Los Vietnamitas / I vietnamiti

Annotation — European Songs

Various artist compilation released in Italy, with mainly European artists. But it also included Carlos Puebla's "Los Vietnamitas" (written in Italian - "I vietnamiti"), which was a live version of the song "David y Goliath" (also known as "David and Goliath (The Vietnamese Are Small)" which featured on the album Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America and Vietnam canta a Cuba - Cuba canta a Vietnam, discussed on this list. This album also had a version of Quilapayún's "Por Vietnam" (written in Italian as "Per il Vietnam"), originally featured on the 1968 album X Viet-Nam. Released on the record label I Dischi dello Zodiaco (# VPA 8251) from Rozzano, Lombardia, Italy.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Same song as "David y Goliath" I Dischi dello Zodiaco VPA 8251, stereo, ℗ 1975, made in Italy, yellow labels; "Antologia storica di 16 canzoni di solidarietà cantate in Italia e nel mondo alle manifestazioni pacifiste degli anni '50-'60-'70". Patronage: Comitato Italia-Vietnam, Bologna; coordination Antonio Panieri, regional councillor; realisation Gianfranco Ginestri of the Canzoniere delle Lame; Italian musical direction Janna Carioli and Mirko Medici; cover a 1968 Cuban Ho Chi Minh portrait ("Menderos Cubano"), design Mario Barbagallo; produced by Editoriale Sciascia, August 1975; also on cassette VC 0732. Back cover photos: a Bologna peace march ("Con il Viet-Nam fino alla vittoria" banner) and the Canzoniere delle Lame with Il Contemporaneo at the X World Youth Festival, Berlin. Side A (Italian groups): 1 Liberiamo il Sud Vietnam (Inno Viet Cong, versione italiana…

About the artist

born on 11 September 1917 in Manzanillo, Cuba and died on 12 July 1989, Havana, Cuba

Themes

Anti-War · Anti-Imperialism · Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Patriotic

In collections

European Songs · Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music