Vietnam
1987 · RIP 101 · Lansing, Michigan
- Artist
- The Iott & Price Band
- Title
- Vietnam
- Release
- Vietnam / Have You Heard
- Year
- 1987
- Label
- RIP # 101
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Songwriter
- Mike Iott, Bill Price
- Genre
- Blues · Pop · Acoustic Blues
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Vietnam (Iott & Price Band, The) Post-war 80s
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
RIP Records RIP 101, silver label with tombstone logo, Lansing, MI, (517) 882-7010; Side A, stereo, 45 RPM, ℗ 1987; "Vietnam" (M. Iott – B. Price), Mike Iott BMI, Bill Price BMI, time 4:00; produced by C. Leveque; credited on the label as "The Iott - Price Band". The front of the picture sleeve shows a photograph of soldiers shaking hands over barbed wire. The back has a collage of service photographs and press cuttings on Dr. Tom Dooley and on Pfc. Daniel John Blomfelt, killed in Quang Tri Province in May 1968 ("'I'd die for this flag'"), with "Pictures by: Sigred Cichy". There is a handwritten dedication "To Renée, Good Luck in Life!!" in pen. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
LBJ · Soldier's Perspective · Purple Heart · Medals · Patriotic