Vietnam Will Win! Liberation Songs of the Vietnamese People Recorded in Vietnam
As above, most of these fit into the Nhạc đỏ ("Red Music") genre, taken from Dihavina record label, originally the state label of North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) before reunification in 1975. Musically, these are highly orchestrated arrangement, and like the LP immediately above, have a strong Russian, Chinese influence with regards to revolutionary music. The record is of course aimed at the US market, seeking to display the Vietnamese objective of independence and reunification, and to undermine the US government's portrayal of the Vietnamese struggle - to preserve an independent, non-communist South Vietnam.
Paredon P-1009, "© 1971 by Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N Y 11202"; the front cover, subtitled "Liberation songs of the Vietnamese people recorded in Vietnam", shows a column of helmeted soldiers beneath banners reading "Doan Thanh Nien Lao Dong Ho Chi Minh". The 8-page booklet opens with an essay signed Paredon Records explaining the title as a statement that the Vietnamese people will win against their enemies, ending "Vietnam will win! The American people will win!". Barbara Dane's "About the Singers" recalls touring Cuba in 1967 with Irwin Silber and the Artistic Ensemble of the National Liberation Front, and dedicates the record to the musicians and singers of the liberation struggle and to Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Winter Soldier Investigation, Detroit, February 1971; Dewey Canyon III, Washington, April 1971); it names Kim Oanh with the "Voice of Vietnam" vocal group and the Folk Instruments Orchestra on "Quang Binh, My Native Land", and tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Cao Viet Bach, on "Heroic Province of Thanh Hoa", the other performers not being named. Full English lyrics are printed for every song, with composer and time; "Song of the Coats" carries "Singable English lyric © 1969 by Barbara Dane". Credits: all recorded material is taken from "Loi Ca Giai Phong" GP0001, "Quang Binh que ta oi!" Dihavina 6601 and "Loi Anh Vong Mai Ngan Nam" Dihavina 6602, distributed by Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, DRV; five of the songs appear with piano accompaniment, Vietnamese text and English translations in "The Vietnam Songbook". Song translations taken from Vietnamese sources and adapted by Barbara Dane; photos from The Guardian, including a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (photo by C. Mugar) and Nguyen Van Troi "executed by firing squad in Saigon, 1964, after attempting to assassinate Robert McNamara"; special thanks to the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in Canada, Montreal. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Paredon P-1009, "© 1971 by Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N Y 11202"; the front cover, subtitled "Liberation songs of the Vietnamese people recorded in Vietnam", shows a column of helmeted soldiers beneath banners reading "Doan Thanh Nien Lao Dong Ho Chi Minh". The 8-page booklet opens with an essay signed Paredon Records explaining the title as a statement that the Vietnamese people will win against their enemies, ending "Vietnam will win! The American people will win!". Barbara Dane's "About the Singers" recalls touring Cuba in 1967 with Irwin Silber and the Artistic Ensemble of the National Liberation Front, and dedicates the record to the musicians and singers of the liberation struggle and to Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Winter Soldier Investigation, Detroit, February 1971; Dewey Canyon III, Washington, April 1971); it names Kim Oanh with the "Voice of Vietnam" vocal group and the Folk Instruments Orchestra on "Quang Binh, My Native Land", and tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Cao Viet Bach, on "Heroic Province of Thanh Hoa", the other performers not being named. Full English lyrics are printed for every song, with composer and time; "Song of the Coats" carries "Singable English lyric © 1969 by Barbara Dane". Credits: all recorded material is taken from "Loi Ca Giai Phong" GP0001, "Quang Binh que ta oi!" Dihavina 6601 and "Loi Anh Vong Mai Ngan Nam" Dihavina 6602, distributed by Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, DRV; five of the songs appear with piano accompaniment, Vietnamese text and English translations in "The Vietnam Songbook". Song translations taken from Vietnamese sources and adapted by Barbara Dane; photos from The Guardian, including a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (photo by C. Mugar) and Nguyen Van Troi "executed by firing squad in Saigon, 1964, after attempting to assassinate Robert McNamara"; special thanks to the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in Canada, Montreal. