平和のうたごえを１０００万人にひろげよう １８ ベトナム特集 NO.2 [Let's Spread the Voice of Peace to 10 Million People 18 – Vietnam Special No. 2]

Center Sonopiece series No. 18, "ベトナム特集 NO.2", ¥300, dark red flexi-disc, 33⅓ rpm, "音楽センター制作"; No. 18A: 日本・ベトナム, 大行軍の歌, ベトナム叙事詩, ディエンビエンの勝利; No. 18B: 統一ベトナム, ベトナム開放区 [sic], 南ベトナムからの手紙; chorus 中央合唱団, piano 田村慧子, accordion 松永 and 木下, conductor 井上頼豊; the lyric sheet gives side timings A 8:14 and B 8:02. The front is a colour photograph of a smiling young Vietnamese woman in a conical hat with workers building behind her; the back lists the Center Sonopiece series (Nos. 6, 10 and 11 marked as missing numbers) and Ongaku Center, 西大久保3-67, 新宿区, Tokyo. The lyric sheet is printed over photographs of a fisherman with nets and a soldier in a conical hat with rifle. The notes say 日本―ベトナム won first place (from 107 lyrics and 93 tunes) in the Japan–Vietnam friendship song contest for the visit of the Vietnam Central Song and Dance Ensemble; 大行軍の歌 is by ドゥ・ニュアン, secretary-general of the DRV Composers' Union, premiered by 中央合唱団 in 1966; ベトナム叙事詩 was sent by the DRV Composers' Union to the 1st Concert Against the American Aggression in Vietnam and premiered at the 2nd in November 1965; ディエンビエンの勝利 (1965) was sent to the 4th concert; 統一ベトナム was premiered at the 1965 Kanto Singing Voice Festival; ベトナム解放区の春 at the 1966 Japan Singing Voice Festival. 南ベトナムからの手紙 was set by 寺原伸夫, composer of the suite "日本の夜明け", while studying in the Soviet Union, and completed after the 1st Concert Against the Aggression in Vietnam in summer 1965. Score sheets print all seven songs. The lyrics describe marching a long, hard road to defend the homeland, vowing to pursue the invaders day and night and advance until liberation. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Center Sonopiece series No. 18, "ベトナム特集 NO.2", ¥300, dark red flexi-disc, 33⅓ rpm, "音楽センター制作"; No. 18A: 日本・ベトナム, 大行軍の歌, ベトナム叙事詩, ディエンビエンの勝利; No. 18B: 統一ベトナム, ベトナム開放区 [sic], 南ベトナムからの手紙; chorus 中央合唱団, piano 田村慧子, accordion 松永 and 木下, conductor 井上頼豊; the lyric sheet gives side timings A 8:14 and B 8:02. The front is a colour photograph of a smiling young Vietnamese woman in a conical hat with workers building behind her; the back lists the Center Sonopiece series (Nos. 6, 10 and 11 marked as missing numbers) and Ongaku Center, 西大久保3-67, 新宿区, Tokyo. The lyric sheet is printed over photographs of a fisherman with nets and a soldier in a conical hat with rifle. The notes say 日本―ベトナム won first place (from 107 lyrics and 93 tunes) in the Japan–Vietnam friendship song contest for the visit of the Vietnam Central Song and Dance Ensemble; 大行軍の歌 is by ドゥ・ニュアン, secretary-general of the DRV Composers' Union, premiered by 中央合唱団 in 1966; ベトナム叙事詩 was sent by the DRV Composers' Union to the 1st Concert Against the American Aggression in Vietnam and premiered at the 2nd in November 1965; ディエンビエンの勝利 (1965) was sent to the 4th concert; 統一ベトナム was premiered at the 1965 Kanto Singing Voice Festival; ベトナム解放区の春 at the 1966 Japan Singing Voice Festival. 南ベトナムからの手紙 was set by 寺原伸夫, composer of the suite "日本の夜明け", while studying in the Soviet Union, and completed after the 1st Concert Against the Aggression in Vietnam in summer 1965. Score sheets print all seven songs. The lyrics praise Vietnam as a heroic nation, with people in the south rising in arms and the north farming and working, all fighting to drive out the American aggressors and reunify the country. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Center Sonopiece series No. 18, "ベトナム特集 NO.2", ¥300, dark red flexi-disc, 33⅓ rpm, "音楽センター制作"; No. 18A: 日本・ベトナム, 大行軍の歌, ベトナム叙事詩, ディエンビエンの勝利; No. 18B: 統一ベトナム, ベトナム開放区 [sic], 南ベトナムからの手紙; chorus 中央合唱団, piano 田村慧子, accordion 松永 and 木下, conductor 井上頼豊; the lyric sheet gives side timings A 8:14 and B 8:02. The front is a colour photograph of a smiling young Vietnamese woman in a conical hat with workers building behind her; the back lists the Center Sonopiece series (Nos. 6, 10 and 11 marked as missing numbers) and Ongaku Center, 西大久保3-67, 新宿区, Tokyo. The lyric sheet is printed over photographs of a