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Release 我们的朋友遍天下 (革命歌曲) / We Have Friends All Over the World (Revolutionary Songs)
Year 1972
Label 中国唱片 China # M-951
Format 10" · EP
Country China
Language Chinese
Songs here 3 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Various Artists, 我们的朋友遍天下 (革命歌曲) / We Have Friends All Over the World (Revolutionary Songs); cite each song by its SongID

我们的朋友遍天下 (革命歌曲) / We Have Friends All Over the World (Revolutionary Songs)

1972 · EP · 中国唱片 China # M-951 · China
3 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-951), this release, as seen in the title, included songs about various countries and conflicts, showing solidarity between communism movements around the around - similar to the 1964 Chinese record 风雷之歌 (Song of Wind and Thunder), discussed above. While this is sung in Chinese, and part of Chinese Music genre, it is musically similar to the Vietnamese Nhạc đỏ ("Red Music") genre, thus included here as a cultural comparison.

Tracks related specifically to the Vietnam War are the song"中越人民友谊之歌" ("Song of Friendship Between the Chinese and Vietnamese People"), the song"中老人民友谊之歌" ("Song of Friendship Between the People of China and Laos"), and the song"郭励中柬人民友谊之歌" ("Song of Friendship Between the People of China and Cambodia"). More generic titles included the track"反帝大军乘胜前进" ("The Anti-Imperialist Contingent Advances from Victory to Victory").
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Collection
Songs from this release appear in this curated collection.
The songs
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中国唱片 (China Record) M-951, 33⅓ rpm; labels M-951 甲 (M-33/72081), side 1 7'13", and M-951 乙 (M-33/72082), side 2 10'56", each marked 歌曲. The front cover has the title 我们的朋友遍天下 in red brush calligraphy on a dotted wave pattern, with a torch-and-globe emblem and 革命歌曲. The back, "We Have Friends All Over the World (Revolutionary Songs)", lists seven songs; side 2 opens with "Song of Friendship Between the Chinese and Vietnamese People" (中越人民友谊之歌, female solo), sung by 张越男 with accordion accompaniment by 张自强. Other songs are friendship songs for Albania, Korea ("A Great Friendship Sealed in Blood"), Laos and Cambodia, and "The Anti-Imperialist Contingent Advances from Victory to Victory". "Manufactured by: China Record Company. Distributed by: Guozi Shudian, China Publications Centre, P.O. Box 399, Peking, China." [From the record sleeve and labels]