Lenin ist immer mit uns [Lenin Is Always with Us]

Annotation — European Songs

Released in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) - East Germany, on ETERNA (8 95 002), this record featured music from around the world, showing solidarity with various movements involved in conflicts, including Palestine, Angola, Chile, and Poland. With regards to the Vietnam War, it contained "Siegestanz, danklied für internat, solidarität" ("Victory Dance, Song of Thanksgiving for Boarding Solidarity") and "Lenin ist immer mit uns" ("Lenin is Always With Us"). It also contained "Laos: Solidaritätstanz" ("Laos: Solidarity Dance"), related to the conflict. The tracks contained traditional folk music with German commentary.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Record featured music from around the world, showing solidarity with various movements involved in conflicts, including Palestine, Angola, Chile, Poland, and Vietnam 8 95 002, stereo, 33 rpm, blue labels with the rim text "VEB Deutsche Schallplatten"; "Dem Frieden die Freiheit — Ausschnitte aus Nationalprogrammen der X. Weltfestspiele"; the front bears the logos of the Weltfestspiele der Jugend und Studenten Berlin 1973, Hauptstadt der DDR, and of the radio station "Stimme der DDR", with the words "Solidaritäts-Schallplatte Stimme der DDR"; print code Gotha-Druck Ag 511/01/73. The cover photograph shows smiling young Vietnamese women in áo dài waving flowers and branches in a stadium parade. Tracks are grouped by country: Seite 1 — DDR, Chile, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Laos ("Solidaritätstanz"), VR Polen; Seite 2 — ČSSR, Palästina ("Write down, I am an Arab"), Moçambique, Vietnam (RSV und…

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Themes

Vietnamese Patriotic · Solidarity

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European Songs · North Vietnamese Songs