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Paredon P-1009, "© 1971 by Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N Y 11202"; the front cover, subtitled "Liberation songs of the Vietnamese people recorded in Vietnam", shows a column of helmeted soldiers beneath banners reading "Doan Thanh Nien Lao Dong Ho Chi Minh". The 8-page booklet opens with an essay signed Paredon Records explaining the title as a statement that the Vietnamese people will win against their enemies, ending "Vietnam will win! The American people will win!". Barbara Dane's "About the Singers" recalls touring Cuba in 1967 with Irwin Silber and the Artistic Ensemble of the National Liberation Front, and dedicates the record to the musicians and singers of the liberation struggle and to Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Winter Soldier Investigation, Detroit, February 1971; Dewey Canyon III, Washington, April 1971); it names Kim Oanh with the "Voice of Vietnam" vocal group and the Folk Instruments Orchestra on "Quang Binh, My Native Land", and tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Cao Viet Bach, on "Heroic Province of Thanh Hoa", the other performers not being named. Full English lyrics are printed for every song, with composer and time; "Song of the Coats" carries "Singable English lyric © 1969 by Barbara Dane". Credits: all recorded material is taken from "Loi Ca Giai Phong" GP0001, "Quang Binh que ta oi!" Dihavina 6601 and "Loi Anh Vong Mai Ngan Nam" Dihavina 6602, distributed by Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, DRV; five of the songs appear with piano accompaniment, Vietnamese text and English translations in "The Vietnam Songbook". Song translations taken from Vietnamese sources and adapted by Barbara Dane; photos from The Guardian, including a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (photo by C. Mugar) and Nguyen Van Troi "executed by firing squad in Saigon, 1964, after attempting to assassinate Robert McNamara"; special thanks to the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in Canada, Montreal. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Paredon P-1009, "© 1971 by Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N Y 11202"; the front cover, subtitled "Liberation songs of the Vietnamese people recorded in Vietnam", shows a column of helmeted soldiers beneath banners reading "Doan Thanh Nien Lao Dong Ho Chi Minh". The 8-page booklet opens with an essay signed Paredon Records explaining the title as a statement that the Vietnamese people will win against their enemies, ending "Vietnam will win! The American people will win!". Barbara Dane's "About the Singers" recalls touring Cuba in 1967 with Irwin Silber and the Artistic Ensemble of the National Liberation Front, and dedicates the record to the musicians and singers of the liberation struggle and to Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Winter Soldier Investigation, Detroit, February 1971; Dewey Canyon III, Washington, April 1971); it names Kim Oanh with the "Voice of Vietnam" vocal group and the Folk Instruments Orchestra on "Quang Binh, My Native Land", and tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Cao Viet Bach, on "Heroic Province of Thanh Hoa", the other performers not being named. Full English lyrics are printed for every song, with composer and time; "Song of the Coats" carries "Singable English lyric © 1969 by Barbara Dane". Credits: all recorded material is taken from "Loi Ca Giai Phong" GP0001, "Quang Binh que ta oi!" Dihavina 6601 and "Loi Anh Vong Mai Ngan Nam" Dihavina 6602, distributed by Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, DRV; five of the songs appear with piano accompaniment, Vietnamese text and English translations in "The Vietnam Songbook". Song translations taken from Vietnamese sources and adapted by Barbara Dane; photos from The Guardian, including a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (photo by C. Mugar) and Nguyen Van Troi "executed by firing squad in Saigon, 1964, after attempting to assassinate Robert McNamara"; special thanks to the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in Canada, Montreal. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Paredon P-1009, "© 1971 by Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N Y 11202"; the front cover, subtitled "Liberation songs of the Vietnamese people recorded in Vietnam", shows a column of helmeted soldiers beneath banners reading "Doan Thanh Nien Lao Dong Ho Chi Minh". The 8-page booklet opens with an essay signed Paredon Records explaining the title as a statement that the Vietnamese people will win against their enemies, ending "Vietnam will win! The American people will win!". Barbara Dane's "About the Singers" recalls touring Cuba in 1967 with Irwin Silber and the Artistic Ensemble of the National Liberation Front, and dedicates the record to the musicians and singers of the liberation struggle and to Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Winter Soldier Investigation, Detroit, February 1971; Dewey Canyon III, Washington, April 1971); it names Kim Oanh with the "Voice of Vietnam" vocal group and the Folk Instruments Orchestra on "Quang Binh, My Native Land", and tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Cao Viet Bach, on "Heroic Province of Thanh Hoa", the other performers not being named. Full English lyrics are printed for every song, with composer and time; "Song of the Coats" carries "Singable English lyric © 1969 by Barbara Dane". Credits: all recorded material is taken from "Loi Ca Giai Phong" GP0001, "Quang Binh que ta oi!" Dihavina 6601 and "Loi Anh Vong Mai Ngan Nam" Dihavina 6602, distributed by Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, DRV; five of the songs appear with piano accompaniment, Vietnamese text and English translations in "The Vietnam Songbook". Song translations taken from Vietnamese sources and adapted by Barbara Dane; photos from The Guardian, including a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (photo by C. Mugar) and Nguyen Van Troi "executed by firing squad in Saigon, 1964, after attempting to assassinate Robert McNamara"; special thanks to the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in Canada, Montreal. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Paredon P-1009, "© 1971 by Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N Y 11202"; the front cover, subtitled "Liberation songs of the Vietnamese people recorded in Vietnam", shows a column of helmeted soldiers beneath banners reading "Doan Thanh Nien Lao Dong Ho Chi Minh". The 8-page booklet opens with an essay signed Paredon Records explaining the title as a statement that the Vietnamese people will win against their enemies, ending "Vietnam will win! The American people will win!". Barbara Dane's "About the Singers" recalls touring Cuba in 1967 with Irwin Silber and the Artistic Ensemble of the National Liberation Front, and dedicates the record to the musicians and singers of the liberation struggle and to Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Winter Soldier Investigation, Detroit, February 1971; Dewey Canyon III, Washington, April 1971); it names Kim Oanh with the "Voice of Vietnam" vocal group and the Folk Instruments Orchestra on "Quang Binh, My Native Land", and tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Cao Viet Bach, on "Heroic Province of Thanh Hoa", the other performers not being named. Full English lyrics are printed for every song, with composer and time; "Song of the Coats" carries "Singable English lyric © 1969 by Barbara Dane". Credits: all recorded material is taken from "Loi Ca Giai Phong" GP0001, "Quang Binh que ta oi!" Dihavina 6601 and "Loi Anh Vong Mai Ngan Nam" Dihavina 6602, distributed by Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, DRV; five of the songs appear with piano accompaniment, Vietnamese text and English translations in "The Vietnam Songbook". Song translations taken from Vietnamese sources and adapted by Barbara Dane; photos from The Guardian, including a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (photo by C. Mugar) and Nguyen Van Troi "executed by firing squad in Saigon, 1964, after attempting to assassinate Robert McNamara"; special thanks to the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in Canada, Montreal. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Paredon P-1009, "© 1971 by Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N Y 11202"; the front cover, subtitled "Liberation songs of the Vietnamese people recorded in Vietnam", shows a column of helmeted soldiers beneath banners reading "Doan Thanh Nien Lao Dong Ho Chi Minh". The 8-page booklet opens with an essay signed Paredon Records explaining the title as a statement that the Vietnamese people will win against their enemies, ending "Vietnam will win! The American people will win!". Barbara Dane's "About the Singers" recalls touring Cuba in 1967 with Irwin Silber and the Artistic Ensemble of the National Liberation Front, and dedicates the record to the musicians and singers of the liberation struggle and to Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Winter Soldier Investigation, Detroit, February 1971; Dewey Canyon III, Washington, April 1971); it names Kim Oanh with the "Voice of Vietnam" vocal group and the Folk Instruments Orchestra on "Quang Binh, My Native Land", and tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Cao Viet Bach, on "Heroic Province of Thanh Hoa", the other performers not being named. Full English lyrics are printed for every song, with composer and time; "Song of the Coats" carries "Singable English lyric © 1969 by Barbara Dane". Credits: all recorded material is taken from "Loi Ca Giai Phong" GP0001, "Quang Binh que ta oi!" Dihavina 6601 and "Loi Anh Vong Mai Ngan Nam" Dihavina 6602, distributed by Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, DRV; five of the songs appear with piano accompaniment, Vietnamese text and English translations in "The Vietnam Songbook". Song translations taken from Vietnamese sources and adapted by Barbara Dane; photos from The Guardian, including a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (photo by C. Mugar) and Nguyen Van Troi "executed by firing squad in Saigon, 1964, after attempting to assassinate Robert McNamara"; special thanks to the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in Canada, Montreal. