Le Chant du Monde LDX 74401 (sleeve "G.U. LDX 74401"), label matrices XSB 74401 A / XSB 74401 B, "Made in France – Microsillon incassable – Longue durée 33 T. 1/3", rights "D.R."; Ensemble National de la République Démocratique du Vietnam, direction Cu Huy Can, choreographer and musical director Minh Hien. The front cover photograph ("Au recto: Photo Marc Riboud – Agence Magnum") shows farmers ploughing with oxen and carrying shoulder-pole baskets beside a river; sleeve printed by Imp. Chaufour, Paris. The French liner notes trace the ensemble from 16 musicians and dancers who joined the Liberation Army in 1952, through its installation in Hanoi in 1954 (now 80 artists) and the American bombing from 4 August 1964, during which the artists toured North Vietnam by lorry, bicycle and on foot, performed in bomb craters under the motto "Nos chants sonneront plus fort que les explosions des bombes", lived four months with the soldiers of Vinh Linh on the 17th parallel in 1967 and in early 1968 performed near the "La machoire du dragon" bridge in Tan-Hoa province, where their battery shot down two US planes; France is named as the first Western country to welcome the ensemble. Face A: "Mua sap – danse des bambous" (Orchestre de l'Ensemble National; montagnards of the north-west celebrating the liberation at Dien Bien Phu), "Quang Binh – Ma terre natale" (Hoàng Vân; groupe vocal féminin accompanied on the 16-string cythare), "Con voi – L'éléphant" (Nguyên Xuân Khoat – Nguyên Dinh Thi; Trân Hiêu, chant), "Tinh quan dan – Peuple et combattants unis" (Xuân Ba; lyre-lune Vũ Pho, cythare Kim Anh, with Dàn Tam Thâp Luc accompaniment), "Ru con – Berceuse" (Ai Liên, chant; Nam Bo folk song) and "Bai la may ao – Cousons des vêtements chauds" (Xuân Hông; groupe vocal féminin; "une chanson du front"). Face B includes "Tieng dan ta-lu – Quand sonne le ta-lu" (Huy Thuc; groupe vocal féminin), about young montagnard women carrying supplies to the fighters, plus "Mua chuong", "Ly con sao", "Ru con" (Thanh Chuong, monocorde), "Dan bo cua toi" (Trân Kiêt Tuong) and "Mua ka-tu" (Nguyên Dinh Tich). [From the record sleeve and labels]
Le Chant du Monde LDX 74401 (sleeve "G.U. LDX 74401"), label matrices XSB 74401 A / XSB 74401 B, "Made in France – Microsillon incassable – Longue durée 33 T. 1/3", rights "D.R."; Ensemble National de la République Démocratique du Vietnam, direction Cu Huy Can, choreographer and musical director Minh Hien. The front cover photograph ("Au recto: Photo Marc Riboud – Agence Magnum") shows farmers ploughing with oxen and carrying shoulder-pole baskets beside a river; sleeve printed by Imp. Chaufour, Paris. The French liner notes trace the ensemble from 16 musicians and dancers who joined the Liberation Army in 1952, through its installation in Hanoi in 1954 (now 80 artists) and the American bombing from 4 August 1964, during which the artists toured North Vietnam by lorry, bicycle and on foot, performed in bomb craters under the motto "Nos chants sonneront plus fort que les explosions des bombes", lived four months with the soldiers of Vinh Linh on the 17th parallel in 1967 and in early 1968 performed near the "La machoire du dragon" bridge in Tan-Hoa province, where their battery shot down two US planes; France is named as the first Western country to welcome the ensemble. Face A: "Mua sap – danse des bambous" (Orchestre de l'Ensemble National; montagnards of the north-west celebrating the liberation at Dien Bien Phu), "Quang Binh – Ma terre natale" (Hoàng Vân; groupe vocal féminin accompanied on the 16-string cythare), "Con voi – L'éléphant" (Nguyên Xuân Khoat – Nguyên Dinh Thi; Trân Hiêu, chant), "Tinh quan dan – Peuple et combattants unis" (Xuân Ba; lyre-lune Vũ Pho, cythare Kim Anh, with Dàn Tam Thâp Luc accompaniment), "Ru con – Berceuse" (Ai Liên, chant; Nam Bo folk song) and "Bai la may ao – Cousons des vêtements chauds" (Xuân Hông; groupe vocal féminin; "une chanson du front"). Face B includes "Tieng dan ta-lu – Quand sonne le ta-lu" (Huy Thuc; groupe vocal féminin), about young montagnard women carrying supplies to the fighters, plus "Mua chuong", "Ly con sao", "Ru con" (Thanh Chuong, monocorde), "Dan bo cua toi" (Trân Kiêt Tuong) and "Mua ka-tu" (Nguyên Dinh Tich). [From the record sleeve and labels]
