Lied des Gefangenen

Annotation

Germany. Socialist, anti-war, anti-American imperialism Linked to the Maoist publication Everything for the Victory of the Fighting Vietnamese People [ Alles für den Sieg des kämpfenden vietnamesischen Volkes'] "NATIONAL VIETNAM COMMITTEE Poster calling for demonstrations in Bonn and Berlin. Condition: longitudinal and transverse fold, minor creases West German posters featuring a photomontage of Ho Chi Minh in red, yellow and blue, with title in reverse white "All For The Victory Of The Fighting Vietnamese People." [Np] [National Vietnam Committee / This is the place where you can see the world and the world in which you live (German Communist Party), the German Democratic Republic, the German Democratic Republic, and the German Communist Party (FDP)."

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — European Songs

Germany. Socialist, anti-war, anti-American imperialism Linked to the Maoist publication Everything for the Victory of the Fighting Vietnamese People [Alles für den Sieg des kämpfenden vietnamesischen Volkes'] "NATIONAL VIETNAM COMMITTEE Poster calling for demonstrations in Bonn and Berlin. Condition: longitudinal and transverse fold, minor creases West German posters featuring a photomontage of Ho Chi Minh in red, yellow and blue, with title in reverse white "All For The Victory Of The Fighting Vietnamese People." [Np] [National Vietnam Committee / This is the place where you can see the world and the world in which you live (German Communist Party), the German Democratic Republic, the German Democratic Republic, and the German Communist Party (FDP)."12Sources1galerielaqua.de↩2Alles für den Sieg des kämpfenden vietnamesischen Volkes (Poster)↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Nationales Vietnamkomitee 0001 VK, STEMRA 1972; recorded 17 and 23 November 1972 in the Netherlands, vocals added 18-26 November 1972 in West Berlin; production Konrad Boehmer, sound Udo Primbs; musicians include Willem Breuker, Herman de Wit, Kees Klaver, Willem van Manen, Maarten van Regteren Altena and Rob du Bois, with Misha Mengelberg arranging the final march; singers Peter Fitz, Rüdiger Hacker, Michael König, Jutta Lampe, Christine Oesterlein, Elke Petri, Mario von Scanzoni and Angela Winkler; sold in aid of the Vietnamkomitee (donations to Heinz Breuer, Cologne). Whole LP issued by the Nationales Vietnamkomitee (West German National Vietnam Committee); self-released, cat 0001-VK. Producer Konrad Boehmer; engineer Udo Primbs. Musicians are largely Dutch improvisers: Willem Breuker (clarinet, sax), Misha Mengelberg (arr. B7), Maarten Altena (double bass), Willem Van Manen…

About the artist

West German National Vietnam Committee, a Maoist-linked solidarity organisation that self-released this LP with Dutch improvising musicians including Willem Breuker and Misha Mengelberg.

Themes

P.O.W. · Vietnamese Patriotic · Vietnamese Perspective · Anti-Imperialism · Benefit Record

In collections

European Songs · Jazz Songs · P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]