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Paredon P-1009, "© 1971 by Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N Y 11202"; the front cover, subtitled "Liberation songs of the Vietnamese people recorded in Vietnam", shows a column of helmeted soldiers beneath banners reading "Doan Thanh Nien Lao Dong Ho Chi Minh". The 8-page booklet opens with an essay signed Paredon Records explaining the title as a statement that the Vietnamese people will win against their enemies, ending "Vietnam will win! The American people will win!". Barbara Dane's "About the Singers" recalls touring Cuba in 1967 with Irwin Silber and the Artistic Ensemble of the National Liberation Front, and dedicates the record to the musicians and singers of the liberation struggle and to Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Winter Soldier Investigation, Detroit, February 1971; Dewey Canyon III, Washington, April 1971); it names Kim Oanh with the "Voice of Vietnam" vocal group and the Folk Instruments Orchestra on "Quang Binh, My Native Land", and tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Cao Viet Bach, on "Heroic Province of Thanh Hoa", the other performers not being named. Full English lyrics are printed for every song, with composer and time; "Song of the Coats" carries "Singable English lyric © 1969 by Barbara Dane". Credits: all recorded material is taken from "Loi Ca Giai Phong" GP0001, "Quang Binh que ta oi!" Dihavina 6601 and "Loi Anh Vong Mai Ngan Nam" Dihavina 6602, distributed by Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, DRV; five of the songs appear with piano accompaniment, Vietnamese text and English translations in "The Vietnam Songbook". Song translations taken from Vietnamese sources and adapted by Barbara Dane; photos from The Guardian, including a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (photo by C. Mugar) and Nguyen Van Troi "executed by firing squad in Saigon, 1964, after attempting to assassinate Robert McNamara"; special thanks to the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in Canada, Montreal. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Paredon P-1009, "© 1971 by Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N Y 11202"; the front cover, subtitled "Liberation songs of the Vietnamese people recorded in Vietnam", shows a column of helmeted soldiers beneath banners reading "Doan Thanh Nien Lao Dong Ho Chi Minh". The 8-page booklet opens with an essay signed Paredon Records explaining the title as a statement that the Vietnamese people will win against their enemies, ending "Vietnam will win! The American people will win!". Barbara Dane's "About the Singers" recalls touring Cuba in 1967 with Irwin Silber and the Artistic Ensemble of the National Liberation Front, and dedicates the record to the musicians and singers of the liberation struggle and to Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Winter Soldier Investigation, Detroit, February 1971; Dewey Canyon III, Washington, April 1971); it names Kim Oanh with the "Voice of Vietnam" vocal group and the Folk Instruments Orchestra on "Quang Binh, My Native Land", and tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Cao Viet Bach, on "Heroic Province of Thanh Hoa", the other performers not being named. Full English lyrics are printed for every song, with composer and time; "Song of the Coats" carries "Singable English lyric © 1969 by Barbara Dane". Credits: all recorded material is taken from "Loi Ca Giai Phong" GP0001, "Quang Binh que ta oi!" Dihavina 6601 and "Loi Anh Vong Mai Ngan Nam" Dihavina 6602, distributed by Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, DRV; five of the songs appear with piano accompaniment, Vietnamese text and English translations in "The Vietnam Songbook". Song translations taken from Vietnamese sources and adapted by Barbara Dane; photos from The Guardian, including a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (photo by C. Mugar) and Nguyen Van Troi "executed by firing squad in Saigon, 1964, after attempting to assassinate Robert McNamara"; special thanks to the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in Canada, Montreal. