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Release Liberating the South (Giải phóng miền Nam)
Year 1966
Label Dihavina # 6603
Format 7" · Single
Country North Vietnam
Language Vietnamese
Songs here 4 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Various Artists, Liberating the South (Giải phóng miền Nam); cite each song by its SongID

Liberating the South (Giải phóng miền Nam)

1966 · Single · Dihavina # 6603 · North Vietnam
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.
Annotation
Released on the Dihavina record label (# 6603), originally the state label of North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) before reunification in 1975. The title track is the well-known famous song "Giải phóng miền Nam" ( "Liberating the South" ), composed by the trio Lưu Hữu Phước, Mai Văn Bộ and Huỳnh Văn Tiểng, under the pseudonym Huỳnh Minh Siêng, in 1961, the national anthem of Provisional South Vietnam government.1 The song appears on many record releases in Vietnam, Asia, Europe, and the US. Targeting a South Vietnamese audience, it calls for an uprising: "advance to kill the enemy... arise.. brave people of the South" . It notes that Vietnam had been divided: "country has been separated for so long" , and that it was time to "build up our nation" . It referred to the US as "imperialists" . Also on this album: the song "Giờ hành động" ( "Time for Action" ), the song "Qua sông" ( "Crossing the River" ), and song "Bài hát Giải phóng quân" ( "Song of the Liberation Army" ).
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Collection
Songs from this release appear in this curated collection.
The songs
1.
1966 · Single · Dihavina # 6603 · Hanoi, Vietnam · Liberating the South (Giải phóng miền Nam)

Dihavina 6603 (Đĩa Hát Việt Nam), four-track 45 rpm EP, sides CK 5 and CK 6. Side CK 5: "Liberating the South" by H. M. Siêng, "Hymn of the NFL of South Vietnam", the "Voice of Vietnam"'s Choir and Orchestra, conductor Hoang Van; "Time for Action" by Luu Nguyen and Long Hung, Male Chorus and Symphonic Orchestra, conductor Tran Quy. Side CK 6: "Crossing the River" by P. M. Tuan, Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre's female vocal group; "Song of the Liberation Army" by Long Hung, Chorus and Orchestra of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Vietnamese People's Army; conductor Trong Mai. The front cover shows a bayoneted rifle tied with a red and blue ribbon bearing a yellow star, rising among spikes against a dark blue sky, titled "liberating the South" and "Giải phóng miền Nam". The back cover lists the four titles in English and Vietnamese and gives the distributor as Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Bà Trưng, Hanoi, D.R. Vietnam. [From the record sleeve and labels]

2.
1966 · Single · Dihavina # 6603 · Hanoi, Vietnam

Dihavina 6603 (Đĩa Hát Việt Nam), four-track 45 rpm EP, sides CK 5 and CK 6. Side CK 5: "Liberating the South" by H. M. Siêng, "Hymn of the NFL of South Vietnam", the "Voice of Vietnam"'s Choir and Orchestra, conductor Hoang Van; "Time for Action" by Luu Nguyen and Long Hung, Male Chorus and Symphonic Orchestra, conductor Tran Quy. Side CK 6: "Crossing the River" by P. M. Tuan, Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre's female vocal group; "Song of the Liberation Army" by Long Hung, Chorus and Orchestra of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Vietnamese People's Army; conductor Trong Mai. The front cover shows a bayoneted rifle tied with a red and blue ribbon bearing a yellow star, rising among spikes against a dark blue sky, titled "liberating the South" and "Giải phóng miền Nam". The back cover lists the four titles in English and Vietnamese and gives the distributor as Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Bà Trưng, Hanoi, D.R. Vietnam. [From the record sleeve and labels]

3.
1966 · Single · Dihavina # 6603 · Hanoi, Vietnam · Liberating the South (Giải phóng miền Nam)

Dihavina 6603 (Đĩa Hát Việt Nam), four-track 45 rpm EP, sides CK 5 and CK 6. Side CK 5: "Liberating the South" by H. M. Siêng, "Hymn of the NFL of South Vietnam", the "Voice of Vietnam"'s Choir and Orchestra, conductor Hoang Van; "Time for Action" by Luu Nguyen and Long Hung, Male Chorus and Symphonic Orchestra, conductor Tran Quy. Side CK 6: "Crossing the River" by P. M. Tuan, Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre's female vocal group; "Song of the Liberation Army" by Long Hung, Chorus and Orchestra of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Vietnamese People's Army; conductor Trong Mai. The front cover shows a bayoneted rifle tied with a red and blue ribbon bearing a yellow star, rising among spikes against a dark blue sky, titled "liberating the South" and "Giải phóng miền Nam". The back cover lists the four titles in English and Vietnamese and gives the distributor as Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Bà Trưng, Hanoi, D.R. Vietnam. [From the record sleeve and labels]

4.
1966 · Single · Dihavina # 6603 · Hanoi, Vietnam · Liberating the South (Giải phóng miền Nam)

Dihavina 6603 (Đĩa Hát Việt Nam), four-track 45 rpm EP, sides CK 5 and CK 6. Side CK 5: "Liberating the South" by H. M. Siêng, "Hymn of the NFL of South Vietnam", the "Voice of Vietnam"'s Choir and Orchestra, conductor Hoang Van; "Time for Action" by Luu Nguyen and Long Hung, Male Chorus and Symphonic Orchestra, conductor Tran Quy. Side CK 6: "Crossing the River" by P. M. Tuan, Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre's female vocal group; "Song of the Liberation Army" by Long Hung, Chorus and Orchestra of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Vietnamese People's Army; conductor Trong Mai. The front cover shows a bayoneted rifle tied with a red and blue ribbon bearing a yellow star, rising among spikes against a dark blue sky, titled "liberating the South" and "Giải phóng miền Nam". The back cover lists the four titles in English and Vietnamese and gives the distributor as Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Bà Trưng, Hanoi, D.R. Vietnam. [From the record sleeve and labels]