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Release LPステレオセンターレコード11
Year Unknown
Label Center # CLS-11
Format 7" · EP
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Songs here 5 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Central Choir, LPステレオセンターレコード11; cite each song by its SongID

LPステレオセンターレコード11

Unknown date · EP · Center # CLS-11 · Japan
5 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 Patriotic, Solidarity.
Annotation
Japanese released record, split into two halves. The first side is North Vietnamese patriotic songs in the Nhạc đỏ ("Red Music") genre - which developed at the beginning of the 20th century, containing elements of Western Classical Music, while lyrically focusing on socialism and independence, as well as containing anti-imperialist / colonialist sentiment. It's also influenced by revolutionary music from China and the USSR. Some also contained elements of Vietnamese Folk Music. The 7" EP was part of series, with a few focused on Vietnam, including this (Center Record # CLS-11). The B-side featured Japanese songs about the Vietnam War.
Notes
A1| 自由ベトナム行進曲 ("Free Vietnam March")
A2| 南ベトナムを解放しよう ("Let's Liberate South Vietnam")
A3| 行動のとき ("When Taking Action")
B1| ベトナムの乙女たち ("Vietnamese Maidens")
B2| ベトナムへ送るまい ("Do Not Send to Vietnam")
The first of those track was "ベトナムの乙女たち" ("Vietnamese Maidens") - a Vietnamese songs translated into Japanese, by 関鑑子 [Akiko Seki] - born 8 September 1899 and died 2 May 1973, a well-known Japanese vocalist, educator, and music critic, and a member of the Japanese Communist Party.1. The song focused on the role of woman and war production / economy: "maidens protecting the rear... holding the needle... complete our production goals... workers in factories... these clothes will go to the front line".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Collections
Songs from this release appear in these 2 curated collections.
The songs
1.
Unknown date · EP · Center # CLS-11 · Tokyo, Japan · LPステレオセンターレコード11

Center Record CLS-11, "LPステレオ", 7-inch, 33⅓ rpm, five songs, produced by 音楽センター (Ongaku Center), 東京都新宿区西大久保3-67, ¥500; conductor 井上頼豊 [Yoritoyo Inoue], chorus 中央合唱団 (Central Choir), accompaniment Center Orchestra, piano 田中園子 [Sonoko Tanaka], arrangements by 助川敏弥 [Toshiya Sukegawa], 伊藤辰雄 [Tatsuo Ito] and 安達元彦 [Motohiko Adachi]. Side A: "自由ベトナム行進曲" (Japanese words 関忠亮, music Doãn Quang Khải), 1:47; "南ベトナムを解放しよう", 3:14; "行動のとき" (words タン・ハイ [Thanh Hải], music ル・グエン・ロン・フン), 2:07. Side B: "ベトナムの乙女たち" (Vietnamese song, Japanese words 関鑑子 [Akiko Seki]), 3:25; "ベトナムへ送るまい" (original words ベトナム話し合いの会, adapted by 窪田亨 [Akira Kubota], music 大西進 [Susumu Onishi]), 3:41. The front sleeve photo shows a boy in a large straw hat playing a bamboo flute. The back-sleeve notes say "自由ベトナム行進曲" became a song of all the Vietnamese people in the 1949 struggle against French imperialism and was introduced to Japan in 1955; "南ベトナムを解放しよう" is the song of the South Vietnam National Liberation Front, sent to Japan through the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association in 1964; "行動のとき" came from a 1967 songbook given to Seki by the Vietnamese composers' union and was first sung by the Central Choir in May 1968; "ベトナムの乙女たち" was among songs the NLF sent on tape to the 1964 Utagoe festival; and "ベトナムへ送るまい" sets a letter Japanese women wrote to women of countries fighting in Vietnam, and was presented by the Japanese delegation to Vietnamese and American delegates at the June 1968 Paris conference of women working to end the Vietnam War. Four lyric sheets print words and melody for each song ("ベトナムへ送るまい" subtitled "ベトナム参戦国の母や妻たちへ ―日本の婦人より―", piano arrangement 松永勇次) and a list of Center Record releases. The lyrics describe young Vietnamese women working in the fields and factories behind the lines, supporting front-line soldiers and striving together for liberation. [From the record sleeve and labels]