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Paredon P-1009, "© 1971 by Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N Y 11202"; the front cover, subtitled "Liberation songs of the Vietnamese people recorded in Vietnam", shows a column of helmeted soldiers beneath banners reading "Doan Thanh Nien Lao Dong Ho Chi Minh". The 8-page booklet opens with an essay signed Paredon Records explaining the title as a statement that the Vietnamese people will win against their enemies, ending "Vietnam will win! The American people will win!". Barbara Dane's "About the Singers" recalls touring Cuba in 1967 with Irwin Silber and the Artistic Ensemble of the National Liberation Front, and dedicates the record to the musicians and singers of the liberation struggle and to Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Winter Soldier Investigation, Detroit, February 1971; Dewey Canyon III, Washington, April 1971); it names Kim Oanh with the "Voice of Vietnam" vocal group and the Folk Instruments Orchestra on "Quang Binh, My Native Land", and tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Cao Viet Bach, on "Heroic Province of Thanh Hoa", the other performers not being named. Full English lyrics are printed for every song, with composer and time; "Song of the Coats" carries "Singable English lyric © 1969 by Barbara Dane". Credits: all recorded material is taken from "Loi Ca Giai Phong" GP0001, "Quang Binh que ta oi!" Dihavina 6601 and "Loi Anh Vong Mai Ngan Nam" Dihavina 6602, distributed by Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, DRV; five of the songs appear with piano accompaniment, Vietnamese text and English translations in "The Vietnam Songbook". Song translations taken from Vietnamese sources and adapted by Barbara Dane; photos from The Guardian, including a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (photo by C. Mugar) and Nguyen Van Troi "executed by firing squad in Saigon, 1964, after attempting to assassinate Robert McNamara"; special thanks to the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in Canada, Montreal. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Paredon P-1009, "© 1971 by Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N Y 11202"; the front cover, subtitled "Liberation songs of the Vietnamese people recorded in Vietnam", shows a column of helmeted soldiers beneath banners reading "Doan Thanh Nien Lao Dong Ho Chi Minh". The 8-page booklet opens with an essay signed Paredon Records explaining the title as a statement that the Vietnamese people will win against their enemies, ending "Vietnam will win! The American people will win!". Barbara Dane's "About the Singers" recalls touring Cuba in 1967 with Irwin Silber and the Artistic Ensemble of the National Liberation Front, and dedicates the record to the musicians and singers of the liberation struggle and to Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Winter Soldier Investigation, Detroit, February 1971; Dewey Canyon III, Washington, April 1971); it names Kim Oanh with the "Voice of Vietnam" vocal group and the Folk Instruments Orchestra on "Quang Binh, My Native Land", and tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Cao Viet Bach, on "Heroic Province of Thanh Hoa", the other performers not being named. Full English lyrics are printed for every song, with composer and time; "Song of the Coats" carries "Singable English lyric © 1969 by Barbara Dane". Credits: all recorded material is taken from "Loi Ca Giai Phong" GP0001, "Quang Binh que ta oi!" Dihavina 6601 and "Loi Anh Vong Mai Ngan Nam" Dihavina 6602, distributed by Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, DRV; five of the songs appear with piano accompaniment, Vietnamese text and English translations in "The Vietnam Songbook". Song translations taken from Vietnamese sources and adapted by Barbara Dane; photos from The Guardian, including a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (photo by C. Mugar) and Nguyen Van Troi "executed by firing squad in Saigon, 1964, after attempting to assassinate Robert McNamara"; special thanks to the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in Canada, Montreal. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Paredon P-1009, "© 1971 by Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N Y 11202"; the front cover, subtitled "Liberation songs of the Vietnamese people recorded in Vietnam", shows a column of helmeted soldiers beneath banners reading "Doan Thanh Nien Lao Dong Ho Chi Minh". The 8-page booklet opens with an essay signed Paredon Records explaining the title as a statement that the Vietnamese people will win against their enemies, ending "Vietnam will win! The American people will win!". Barbara Dane's "About the Singers" recalls touring Cuba in 1967 with Irwin Silber and the Artistic Ensemble of the National Liberation Front, and dedicates the record to the musicians and singers of the liberation struggle and to Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Winter Soldier Investigation, Detroit, February 1971; Dewey Canyon III, Washington, April 1971); it names Kim Oanh with the "Voice of Vietnam" vocal group and the Folk Instruments Orchestra on "Quang Binh, My Native Land", and tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Cao Viet Bach, on "Heroic Province of Thanh Hoa", the other performers not being named. Full English lyrics are printed for every song, with composer and time; "Song of the Coats" carries "Singable