fisherman with nets and a soldier in a conical hat with rifle. The notes say 日本―ベトナム won first place (from 107 lyrics and 93 tunes) in the Japan–Vietnam friendship song contest for the visit of the Vietnam Central Song and Dance Ensemble; 大行軍の歌 is by ドゥ・ニュアン, secretary-general of the DRV Composers' Union, premiered by 中央合唱団 in 1966; ベトナム叙事詩 was sent by the DRV Composers' Union to the 1st Concert Against the American Aggression in Vietnam and premiered at the 2nd in November 1965; ディエンビエンの勝利 (1965) was sent to the 4th concert; 統一ベトナム was premiered at the 1965 Kanto Singing Voice Festival; ベトナム解放区の春 at the 1966 Japan Singing Voice Festival. 南ベトナムからの手紙 was set by 寺原伸夫, composer of the suite "日本の夜明け", while studying in the Soviet Union, and completed after the 1st Concert Against the Aggression in Vietnam in summer 1965. Score sheets print all seven songs. The lyrics celebrate liberation troops returning victorious from Điện Biên to a joyful countryside, with the victory flag flying and the whole world hailing the win. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Center Sonopiece series No. 18, "ベトナム特集 NO.2", ¥300, dark red flexi-disc, 33⅓ rpm, "音楽センター制作"; No. 18A: 日本・ベトナム, 大行軍の歌, ベトナム叙事詩, ディエンビエンの勝利; No. 18B: 統一ベトナム, ベトナム開放区 [sic], 南ベトナムからの手紙; chorus 中央合唱団, piano 田村慧子, accordion 松永 and 木下, conductor 井上頼豊; the lyric sheet gives side timings A 8:14 and B 8:02. The front is a colour photograph of a smiling young Vietnamese woman in a conical hat with workers building behind her; the back lists the Center Sonopiece series (Nos. 6, 10 and 11 marked as missing numbers) and Ongaku Center, 西大久保3-67, 新宿区, Tokyo. The lyric sheet is printed over photographs of a fisherman with nets and a soldier in a conical hat with rifle. The notes say 日本―ベトナム won first place (from 107 lyrics and 93 tunes) in the Japan–Vietnam friendship song contest for the visit of the Vietnam Central Song and Dance Ensemble; 大行軍の歌 is by ドゥ・ニュアン, secretary-general of the DRV Composers' Union, premiered by 中央合唱団 in 1966; ベトナム叙事詩 was sent by the DRV Composers' Union to the 1st Concert Against the American Aggression in Vietnam and premiered at the 2nd in November 1965; ディエンビエンの勝利 (1965) was sent to the 4th concert; 統一ベトナム was premiered at the 1965 Kanto Singing Voice Festival; ベトナム解放区の春 at the 1966 Japan Singing Voice Festival. 南ベトナムからの手紙 was set by 寺原伸夫, composer of the suite "日本の夜明け", while studying in the Soviet Union, and completed after the 1st Concert Against the Aggression in Vietnam in summer 1965. Score sheets print all seven songs. The lyrics mourn a Vietnam torn in two and urge comrades, as Ho Chi Minh's sons, to fight day and night until the country is united in lasting peace. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Center Sonopiece series No. 18, "ベトナム特集 NO.2", ¥300, dark red flexi-disc, 33⅓ rpm, "音楽センター制作"; No. 18A: 日本・ベトナム, 大行軍の歌, ベトナム叙事詩, ディエンビエンの勝利; No. 18B: 統一ベトナム, ベトナム開放区 [sic], 南ベトナムからの手紙; chorus 中央合唱団, piano 田村慧子, accordion 松永 and 木下, conductor 井上頼豊; the lyric sheet gives side timings A 8:14 and B 8:02. The front is a colour photograph of a smiling young Vietnamese woman in a conical hat with workers building behind her; the back lists the Center Sonopiece series (Nos. 6, 10 and 11 marked as missing numbers) and Ongaku Center, 西大久保3-67, 新宿区, Tokyo. The lyric sheet is printed over photographs of a fisherman with nets and a soldier in a conical hat with rifle. The notes say 日本―ベトナム won first place (from 107 lyrics and 93 tunes) in the Japan–Vietnam friendship song contest for the visit of the Vietnam Central Song and Dance Ensemble; 大行軍の歌 is by ドゥ・ニュアン, secretary-general of the DRV Composers' Union, premiered by 中央合唱団 in 1966; ベトナム叙事詩 was sent by the DRV Composers' Union to the 1st Concert Against the American Aggression in Vietnam and premiered at the 2nd in November 1965; ディエンビエンの勝利 (1965) was sent to the 4th concert; 統一ベトナム was premiered at the 1965 Kanto Singing Voice Festival; ベトナム解放区の春 at the 1966 Japan Singing Voice Festival. 南ベトナムからの手紙 was set by 寺原伸夫, composer of the suite "日本の夜明け", while studying in the Soviet Union, and completed after the 1st Concert Against the Aggression in Vietnam in summer 1965. Score sheets print all seven songs. The lyrics celebrate spring returning to Vietnam's liberated zone, with birds, flowers and joyful returning fighters, a heroic people driving out the enemy and a rich homeland at lasting peace. [From the record sleeve and labels]