Le Chant du Monde LDX 74401 (sleeve "G.U. LDX 74401"), label matrices XSB 74401 A / XSB 74401 B, "Made in France – Microsillon incassable – Longue durée 33 T. 1/3", rights "D.R."; Ensemble National de la République Démocratique du Vietnam, direction Cu Huy Can, choreographer and musical director Minh Hien. The front cover photograph ("Au recto: Photo Marc Riboud – Agence Magnum") shows farmers ploughing with oxen and carrying shoulder-pole baskets beside a river; sleeve printed by Imp. Chaufour, Paris. The French liner notes trace the ensemble from 16 musicians and dancers who joined the Liberation Army in 1952, through its installation in Hanoi in 1954 (now 80 artists) and the American bombing from 4 August 1964, during which the artists toured North Vietnam by lorry, bicycle and on foot, performed in bomb craters under the motto "Nos chants sonneront plus fort que les explosions des bombes", lived four months with the soldiers of Vinh Linh on the 17th parallel in 1967 and in early 1968 performed near the "La machoire du dragon" bridge in Tan-Hoa province, where their battery shot down two US planes; France is named as the first Western country to welcome the ensemble. Face A: "Mua sap – danse des bambous" (Orchestre de l'Ensemble National; montagnards of the north-west celebrating the liberation at Dien Bien Phu), "Quang Binh – Ma terre natale" (Hoàng Vân; groupe vocal féminin accompanied on the 16-string cythare), "Con voi – L'éléphant" (Nguyên Xuân Khoat – Nguyên Dinh Thi; Trân Hiêu, chant), "Tinh quan dan – Peuple et combattants unis" (Xuân Ba; lyre-lune Vũ Pho, cythare Kim Anh, with Dàn Tam Thâp Luc accompaniment), "Ru con – Berceuse" (Ai Liên, chant; Nam Bo folk song) and "Bai la may ao – Cousons des vêtements chauds" (Xuân Hông; groupe vocal féminin; "une chanson du front"). Face B includes "Tieng dan ta-lu – Quand sonne le ta-lu" (Huy Thuc; groupe vocal féminin), about young montagnard women carrying supplies to the fighters, plus "Mua chuong", "Ly con sao", "Ru con" (Thanh Chuong, monocorde), "Dan bo cua toi" (Trân Kiêt Tuong) and "Mua ka-tu" (Nguyên Dinh Tich). [From the record sleeve and labels]
Le Chant du Monde LDX 74401 (sleeve "G.U. LDX 74401"), label matrices XSB 74401 A / XSB 74401 B, "Made in France – Microsillon incassable – Longue durée 33 T. 1/3", rights "D.R."; Ensemble National de la République Démocratique du Vietnam, direction Cu Huy Can, choreographer and musical director Minh Hien. The front cover photograph ("Au recto: Photo Marc Riboud – Agence Magnum") shows farmers ploughing with oxen and carrying shoulder-pole baskets beside a river; sleeve printed by Imp. Chaufour, Paris. The French liner notes trace the ensemble from 16 musicians and dancers who joined the Liberation Army in 1952, through its installation in Hanoi in 1954 (now 80 artists) and the American bombing from 4 August 1964, during which the artists toured North Vietnam by lorry, bicycle and on foot, performed in bomb craters under the motto "Nos chants sonneront plus fort que les explosions des bombes", lived four months with the soldiers of Vinh Linh on the 17th parallel in 1967 and in early 1968 performed near the "La machoire du dragon" bridge in Tan-Hoa