Ho Chi Ming Trail
1975 · Black Wax 12 · Birmingham, UK: England
- Artist
- Leslie Butler
- Title
- Ho Chi Ming Trail
- Release
- Ho Chi Ming Trail / Village Soul
- Year
- 1975
- Label
- Black Wax # 12
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Instrumental
- Country
- Birmingham, UK: England
- Genre
- Reggae · Reggae
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
Annotation — Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music
The instrumental reggae song "Ho Chi Ming Trail" - a reference to the trail used by North Vietnamese fighters to go from the north to south via Cambodia during the Vietnam conflict. The record actually misspelled the North Vietnamese leader's name - it should be "Ho Chi Minh". Released on the Birmingham, UK label Black Wax (# Wax 12) in 1975, the label of the well-known record shop, that focused on reggae music. Thanks Anthony Ryan.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Black Wax Wax 12 (Wax 12B), black-and-gold label, ℗ 1975, Copyright Control, Black Wax, 23 Lozells Rd., Birmingham B19 2TL; "Ho Chi Ming Trail", Leslie Butler, produced by H. Chin Loy. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Leslie Butler, known professionally as Leslie 'Professor' Butler and also as 'The Scientist' and Grass Power, was a Jamaican reggae pianist and organist and the elder brother of the Jamaican keyboard player Harold Butler; he led the Leslie Butler Trio and Leslie Butler Plus 3 and was a member of Generation Gap. His instrumental "Ho Chi Ming Trail" - spelled thus on the label - appeared in 1975 as the B-side of Michael Chung's 'Village Soul' on the UK label Black Wax, catalogue Wax 12, produced by Herman Chin Loy. [Source: Discogs; Wikipedia]
Themes
In collections
European Songs · Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music