2.
Unknown date · EP · Center # CLS-11 · Tokyo, Japan · LPステレオセンターレコード11

Center Record CLS-11, "LPステレオ", 7-inch, 33⅓ rpm, five songs, produced by 音楽センター (Ongaku Center), 東京都新宿区西大久保3-67, ¥500; conductor 井上頼豊 [Yoritoyo Inoue], chorus 中央合唱団 (Central Choir), accompaniment Center Orchestra, piano 田中園子 [Sonoko Tanaka], arrangements by 助川敏弥 [Toshiya Sukegawa], 伊藤辰雄 [Tatsuo Ito] and 安達元彦 [Motohiko Adachi]. Side A: "自由ベトナム行進曲" (Japanese words 関忠亮, music Doãn Quang Khải), 1:47; "南ベトナムを解放しよう", 3:14; "行動のとき" (words タン・ハイ [Thanh Hải], music ル・グエン・ロン・フン), 2:07. Side B: "ベトナムの乙女たち" (Vietnamese song, Japanese words 関鑑子 [Akiko Seki]), 3:25; "ベトナムへ送るまい" (original words ベトナム話し合いの会, adapted by 窪田亨 [Akira Kubota], music 大西進 [Susumu Onishi]), 3:41. The front sleeve photo shows a boy in a large straw hat playing a bamboo flute. The back-sleeve notes say "自由ベトナム行進曲" became a song of all the Vietnamese people in the 1949 struggle against French imperialism and was introduced to Japan in 1955; "南ベトナムを解放しよう" is the song of the South Vietnam National Liberation Front, sent to Japan through the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association in 1964; "行動のとき" came from a 1967 songbook given to Seki by the Vietnamese composers' union and was first sung by the Central Choir in May 1968; "ベトナムの乙女たち" was among songs the NLF sent on tape to the 1964 Utagoe festival; and "ベトナムへ送るまい" sets a letter Japanese women wrote to women of countries fighting in Vietnam, and was presented by the Japanese delegation to Vietnamese and American delegates at the June 1968 Paris conference of women working to end the Vietnam War. Four lyric sheets print words and melody for each song ("ベトナムへ送るまい" subtitled "ベトナム参戦国の母や妻たちへ ―日本の婦人より―", piano arrangement 松永勇次) and a list of Center Record releases. The lyrics are a message from Japanese women to the mothers and wives of countries at war, urging them to join hands, stop the killing and stop sending sons and weapons to Vietnam. [From the record sleeve and labels]

3.
Unknown date · EP · Center # CLS-11 · Tokyo, Japan · LPステレオセンターレコード11

Center Record CLS-11, "LPステレオ", 7-inch, 33⅓ rpm, five songs, produced by 音楽センター (Ongaku Center), 東京都新宿区西大久保3-67, ¥500; conductor 井上頼豊 [Yoritoyo Inoue], chorus 中央合唱団 (Central Choir), accompaniment Center Orchestra, piano 田中園子 [Sonoko Tanaka], arrangements by 助川敏弥 [Toshiya Sukegawa], 伊藤辰雄 [Tatsuo Ito] and 安達元彦 [Motohiko Adachi]. Side A: "自由ベトナム行進曲" (Japanese words 関忠亮, music Doãn Quang Khải), 1:47; "南ベトナムを解放しよう", 3:14; "行動のとき" (words タン・ハイ [Thanh Hải], music ル・グエン・ロン・フン), 2:07. Side B: "ベトナムの乙女たち" (Vietnamese song, Japanese words 関鑑子 [Akiko Seki]), 3:25; "ベトナムへ送るまい" (original words ベトナム話し合いの会, adapted by 窪田亨 [Akira Kubota], music 大西進 [Susumu Onishi]), 3:41. The front sleeve photo shows a boy in a large straw hat playing a bamboo flute. The back-sleeve notes say "自由ベトナム行進曲" became a song of all the Vietnamese people in the 1949 struggle against French imperialism and was introduced to Japan in 1955; "南ベトナムを解放しよう" is the song of the South Vietnam National Liberation Front, sent to Japan through the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association in 1964; "行動のとき" came from a 1967 songbook given to Seki by the Vietnamese composers' union and was first sung by the Central Choir in May 1968; "ベトナムの乙女たち" was among songs the NLF sent on tape to the 1964 Utagoe festival; and "ベトナムへ送るまい" sets a letter Japanese women wrote to women of countries fighting in Vietnam, and was presented by the Japanese delegation to Vietnamese and American delegates at the June 1968 Paris conference of women working to end the Vietnam War. Four lyric sheets print words and melody for each song ("ベトナムへ送るまい" subtitled "ベトナム参戦国の母や妻たちへ ―日本の婦人より―", piano arrangement 松永勇次) and a list of Center Record releases. The lyrics call on South Vietnamese to rise up resolutely under the liberation flag, take up arms, defeat America and its collaborators, and defend the homeland from the Mekong to the Truong Son mountains. [From the record sleeve and labels]

