of Tokyo Broadcasting (TBS) news bureau, Radio Moscow and VOA. [From the record sleeve and labels]

2.
1968 · Compilation · Asahi Sonorama # 97 · Tokyo, Japan · 朝日ソノラマ 1968年1月号 No. 97 [Asahi Sonorama, January 1968]

Asahi Sonorama No. 97, '68 1月号 (INDEX no. 97), price 300円, "Printed in Japan"; red flexi sheet, 33⅓ R.P.M., silver label with "1968 1月号 朝日ソノラマ" and a rim reading "Speeches Sciences Cultures Religions Internationals Sports Economics Arts Politics Socials". Side 1A: "1968年の世界展望" — 激動の1967年 — 中東戦争／中ソ対立／ベトナム戦争／革命50周年のモスクワ他 [Middle East war / Sino-Soviet split / Vietnam War / Moscow at the 50th anniversary of the Revolution, etc.]; side 1B: "1968年の世界展望" — 北ベトナム報告・田英夫 [Report from North Vietnam, Hideo Den], and "佐藤首相へのメッセージ" — 南ベトナム民族解放戦線・本多勝一 [Message to Prime Minister Satō — South Vietnam NLF, Katsuichi Honda]. The front cover photo shows President Johnson and Prime Minister Satō (WWP) with the banner "ベトナム解放戦線より佐藤首相への手紙" [A letter to Prime Minister Satō from the Vietnam Liberation Front]; the back cover lists the contents over a photo of a soldier, and the index lists sheet 1A·B as 録音構成「一九六八年の世界展望」 including ルポ・ベトナム民族解放戦線より佐藤首相へ and the song 「南方の解放」. Katsuichi Honda's article "ベトナム民族解放戦線 — 解放戦線から佐藤首相へ" (pp. 5–6, Asahi Shimbun Tokyo head office, society desk) describes a month in a Mekong Delta liberated zone, where at S village a 23-year-old political committee member, グエン・バン・キイ, recorded on tape a message asking him to convey their feelings to Prime Minister Satō; the message printed in bold (recorded on sheet 1B) addresses the Japanese people as brothers, says Satō is deceived by the US imperialism Johnson represents, and calls for the return of Okinawa and the removal of US bases. The article adds that the fighters then sang, ending with 「南方の解放」 (フィン・ミン・シェン作詞作曲 [words and music by Huỳnh Minh Siêng]), described as the NLF's national anthem and used as Liberation Radio's news theme, with its Japanese meaning printed. Photographs on pp. 4–6 by cameraman 藤木高嶺 (Takane Fujiki); sheet 1AB produced with the cooperation of Tokyo Broadcasting (TBS) news bureau, Radio Moscow and VOA. The lyrics call on southern Vietnamese to unite under the liberation flag, overthrow American imperialism and its collaborators, and fight to free the divided homeland. [From the record sleeve and labels]

3.
1968 · Compilation · Asahi Sonorama # 97 · Tokyo, Japan · 朝日ソノラマ 1968年1月号 No. 97 [Asahi Sonorama, January 1968]

