Ho Chi Minh
1970 · ETERNA 8 15 053 · Berlin, Germany: East [GDR]
- Artist
- Kurt Demmler
- Title
- Ho Chi Minh
- Release
- 1. Festival des politischen Liedes. Song '70
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- ETERNA # 8 15 053
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- German
- Country
- Berlin, Germany: East [GDR]
- Songwriter
- Kurt Demmler
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — European Songs
Kurt Demmler - Ho Chi Minh (Demmler, Kurt) German Democratic Republic (GDR) Recording of the opening and closing program of the Festival of Political Song on February 15 and 21, 1970 in the Congress Hall Berlin
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
ETERNA 8 15 053 (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin), stereo LP; recordings of the opening and closing programmes of the 1. Festival des politischen Liedes, Kongreßhalle Berlin, 15 and 21 February 1970 (Ag 511/01/73); Musikregie Karl Heinz Ocasek; design Klaus Vonderwerth / Peter Porsch; handwritten greeting from Gisela May on the sleeve. Words and music by Demmler, performed solo. Original 1970 Eterna issue titled 'Song '70' (series Festival Des Politischen Liedes 1). 'Mitschnitt vom Eröffnungs- und Abschlußprogramm des Festival Des Politischen Liedes am 15. und 21. Februar 1970 in der Kongreßhalle Berlin'. Recorded at Berliner Kongreßhalle am Alexanderplatz. Producer (Musikregie) Karl Heinz Ocasek; engineer Gerhard Kossatz. Reissues titled '1. Festival Des Politischen Liedes (Song '70)' exist: 1972 and 1973. Track A7 of the compilation. Live recording from the opening and closing…
About the artist
Born 12 September 1943, Poznań, wielkopolskie, Poland. Died 3 February 2009, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Themes
Anti-War · Vietnamese Perspective · Ho Chi Minh · Festival of Political Song
In collections
European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]