4.
Unknown date · EP · Center # CLS-11 · Tokyo, Japan · LPステレオセンターレコード11

Center Record CLS-11, "LPステレオ", 7-inch, 33⅓ rpm, five songs, produced by 音楽センター (Ongaku Center), 東京都新宿区西大久保3-67, ¥500; conductor 井上頼豊 [Yoritoyo Inoue], chorus 中央合唱団 (Central Choir), accompaniment Center Orchestra, piano 田中園子 [Sonoko Tanaka], arrangements by 助川敏弥 [Toshiya Sukegawa], 伊藤辰雄 [Tatsuo Ito] and 安達元彦 [Motohiko Adachi]. Side A: "自由ベトナム行進曲" (Japanese words 関忠亮, music Doãn Quang Khải), 1:47; "南ベトナムを解放しよう", 3:14; "行動のとき" (words タン・ハイ [Thanh Hải], music ル・グエン・ロン・フン), 2:07. Side B: "ベトナムの乙女たち" (Vietnamese song, Japanese words 関鑑子 [Akiko Seki]), 3:25; "ベトナムへ送るまい" (original words ベトナム話し合いの会, adapted by 窪田亨 [Akira Kubota], music 大西進 [Susumu Onishi]), 3:41. The front sleeve photo shows a boy in a large straw hat playing a bamboo flute. The back-sleeve notes say "自由ベトナム行進曲" became a song of all the Vietnamese people in the 1949 struggle against French imperialism and was introduced to Japan in 1955; "南ベトナムを解放しよう" is the song of the South Vietnam National Liberation Front, sent to Japan through the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association in 1964; "行動のとき" came from a 1967 songbook given to Seki by the Vietnamese composers' union and was first sung by the Central Choir in May 1968; "ベトナムの乙女たち" was among songs the NLF sent on tape to the 1964 Utagoe festival; and "ベトナムへ送るまい" sets a letter Japanese women wrote to women of countries fighting in Vietnam, and was presented by the Japanese delegation to Vietnamese and American delegates at the June 1968 Paris conference of women working to end the Vietnam War. Four lyric sheets print words and melody for each song ("ベトナムへ送るまい" subtitled "ベトナム参戦国の母や妻たちへ ―日本の婦人より―", piano arrangement 松永勇次) and a list of Center Record releases. The lyrics urge young Vietnamese soldiers to fight hard to drive out the occupiers, win back freedom and liberation for the nation, and heed Ho Chi Minh's call. [From the record sleeve and labels]

5.
Unknown date · EP · Center # CLS-11 · Tokyo, Japan · LPステレオセンターレコード11

Center Record CLS-11, "LPステレオ", 7-inch, 33⅓ rpm, five songs, produced by 音楽センター (Ongaku Center), 東京都新宿区西大久保3-67, ¥500; conductor 井上頼豊 [Yoritoyo Inoue], chorus 中央合唱団 (Central Choir), accompaniment Center Orchestra, piano 田中園子 [Sonoko Tanaka], arrangements by 助川敏弥 [Toshiya Sukegawa], 伊藤辰雄 [Tatsuo Ito] and 安達元彦 [Motohiko Adachi]. Side A: "自由ベトナム行進曲" (Japanese words 関忠亮, music Doãn Quang Khải), 1:47; "南ベトナムを解放しよう", 3:14; "行動のとき" (words タン・ハイ [Thanh Hải], music ル・グエン・ロン・フン), 2:07. Side B: "ベトナムの乙女たち" (Vietnamese song, Japanese words 関鑑子 [Akiko Seki]), 3:25; "ベトナムへ送るまい" (original words ベトナム話し合いの会, adapted by 窪田亨 [Akira Kubota], music 大西進 [Susumu Onishi]), 3:41. The front sleeve photo shows a boy in a large straw hat playing a bamboo flute. The back-sleeve notes say "自由ベトナム行進曲" became a song of all the Vietnamese people in the 1949 struggle against French imperialism and was introduced to Japan in 1955; "南ベトナムを解放しよう" is the song of the South Vietnam National Liberation Front, sent to Japan through the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association in 1964; "行動のとき" came from a 1967 songbook given to Seki by the Vietnamese composers' union and was first sung by the Central Choir in May 1968; "ベトナムの乙女たち" was among songs the NLF sent on tape to the 1964 Utagoe festival; and "ベトナムへ送るまい" sets a letter Japanese women wrote to women of countries fighting in Vietnam, and was presented by the Japanese delegation to Vietnamese and American delegates at the June 1968 Paris conference of women working to end the Vietnam War. Four lyric sheets print words and melody for each song ("ベトナムへ送るまい" subtitled "ベトナム参戦国の母や妻たちへ ―日本の婦人より―", piano arrangement 松永勇次) and a list of Center Record releases. The lyrics are a rallying call that the time for struggle has come, pledging resolve with the homeland, death to the enemy, and liberation alongside friends worldwide. [From the record sleeve and labels]