province, where their battery shot down two US planes; France is named as the first Western country to welcome the ensemble. Face A: "Mua sap – danse des bambous" (Orchestre de l'Ensemble National; montagnards of the north-west celebrating the liberation at Dien Bien Phu), "Quang Binh – Ma terre natale" (Hoàng Vân; groupe vocal féminin accompanied on the 16-string cythare), "Con voi – L'éléphant" (Nguyên Xuân Khoat – Nguyên Dinh Thi; Trân Hiêu, chant), "Tinh quan dan – Peuple et combattants unis" (Xuân Ba; lyre-lune Vũ Pho, cythare Kim Anh, with Dàn Tam Thâp Luc accompaniment), "Ru con – Berceuse" (Ai Liên, chant; Nam Bo folk song) and "Bai la may ao – Cousons des vêtements chauds" (Xuân Hông; groupe vocal féminin; "une chanson du front"). Face B includes "Tieng dan ta-lu – Quand sonne le ta-lu" (Huy Thuc; groupe vocal féminin), about young montagnard women carrying supplies to the fighters, plus "Mua chuong", "Ly con sao", "Ru con" (Thanh Chuong, monocorde), "Dan bo cua toi" (Trân Kiêt Tuong) and "Mua ka-tu" (Nguyên Dinh Tich). [From the record sleeve and labels]
Le Chant du Monde LDX 74401 (sleeve "G.U. LDX 74401"), label matrices XSB 74401 A / XSB 74401 B, "Made in France – Microsillon incassable – Longue durée 33 T. 1/3", rights "D.R."; Ensemble National de la République Démocratique du Vietnam, direction Cu Huy Can, choreographer and musical director Minh Hien. The front cover photograph ("Au recto: Photo Marc Riboud – Agence Magnum") shows farmers ploughing with oxen and carrying shoulder-pole baskets beside a river; sleeve printed by Imp. Chaufour, Paris. The French liner notes trace the ensemble from 16 musicians and dancers who joined the Liberation Army in 1952, through its installation in Hanoi in 1954 (now 80 artists) and the American bombing from 4 August 1964, during which the artists toured North Vietnam by lorry, bicycle and on foot, performed in bomb craters under the motto "Nos chants sonneront plus fort que les explosions des bombes", lived four months with the soldiers of Vinh Linh on the 17th parallel in 1967 and in early 1968 performed near the "La machoire du dragon" bridge in Tan-Hoa province, where their battery shot down two US planes; France is named as the first Western country to welcome the ensemble. Face A: "Mua sap – danse des bambous" (Orchestre de l'Ensemble National; montagnards of the north-west celebrating the liberation at Dien Bien Phu), "Quang Binh – Ma terre natale" (Hoàng Vân; groupe vocal féminin accompanied on the 16-string cythare), "Con voi – L'éléphant" (Nguyên Xuân Khoat – Nguyên Dinh Thi; Trân Hiêu, chant), "Tinh quan dan – Peuple et combattants unis" (Xuân Ba; lyre-lune Vũ Pho, cythare Kim Anh, with Dàn Tam Thâp Luc accompaniment), "Ru con – Berceuse" (Ai Liên, chant; Nam Bo folk song) and "Bai la may ao – Cousons des vêtements chauds" (Xuân Hông; groupe vocal féminin; "une chanson du front"). Face B includes "Tieng dan ta-lu – Quand sonne le ta-lu" (Huy Thuc; groupe vocal féminin), about young montagnard women carrying supplies to the fighters, plus "Mua chuong", "Ly con sao", "Ru con" (Thanh Chuong, monocorde), "Dan bo cua toi" (Trân Kiêt Tuong) and "Mua ka-tu" (Nguyên Dinh Tich). [From the record sleeve and labels]
