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Release 忘我为人民 [Selfless Devotion to the People]
Year 1966
Label 中国唱片 China # M-757
Format 10" · Album
Country China
Language Vietnamese, Chinese
Songs here 13 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Various Artists, 忘我为人民 [Selfless Devotion to the People]; cite each song by its SongID

忘我为人民 [Selfless Devotion to the People]

1966 · Album · 中国唱片 China # M-757 · China
13 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 in Beijing, China, on China Record Company (# M-757), this is actually sung in Vietnamese, unknown performers. The front cover is taken from a Chinese poster.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Collection
Songs from this release appear in this curated collection.
The songs
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1966 · Album · 中国唱片 China # M-757 · Peking, China · 忘我为人民 [Selfless Devotion to the People]

中国唱片 (China Record) M-757, 33⅓ rpm; labels M-757 甲 (M-33/2239) and M-757 乙 (M-33/2240), each marked 越南歌曲 and "1964、65年录音 1966年出版" (recorded 1964–65, published 1966). The front cover, "忘我为人民 – 越南歌曲 / Selfless Devotion to the People – Vietnamese Songs", is a grey ink drawing of Vietnamese fighters with rifles and a machine gun advancing through jungle. The back lists 13 Vietnamese songs in Chinese and English with times, composers, translators, performers and accompaniment, among them "Liberate the South" (Huynh Minh Sieng), "March of the South Vietnam Liberation Army" (Phan The), "Sing of the Great Victory at Bien Hoa" and "Nguyen Van Troi's Resounding Voice" (Van Can), and "Defend Our Country to the Death" (Nguyen Huy Du). Side 2 opens with the title song, "Selfless Devotion to the People" (unison, "Provisional Army Song of the Vietnam People's Army"), 1'32", music and words by Doan Quang Khai, Chinese lyrics by 高碧莲, choral arrangement by 石磊; it is sung by the Chorus of the Fellow Soldier Art Troupe of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军战友文工团合唱队), accompanied by the orchestra and conducted by Tang Kiang (唐江). "Manufactured by: China Record Company. Distributed by: Guozi Shudian, China Publications Centre, P.O. Box 399, Peking, China." [From the record sleeve and labels]