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Artist Roy Brown
Release Yo protesto
Year 1970
Label Libre # VR-1001
Format LP · Album
Country Puerto Rico
Language Spanish
Songs here 2 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Roy Brown, Yo protesto; cite each song by its SongID
2 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: Anti-War.
Annotation
Roy Brown, born 18 July 1945 in Orlando, Florida, USA - his mother came from Ponce, a city in Puerto Rico, his father was a US naval officer. He studied at the University of Puerto Rico in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He released the politically charged Yo protesto album in 1969 on a label called Disco Libre, owned by the Puerto Rican Socialist Party. The album became a symbol of the protest movement at the university and throughout the country. This provides a look at an under-represented area of Vietnam War research.12 Several songs referenced the Vietnam War: in the song "No me sulfuro más" ( "I Don't Suffer Anymore" ), he used Vietnam, and other places, to compare to the suffering in Puerto Rico: "there in Santo Domingo, Haiti, and in Vietnam, there are thousands of others who also suffer badly" . The song "Monón" attacked the US for its use of power across the world. The song also featured on the 1978 compilation Viva Puerto Rico Libre (Paredon Records # P-1035), which contained another Vietnam War song, discussed below. Sources
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Collections
Songs from this release appear in these 2 curated collections.
The songs
1.
1970 · Album · Libre # VR-1001 · San Juan, Puerto Rico · Yo protesto
US issue on Vanguardia VR-1001 (the Puerto Rican issue is on Libre), "Yo Protesto", Roy Brown, red label, 33 1/3 RPM; Side A track 1: "Monón" (Rock). [From the record sleeve and labels]
Theme: Anti-War
2.
1970 · Album · Libre # VR-1001 · San Juan, Puerto Rico · Yo protesto
US issue on Vanguardia VR-1001 (the Puerto Rican issue is on Libre), "Yo Protesto", Roy Brown, red label, 33 1/3 RPM; Side A track 3: "No Me Sulfuro" (Aguinaldo); "No Me Sulfuro Más" on the back cover. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Theme: Anti-War