Le Chant du Monde LDX 74401 (sleeve "G.U. LDX 74401"), label matrices XSB 74401 A / XSB 74401 B, "Made in France – Microsillon incassable – Longue durée 33 T. 1/3", rights "D.R."; Ensemble National de la République Démocratique du Vietnam, direction Cu Huy Can, choreographer and musical director Minh Hien. The front cover photograph ("Au recto: Photo Marc Riboud – Agence Magnum") shows farmers ploughing with oxen and carrying shoulder-pole baskets beside a river; sleeve printed by Imp. Chaufour, Paris. The French liner notes trace the ensemble from 16 musicians and dancers who joined the Liberation Army in 1952, through its installation in Hanoi in 1954 (now 80 artists) and the American bombing from 4 August 1964, during which the artists toured North Vietnam by lorry, bicycle and on foot, performed in bomb craters under the motto "Nos chants sonneront plus fort que les explosions des bombes", lived four months with the soldiers of Vinh Linh on the 17th parallel in 1967 and in early 1968 performed near the "La machoire du dragon" bridge in Tan-Hoa province, where their battery shot down two US planes; France is named as the first Western country to welcome the ensemble. Face A: "Mua sap – danse des bambous" (Orchestre de l'Ensemble National; montagnards of the north-west celebrating the liberation at Dien Bien Phu), "Quang Binh – Ma terre natale" (Hoàng Vân; groupe vocal féminin accompanied on the 16-string cythare), "Con voi – L'éléphant" (Nguyên Xuân Khoat – Nguyên Dinh Thi; Trân Hiêu, chant), "Tinh quan dan – Peuple et combattants unis" (Xuân Ba; lyre-lune Vũ Pho, cythare Kim Anh, with Dàn Tam Thâp Luc accompaniment), "Ru con – Berceuse" (Ai Liên, chant; Nam Bo folk song) and "Bai la may ao – Cousons des vêtements chauds" (Xuân Hông; groupe vocal féminin; "une chanson du front"). Face B includes "Tieng dan ta-lu – Quand sonne le ta-lu" (Huy Thuc; groupe vocal féminin), about young montagnard women carrying supplies to the fighters, plus "Mua chuong", "Ly con sao", "Ru con" (Thanh Chuong, monocorde), "Dan bo cua toi" (Trân Kiêt Tuong) and "Mua ka-tu" (Nguyên Dinh Tich). [From the record sleeve and labels]
Le Chant du Monde LDX 74401 (sleeve "G.U. LDX 74401"), label matrices XSB 74401 A / XSB 74401 B, "Made in France – Microsillon incassable – Longue durée 33 T. 1/3", rights "D.R."; Ensemble National de la République Démocratique du Vietnam, direction Cu Huy Can, choreographer and musical director Minh Hien. The front cover photograph ("Au recto: Photo Marc Riboud – Agence Magnum") shows farmers ploughing with oxen and carrying shoulder-pole baskets beside a river; sleeve printed by Imp. Chaufour, Paris. The French liner notes trace the ensemble from 16 musicians and dancers who joined the Liberation Army in 1952, through its installation in Hanoi in 1954 (now 80 artists) and the American bombing from 4 August 1964, during which the artists toured North Vietnam by lorry, bicycle and on foot, performed in bomb craters under the motto "Nos chants sonneront plus fort que les explosions des bombes", lived four months with the soldiers of Vinh Linh on the 17th parallel in 1967 and in early 1968 performed near the "La machoire du dragon" bridge in Tan-Hoa province, where their battery shot down two US planes; France is named as the first Western country to welcome the ensemble. Face A: "Mua sap – danse des bambous" (Orchestre de l'Ensemble National; montagnards of the north-west celebrating the liberation at Dien Bien Phu), "Quang Binh – Ma terre natale" (Hoàng Vân; groupe vocal féminin accompanied on the 16-string cythare), "Con voi – L'éléphant" (Nguyên Xuân Khoat – Nguyên Dinh Thi; Trân Hiêu, chant), "Tinh quan dan – Peuple et combattants unis" (Xuân Ba; lyre-lune Vũ Pho, cythare Kim Anh, with Dàn Tam Thâp Luc accompaniment), "Ru con – Berceuse" (Ai Liên, chant; Nam Bo folk song) and "Bai la may ao – Cousons des vêtements chauds" (Xuân Hông; groupe vocal féminin; "une chanson du front"). Face B includes "Tieng dan ta-lu – Quand sonne le ta-lu" (Huy Thuc; groupe vocal féminin), about young montagnard women carrying supplies to the fighters, plus "Mua chuong", "Ly con sao", "Ru con" (Thanh Chuong, monocorde), "Dan bo cua toi" (Trân Kiêt Tuong) and "Mua ka-tu" (Nguyên Dinh Tich). [From the record sleeve and labels]