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Artist Tinh Mahoney
Release My Vietnamese Suite
Year 1986
Label East Wind # TIRI-86
Format LP · Album
Country USA
Language Instrumental
Songs here 8 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Tinh Mahoney, My Vietnamese Suite; cite each song by its SongID

My Vietnamese Suite

1986 · Album · East Wind # TIRI-86 · USA
8 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, Refugees, Boat People.
Collections
Songs from this release appear in these 2 curated collections.
The songs
1.
Credited as Tinh · 1986 · Album · East Wind # TIRI-86 · Salem, Oregon · My Vietnamese Suite

East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada. The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada. The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind. Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps). Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam". The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]

2.
Credited as Tinh · 1986 · Album · East Wind # TIRI-86 · Salem, Oregon · My Vietnamese Suite

East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada. The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada. The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind. Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps). Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam". The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]

3.
Credited as Tinh · 1986 · Album · East Wind # TIRI-86 · Salem, Oregon · My Vietnamese Suite

East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada. The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada. The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind. Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps). Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam". The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]

4.
Credited as Tinh · 1986 · Album · East Wind # TIRI-86 · Salem, Oregon · My Vietnamese Suite

East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada. The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada. The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind. Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps). Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam". The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]

5.
Credited as Tinh · 1986 · Album · East Wind # TIRI-86 · Salem, Oregon · My Vietnamese Suite

East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada. The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada. The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind. Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps). Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam". The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]

6.
Credited as Tinh · 1986 · Album · East Wind # TIRI-86 · Salem, Oregon · My Vietnamese Suite

East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada. The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada. The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind. Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps). Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam". The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]

7.
Credited as Tinh · 1986 · Album · East Wind # TIRI-86 · Salem, Oregon · My Vietnamese Suite

East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada. The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada. The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind. Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps). Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam". The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]

8.
Credited as Tinh · 1986 · Album · East Wind # TIRI-86 · Salem, Oregon · My Vietnamese Suite

East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada. The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada. The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind. Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps). Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam". The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]