B1. Written for the 9th Japan Mothers' Convention, Aug 1967; verse 3 "to the mothers and children of Vietnam, peace and happiness" Center Record CLS-6 (CLS-6-A / CLS-6-B), LP stereo, 33⅓ RPM, "Made by Ongaku Center", 制作＝音楽センター, 東京都新宿区西大久保3-67, ¥400; 合唱＝中央合唱団, 伴奏＝センターオーケストラ, 指揮＝井上頼豊, 編曲＝多泉和人, piano 田村慧子, accordion 松永勇次・木下そんき. Side A: "明日を呼ぼう" (池田ふじ子 words, 寺原伸夫 music), 3'10"; "ふりそそげ春の陽" (新宿合唱団 words, 関忠亮 music), 2'55". Side B: "この手をつないで" (門倉訣 words, 清村杜夫 music), 2'56"; "あかつきの空に" (大西進 words and music), 3'05". The front shows smiling schoolchildren and mothers in a street. The back-sleeve notes say "この手をつないで" was written for the 9th Japan Mothers' Convention (第九回日本母親大会) in August 1967, and that "あかつきの空に" was written after the December 1967 victory of the Kin (喜屋武) land struggle against US base expansion in Okinawa linked to the war in Vietnam, and spread by the 5th Utagoe delegation to Okinawa from New Year 1968. The insert prints scores and lyrics of all four songs, and a catalogue of Center Record releases that includes "ベトナムの母さんへ" (CLS-3) and "自由ベトナム行進曲" (MLS-1003). The lyrics call for people to join hands and walk together for children's future, for Okinawa's return and Japanese independence, and for peace and happiness for Vietnam's mothers and children. [From the record sleeve and labels]
B2. Okinawa farmers resisting US base expansion for the Vietnam war (Kin land struggle, Dec 1967); "Vietnam and Sunagawa" — solidarity with Vietnam, bombers overhead Center Record CLS-6 (CLS-6-A / CLS-6-B), LP stereo, 33⅓ RPM, "Made by Ongaku Center", 制作＝音楽センター, 東京都新宿区西大久保3-67, ¥400; 合唱＝中央合唱団, 伴奏＝センターオーケストラ, 指揮＝井上頼豊, 編曲＝多泉和人, piano 田村慧子, accordion 松永勇次・木下そんき. Side A: "明日を呼ぼう" (池田ふじ子 words, 寺原伸夫 music), 3'10"; "ふりそそげ春の陽" (新宿合唱団 words, 関忠亮 music), 2'55". Side B: "この手をつないで" (門倉訣 words, 清村杜夫 music), 2'56"; "あかつきの空に" (大西進 words and music), 3'05". The front shows smiling schoolchildren and mothers in a street. The back-sleeve notes say "この手をつないで" was written for the 9th Japan Mothers' Convention (第九回日本母親大会) in August 1967, and that "あかつきの空に" was written after the December 1967 victory of the Kin (喜屋武) land struggle against US base expansion in Okinawa linked to the war in Vietnam, and spread by the 5th Utagoe delegation to Okinawa from New Year 1968. The insert prints scores and lyrics of all four songs, and a catalogue of Center Record releases that includes "ベトナムの母さんへ" (CLS-3) and "自由ベトナム行進曲" (MLS-1003). The lyrics use Okinawa's red deigo flower to link Okinawan and Sunagawa resistance to US bases with Vietnam's struggle, vowing to defend the land together. [From the record sleeve and labels]