Bài ca biên giới (The Border Song)

Annotation — North Vietnamese Songs

Unknown date, but probably released in the war years on the Dihavina record label (# CKS 0004), originally the state label of North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) before reunification in 1975. Several of the titles focused on socialism and the party: the song "Đảng là cuộc sống của tôi" ("The Communist Party, That's My Own Life"), and the song "Đảng cộng sản Việt Nam" ("Song Dedicated to the Vietnam Communist Party"), while several other titles dealt with national pride and patriotism, such as the song "Ta tự hào đi lên, ơi Việt Nam" ("Oh, Vietnam, Let's Go Ahead With Pride") - this one contains references to combat: "to the front we enter the battle... aim straight at the enemy and shoot".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Dihavina CKS 0004, 33 rpm, stereo, "Nhà xuất bản Văn hóa – Hà Nội Việt Nam", "Made in Czechoslovakia"; dark grey labels with silver Dihavina lettering, the rim reading "Thu thanh tại phòng thu Xưởng đĩa hát – Hà Nội Việt Nam"; run-out etched "CKS 0004 A/A". The front sleeve is a painting of bamboo, mauve mountains and palm trees on a shore, titled "Việt nam quê hương tôi" and "Vietnam, my native country". The back sleeve lists each song in Vietnamese and English with music (nhạc), lyrics (lời / lời thơ), accompaniment arrangement (soạn phần đệm), conductor (chỉ huy) and singers: Side A – "Như hoa hướng dương" (Tô Vũ / Hải Như; Tuyết Thanh và Thanh Hòa), "Những thành phố bên bờ biển cả" (Phạm Đình Sáu / Huy Cận; Kiều Hưng), "Bài ca biên giới" (Xuân Giao; lĩnh xướng Thanh Hòa – Minh Quang), "Tiếng hát sông Hồng" (Văn Ký; Duy Tân), "Bài ca thống nhất" (Võ Văn Di; Thu Hiền), "Việt nam ơi!…

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Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Patriotic · Communism

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European Songs · North Vietnamese Songs