English lyric © 1969 by Barbara Dane". Credits: all recorded material is taken from "Loi Ca Giai Phong" GP0001, "Quang Binh que ta oi!" Dihavina 6601 and "Loi Anh Vong Mai Ngan Nam" Dihavina 6602, distributed by Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, DRV; five of the songs appear with piano accompaniment, Vietnamese text and English translations in "The Vietnam Songbook". Song translations taken from Vietnamese sources and adapted by Barbara Dane; photos from The Guardian, including a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (photo by C. Mugar) and Nguyen Van Troi "executed by firing squad in Saigon, 1964, after attempting to assassinate Robert McNamara"; special thanks to the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in Canada, Montreal. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Paredon P-1009, "© 1971 by Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N Y 11202"; the front cover, subtitled "Liberation songs of the Vietnamese people recorded in Vietnam", shows a column of helmeted soldiers beneath banners reading "Doan Thanh Nien Lao Dong Ho Chi Minh". The 8-page booklet opens with an essay signed Paredon Records explaining the title as a statement that the Vietnamese people will win against their enemies, ending "Vietnam will win! The American people will win!". Barbara Dane's "About the Singers" recalls touring Cuba in 1967 with Irwin Silber and the Artistic Ensemble of the National Liberation Front, and dedicates the record to the musicians and singers of the liberation struggle and to Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Winter Soldier Investigation, Detroit, February 1971; Dewey Canyon III, Washington, April 1971); it names Kim Oanh with the "Voice of Vietnam" vocal group and the Folk Instruments Orchestra on "Quang Binh, My Native Land", and tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Cao Viet Bach, on "Heroic Province of Thanh Hoa", the other performers not being named. Full English lyrics are printed for every song, with composer and time; "Song of the Coats" carries "Singable English lyric © 1969 by Barbara Dane". Credits: all recorded material is taken from "Loi Ca Giai Phong" GP0001, "Quang Binh que ta oi!" Dihavina 6601 and "Loi Anh Vong Mai Ngan Nam" Dihavina 6602, distributed by Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, DRV; five of the songs appear with piano accompaniment, Vietnamese text and English translations in "The Vietnam Songbook". Song translations taken from Vietnamese sources and adapted by Barbara Dane; photos from The Guardian, including a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (photo by C. Mugar) and Nguyen Van Troi "executed by firing squad in Saigon, 1964, after attempting to assassinate Robert McNamara"; special thanks to the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in Canada, Montreal. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Paredon P-1009, "© 1971 by Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N Y 11202"; the front cover, subtitled "Liberation songs of the Vietnamese people recorded in Vietnam", shows a column of helmeted soldiers beneath banners reading "Doan Thanh Nien Lao Dong Ho Chi Minh". The 8-page booklet opens with an essay signed Paredon Records explaining the title as a statement that the Vietnamese people will win against their enemies, ending "Vietnam will win! The American people will win!". Barbara Dane's "About the Singers" recalls touring Cuba in 1967 with Irwin Silber and the Artistic Ensemble of the National Liberation Front, and dedicates the record to the musicians and singers of the liberation struggle and to Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Winter Soldier Investigation, Detroit, February 1971; Dewey Canyon III, Washington, April 1971); it names Kim Oanh with the "Voice of Vietnam" vocal group and the Folk Instruments Orchestra on "Quang Binh, My Native Land", and tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Cao Viet Bach, on "Heroic Province of Thanh Hoa", the other performers not being named. Full English lyrics are printed for every song, with composer and time; "Song of the Coats" carries "Singable English lyric © 1969 by Barbara Dane". Credits: all recorded material is taken from "Loi Ca Giai Phong" GP0001, "Quang Binh que ta oi!" Dihavina 6601 and "Loi Anh Vong Mai Ngan Nam" Dihavina 6602, distributed by Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, DRV; five of the songs appear with piano accompaniment, Vietnamese text and English translations in "The Vietnam Songbook". Song translations taken from Vietnamese sources and adapted by Barbara Dane; photos from The Guardian, including a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (photo by C. Mugar) and Nguyen Van Troi "executed by firing squad in Saigon, 1964, after attempting to assassinate Robert McNamara"; special thanks to the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in Canada, Montreal. [From the record sleeve and labels]