1A. Sound montage: Middle East war, Sino-Soviet split, Vietnam War, 50th anniversary of the Revolution in Moscow Asahi Sonorama No. 97, '68 1月号 (INDEX no. 97), price 300円, "Printed in Japan"; red flexi sheet, 33⅓ R.P.M., silver label with "1968 1月号 朝日ソノラマ" and a rim reading "Speeches Sciences Cultures Religions Internationals Sports Economics Arts Politics Socials". Side 1A: "1968年の世界展望" — 激動の1967年 — 中東戦争／中ソ対立／ベトナム戦争／革命50周年のモスクワ他 [Middle East war / Sino-Soviet split / Vietnam War / Moscow at the 50th anniversary of the Revolution, etc.]; side 1B: "1968年の世界展望" — 北ベトナム報告・田英夫 [Report from North Vietnam, Hideo Den], and "佐藤首相へのメッセージ" — 南ベトナム民族解放戦線・本多勝一 [Message to Prime Minister Satō — South Vietnam NLF, Katsuichi Honda]. The front cover photo shows President Johnson and Prime Minister Satō (WWP) with the banner "ベトナム解放戦線より佐藤首相への手紙" [A letter to Prime Minister Satō from the Vietnam Liberation Front]; the back cover lists the contents over a photo of a soldier, and the index lists sheet 1A·B as 録音構成「一九六八年の世界展望」 including ルポ・ベトナム民族解放戦線より佐藤首相へ and the song 「南方の解放」. Katsuichi Honda's article "ベトナム民族解放戦線 — 解放戦線から佐藤首相へ" (pp. 5–6, Asahi Shimbun Tokyo head office, society desk) describes a month in a Mekong Delta liberated zone, where at S village a 23-year-old political committee member, グエン・バン・キイ, recorded on tape a message asking him to convey their feelings to Prime Minister Satō; the message printed in bold (recorded on sheet 1B) addresses the Japanese people as brothers, says Satō is deceived by the US imperialism Johnson represents, and calls for the return of Okinawa and the removal of US bases. The article adds that the fighters then sang, ending with 「南方の解放」 (フィン・ミン・シェン作詞作曲 [words and music by Huỳnh Minh Siêng]), described as the NLF's national anthem and used as Liberation Radio's news theme, with its Japanese meaning printed. Photographs on pp. 4–6 by cameraman 藤木高嶺 (Takane Fujiki); sheet 1AB produced with the cooperation of Tokyo Broadcasting (TBS) news bureau, Radio Moscow and VOA. [From the record sleeve and labels]

4.
Credited as 田英夫 · 1968 · Compilation · Asahi Sonorama # 97 · Tokyo, Japan · 朝日ソノラマ 1968年1月号 No. 97 [Asahi Sonorama, January 1968]

1B-a. TBS newscaster Den Hideo's report from North Vietnam (1967) Asahi Sonorama No. 97, '68 1月号 (INDEX no. 97), price 300円, "Printed in Japan"; red flexi sheet, 33⅓ R.P.M., silver label with "1968 1月号 朝日ソノラマ" and a rim reading "Speeches Sciences Cultures Religions Internationals Sports Economics Arts Politics Socials". Side 1A: "1968年の世界展望" — 激動の1967年 — 中東戦争／中ソ対立／ベトナム戦争／革命50周年のモスクワ他 [Middle East war / Sino-Soviet split / Vietnam War / Moscow at the 50th anniversary of the Revolution, etc.]; side 1B: "1968年の世界展望" — 北ベトナム報告・田英夫 [Report from North Vietnam, Hideo Den], and "佐藤首相へのメッセージ" — 南ベトナム民族解放戦線・本多勝一 [Message to Prime Minister Satō — South Vietnam NLF, Katsuichi Honda]. The front cover photo shows President Johnson and Prime Minister Satō (WWP) with the banner "ベトナム解放戦線より佐藤首相への手紙" [A letter to Prime Minister Satō from the Vietnam Liberation Front]; the back cover lists the contents over a photo of a soldier, and the index lists sheet 1A·B as 録音構成「一九六八年の世界展望」 including ルポ・ベトナム民族解放戦線より佐藤首相へ and the song 「南方の解放」. Katsuichi Honda's article "ベトナム民族解放戦線 — 解放戦線から佐藤首相へ" (pp. 5–6, Asahi Shimbun Tokyo head office, society desk) describes a month in a Mekong Delta liberated zone, where at S village a 23-year-old political committee member, グエン・バン・キイ, recorded on tape a message asking him to convey their feelings to Prime Minister Satō; the message printed in bold (recorded on sheet 1B) addresses the Japanese people as brothers, says Satō is deceived by the US imperialism Johnson represents, and calls for the return of Okinawa and the removal of US bases. The article adds that the fighters then sang, ending with 「南方の解放」 (フィン・ミン・シェン作詞作曲 [words and music by Huỳnh Minh Siêng]), described as the NLF's national anthem and used as Liberation Radio's news theme, with its Japanese meaning printed. Photographs on pp. 4–6 by cameraman 藤木高嶺 (Takane Fujiki); sheet 1AB produced with the cooperation of Tokyo Broadcasting (TBS) news bureau, Radio Moscow and VOA. [From the record sleeve and labels]