A1. 1st prize (from 107 lyrics, 93 tunes) in the Japan–Vietnam friendship song contest held for the Vietnam Central Song and Dance Ensemble's visit; "drive out the aggressors… bind Japan and Vietnam" Center Sonopiece series No. 18, "ベトナム特集 NO.2", ¥300, dark red flexi-disc, 33⅓ rpm, "音楽センター制作"; No. 18A: 日本・ベトナム, 大行軍の歌, ベトナム叙事詩, ディエンビエンの勝利; No. 18B: 統一ベトナム, ベトナム開放区 [sic], 南ベトナムからの手紙; chorus 中央合唱団, piano 田村慧子, accordion 松永 and 木下, conductor 井上頼豊; the lyric sheet gives side timings A 8:14 and B 8:02. The front is a colour photograph of a smiling young Vietnamese woman in a conical hat with workers building behind her; the back lists the Center Sonopiece series (Nos. 6, 10 and 11 marked as missing numbers) and Ongaku Center, 西大久保3-67, 新宿区, Tokyo. The lyric sheet is printed over photographs of a fisherman with nets and a soldier in a conical hat with rifle. The notes say 日本―ベトナム won first place (from 107 lyrics and 93 tunes) in the Japan–Vietnam friendship song contest for the visit of the Vietnam Central Song and Dance Ensemble; 大行軍の歌 is by ドゥ・ニュアン, secretary-general of the DRV Composers' Union, premiered by 中央合唱団 in 1966; ベトナム叙事詩 was sent by the DRV Composers' Union to the 1st Concert Against the American Aggression in Vietnam and premiered at the 2nd in November 1965; ディエンビエンの勝利 (1965) was sent to the 4th concert; 統一ベトナム was premiered at the 1965 Kanto Singing Voice Festival; ベトナム解放区の春 at the 1966 Japan Singing Voice Festival. 南ベトナムからの手紙 was set by 寺原伸夫, composer of the suite "日本の夜明け", while studying in the Soviet Union, and completed after the 1st Concert Against the Aggression in Vietnam in summer 1965. Score sheets print all seven songs. The lyrics salute Vietnamese comrades fighting for freedom and liberation as Asian brothers, pledging that Japan and Vietnam will join firmly in lasting friendship against invaders. [From the record sleeve and labels]

B3. A young South Vietnamese fighter writes to his mother: "drive out the pack of wolves, beat back the American soldiers". Written summer 1965 for the 1st Concert Against the Aggression in Vietnam Center Sonopiece series No. 18, "ベトナム特集 NO.2", ¥300, dark red flexi-disc, 33⅓ rpm, "音楽センター制作"; No. 18A: 日本・ベトナム, 大行軍の歌, ベトナム叙事詩, ディエンビエンの勝利; No. 18B: 統一ベトナム, ベトナム開放区 [sic], 南ベトナムからの手紙; chorus 中央合唱団, piano 田村慧子, accordion 松永 and 木下, conductor 井上頼豊; the lyric sheet gives side timings A 8:14 and B 8:02. The front is a colour photograph of a smiling young Vietnamese woman in a conical hat with workers building behind her; the back lists the Center Sonopiece series (Nos. 6, 10 and 11 marked as missing numbers) and Ongaku Center, 西大久保3-67, 新宿区, Tokyo. The lyric sheet is printed over photographs of a fisherman with nets and a soldier in a conical hat with rifle. The notes say 日本―ベトナム won first place (from 107 lyrics and 93 tunes) in the Japan–Vietnam friendship song contest for the visit of the Vietnam Central Song and Dance Ensemble; 大行軍の歌 is by ドゥ・ニュアン, secretary-general of the DRV Composers' Union, premiered by 中央合唱団 in 1966; ベトナム叙事詩 was sent by the DRV Composers' Union to the 1st Concert Against the American Aggression in Vietnam and premiered at the 2nd in November 1965; ディエンビエンの勝利 (1965) was sent to the 4th concert; 統一ベトナム was premiered at the 1965 Kanto Singing Voice Festival; ベトナム解放区の春 at the 1966 Japan Singing Voice Festival. 南ベトナムからの手紙 was set by 寺原伸夫, composer of the suite "日本の夜明け", while studying in the Soviet Union, and completed after the 1st Concert Against the Aggression in Vietnam in summer 1965. Score sheets print all seven songs. The lyrics are a young southern fighter's letter to his mother and sweetheart, telling them he is leaving to fight American troops for the day of reunification. [From the record sleeve and labels]