Hanoi Julen 1972

Annotation — European Songs

Danish theatre group Skifteholdet, reciting 28 poems related to the Vietnam War on this LP, edited, arranged, and directed by Avi Sagild, born 22 February 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, died 19 September 1995, Denmark.1 Tracks include "Hanoi Julen 1972" ("Hanoi Christmas 1972"), "Indberetning i mørket fra den sidste marine i Vietnam" ("Report in the Dark From the Last Navy in Vietnam"), and "Rotterne i Vietnam" ("The Rate in Vietnam"). Full track list: A1 General Ky´'s Morning Motto / A2 Gale Dick / A3 Hanoi Christmas 1972 / A4 Free the South / A5 Debt of the Revolutionaries / A6 Come My Fatherland / A7 The Price of the Revolutionary / A8 General Ky´'s Dream / A9 Summer in Grand Rapids / A10 Report in the Dark from the Last Navy in Vietnam / A11 USA / A12 German Margins / A13 The Price of Dialectics / A14 Song to Fidel / A15 Questions About Totur / A16 The Rats in Vietnam / B1 Song of Thanks / B2 I Want to Ride the Storm / B3 A Mother's Assignment / B4 Night Farewell in Hanoi / B5 My Husband Can Not Come Back / B6 By the Fire / B7 Seriously Ill / B8 Red Flowers / B9 Night Crossing / B10 School Book Leaves / B11 The Only Way / B12 Liberate the South __________ Danish: A1…

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Whole LP is a 28-poem Vietnam War spoken-word/sound-poetry record. Texts by: Armando Tejada Gómez, Bertolt Brecht, Ernesto Che Guevara, Chính Hữu, Chế Lan Viên, Ebbe Kløvedal Reich, Erik Knudsen, Giang Nam, Ho Chi Minh, Jesper Jensen, Le Tan Loi, Mette Krag, Nam Ha, Nguyễn Đình Thi, Noel Cobb, Otto René Castillo, Thanh Hải, Trieu, Wolf Biermann. Producer: Karsten Sommer; recorded by Freddy Hansson at Rosenberg Studio. Voices: Avi Sagild, Eva Krogh, Ida Krag, Jens Nordsø, Jesper Milsted, Klavs Nordsø; vocals incl. Anne-Marie Nielsen, Hanne Betzer, Leif Monnerup etc. Electric guitar: Kim Sagild, Mikkel Nordsø. Cover: Jens Nordsø. Made in Denmark. One of 28 Vietnam War poems recited by Skifteholdet on the LP, with texts by writers including Ho Chi Minh, Bertolt Brecht, Che Guevara and Wolf Biermann; produced by Karsten Sommer.

About the artist

Avi Sagild, born 22 February 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died 19 September 1995 in Denmark, edited, arranged and directed the Danish theatre group Skifteholdet on this recording.

Themes

Christmas Bombings · Hanoi · Christmas · Anti-War · Anti-Imperialism

In collections

Christmas Songs · European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]