Gia'i phong mien Nam [Liberation of South Vietnam]
1971 · Oktober OKT 7101 · Oslo, Norway
- Artist
- Frontteatret & PS-gruppa
- Title
- Gia'i phong mien Nam [Liberation of South Vietnam]
- Release
- Slutt opp, kamerat!
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Oktober # OKT 7101
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Vietnamese
- Country
- Oslo, Norway
- Genre
- Vietnamese Music · Nhạc đỏ
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
Annotation
Released on the Dihavina record label (# 6603), originally the state label of North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) before reunification in 1975. The title track is the well-known famous song "Giải phóng miền Nam" ("Liberating the South"), composed by the trio Lưu Hữu Phước, Mai Văn Bộ and Huỳnh Văn Tiểng, under the pseudonym Huỳnh Minh Siêng, in 1961, the national anthem of Provisional South Vietnam government. (1) The song appears on many record releases in Vietnam, Asia, Europe, and the US. Targeting a South Vietnamese audience, it calls for an uprising: "advance to kill the enemy... arise.. brave people of the South". It notes that Vietnam had been divided: "country has been separated for so long", and that it was time to "build up our nation". It referred to the US as "imperialists". Also on this album: the song "Giờ hành động" ("Time for Action"), the song "Qua sông" ("Crossing the River"), and song "Bài hát Giải phóng quân" ("Song of the Liberation Army").
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - only one half of the credit is documented. PS-gruppa is a real Scandinavian political song group, credited on RateYourMusic with the album 'Kampen fortsetter' ('The struggle continues'); no admissible source documents Frontteatret, the specific recording, or the nationality of either. [Source: RateYourMusic (index only); Discogs (negative search)]