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Release Your Words Will Echo Forever
Year 1966
Label Dihavina # 6602
Format 7" · EP
Country North Vietnam
Language Vietnamese
Songs here 3 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Various Artists, Your Words Will Echo Forever; cite each song by its SongID

Your Words Will Echo Forever

1966 · EP · Dihavina # 6602 · North Vietnam
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 on the Dihavina record label (# 6602), originally the state label of North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) before reunification in 1975. The song "Lời anh vọng mãi ngàn năm" ( "Your Word Will Echo Forever" ) fits into the Nhạc đỏ ("Red Music") genre - which developed at the beginning of the 20th century, containing elements of Western Classical Music, while lyrically focusing on socialism and independence, as well as containing anti-imperialist / colonialist sentiment. It's also influenced by revolutionary music from China and the USSR.

The narrator praises the "hero... the worker of Saigon City" who are "blazing and fighting" to "drown the heads of American invaders" . The narrator said that the "entire South is boiling" , and that their exploits are renowned throughout the world: "our name spreads.. echoes to Venezuela..." and "Latin America guerrillas... millions of people following your path" . It concluded, "long live Vietnam... The nation's words shines forever" .

The song "Thanh Hóa anh hùng" ("Heroic Thanh Hoa Province"), composed by Hoang Dam, is difficult to translate through Google translate, as it contains the local Vietnamese dialect of the area, Thanh Hóa. Here is a partial translation provided by Nguyên Đinh, via YouTube. Musically, this one also contains some elements of Vietnamese Folk Music. It contained patriotic sentiment, of spreading news of victory throughout the countryside to the small villages: "give message of victory" , there is "happiness in the villages and the hamlets" . It referenced several specific locations, noting "the flag of Uncle Ho flared" - of course a reference to the North Vietnamese leader Hồ Chí Minh. It also contained combat and war references: "thousands of gunmen, rifles are ready... fight the enemy... the American bandits will be wrecked this time" .
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Collection
Songs from this release appear in this curated collection.
The songs
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1966 · EP · Dihavina # 6602 · Hanoi, Vietnam · Your Words Will Echo Forever

Dihavina (Đĩa Hát Việt Nam) 6602, 45 rpm, three tracks. Side CK 3: "Heroic Thanh Hoa Province" by Hoang Dam, solo tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre's Choir and Orchestra, conductor Cao Việt Bach; and "The Handkerchief" by Xuan Hong, sung by the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet & Music Theatre's female vocal group. Side CK 4: "Your Words Will Echo Forever" by Vu Thanh, solo soprano Anh Dao, piano Hoang My. The front of the picture sleeve shows a drawn portrait of a young man within a flame on a dark red ground, titled "Your Words Will Echo Forever / Lời anh vọng mãi ngàn năm"; the back lists the three songs with their Vietnamese titles ("Thanh Hóa anh hùng", "Chiếc khăn tay", "Loi anh vọng mãi ngàn năm") and distributors Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Bà Trưng, Hanoi, D.R. Vietnam. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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1966 · EP · Dihavina # 6602 · Hanoi, Vietnam

Dihavina (Đĩa Hát Việt Nam) 6602, 45 rpm, three tracks. Side CK 3: "Heroic Thanh Hoa Province" by Hoang Dam, solo tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre's Choir and Orchestra, conductor Cao Việt Bach; and "The Handkerchief" by Xuan Hong, sung by the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet & Music Theatre's female vocal group. Side CK 4: "Your Words Will Echo Forever" by Vu Thanh, solo soprano Anh Dao, piano Hoang My. The front of the picture sleeve shows a drawn portrait of a young man within a flame on a dark red ground, titled "Your Words Will Echo Forever / Lời anh vọng mãi ngàn năm"; the back lists the three songs with their Vietnamese titles ("Thanh Hóa anh hùng", "Chiếc khăn tay", "Loi anh vọng mãi ngàn năm") and distributors Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Bà Trưng, Hanoi, D.R. Vietnam. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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Credited as Vietnamese Opera, Ballet & Music Theatre's female vocal group · 1966 · EP · Dihavina # 6602 · Hanoi, Vietnam · Your Words Will Echo Forever

Dihavina (Đĩa Hát Việt Nam) 6602, 45 rpm, three tracks. Side CK 3: "Heroic Thanh Hoa Province" by Hoang Dam, solo tenor Ngoc Huong with the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet and Music Theatre's Choir and Orchestra, conductor Cao Việt Bach; and "The Handkerchief" by Xuan Hong, sung by the Vietnamese Opera, Ballet & Music Theatre's female vocal group. Side CK 4: "Your Words Will Echo Forever" by Vu Thanh, solo soprano Anh Dao, piano Hoang My. The front of the picture sleeve shows a drawn portrait of a young man within a flame on a dark red ground, titled "Your Words Will Echo Forever / Lời anh vọng mãi ngàn năm"; the back lists the three songs with their Vietnamese titles ("Thanh Hóa anh hùng", "Chiếc khăn tay", "Loi anh vọng mãi ngàn năm") and distributors Xunhasaba, 32 Hai Bà Trưng, Hanoi, D.R. Vietnam. [From the record sleeve and labels]