Credited on the record as Brigitte und Ilona, Oktober-Klub Berlin.
Vietnams Geschütze [Vietnam Guns]
1971 · ETERNA 8 15 060 · Berlin, Germany: East [GDR]
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- Artist
- Oktober-Klub
- Credited on the record as
- Brigitte und Ilona, Oktober-Klub Berlin
- Title
- Vietnams Geschütze [Vietnam Guns]
- Release
- Wer, wenn nicht wir, 2. Festival Des Politischen Liedes
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- ETERNA # 8 15 060
- Format
- LP · Live
- Language
- German
- Country
- Berlin, Germany: East [GDR]
- Songwriter
- Helmut Kontauts, Gerhard Kern
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Notes
Performed by Brigitte Norman and Ilona Wagemann - members of Oktober-Klub ETERNA 8 15 060 (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin), stereo LP; live recordings from the 2. Festival des politischen Liedes, Berlin, 7–13 February 1971 (Ag 511/01/74); sleeve essay Margot Schröder (1971); design Peter Porsch; Musikregie Karl Heinz Ocasek. Melody after a Vietnamese bamboo dance. Recordings from events at the II. Festival des politischen Liedes, 7-13 February 1971, Berlin. Tracks A2, A4, A7, B1 feature Oktoberklub members; B3, B7 feature Venceremos Club members. Title page credits Armin Münch's painting 'Sieger der Geschichte'. Reissues 1973 and 1974 titled 'Wer, Wenn Nicht Wir (2. Festival Des Politischen Liedes)'. A6: Vietnamese group performing an FNL song. Track A7 of the compilation. Vietnam's Guns, recorded at the 2nd Festival des politischen Liedes, Berlin, 7-13 February 1971; the music…
About the artist
Formed 1966, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Disbanded 1990. Large collective, 30+ members, including: Perry Friedman, Kurt Demmler,
Themes
Anti-War · Anti-Imperialism · Festival of Political Song · Guns · Protest · Vietnamese Patriotic
From the release Wer, wenn nicht wir, 2. Festival Des Politischen Liedes
In collections
European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]