Vader Abraham

Credited on the record as Vader Abraham und "Der erste vietnamesische Flüchtlingschor aus Frankfurt/Main".

Boote ohne Hafen

1979 · Philips 6832 188 · Netherlands

Boote ohne Hafen – Vader Abraham (Sleeve (front))

Artist
Vader Abraham
Credited on the record as
Vader Abraham und "Der erste vietnamesische Flüchtlingschor aus Frankfurt/Main"
Title
Boote ohne Hafen
Release
Boote ohne Hafen / O, Julia
Year
1979
Label
Philips # 6832 188
Format
7" · Single
Language
German
Country
Netherlands
Songwriter
Pierre Kartner; words Michael Kunze
Genre
Schlager · Schlager
Primary theme
Post-War

Annotation — European Songs

Boots ohne Haffen (Abraham, Vader) 1 DM per record was donated to the Vietnamese refugee help project of the German Red Cross. Lyrics on B-side. German language. Dutch artist

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Philips 6832 188 (GEMA; ℗ 1979 Dureco B.V., an original Dureco production; made in Germany; Phonogram), 4:11: "Boote ohne Hafen" — boats without a harbour — music Pierre Kartner, German text Michael Kunze, sung by Vader Abraham with "Der erste vietnamesische Flüchtlingschor aus Frankfurt/Main" (the first Vietnamese refugee choir of Frankfurt), B side "O, Julia"; the front also carries the Vietnamese title "Thuyền không bến". DM 1 from each copy went to the German Red Cross account 41 41 41 for Vietnam refugee aid (sleeve seal "Spende für die Vietnam-Flüchtlingshilfe · DRK"). Cover: the choir of young Vietnamese in yellow áo dài on a lawn, Vader Abraham inset. Full German lyric on the back: boats without a harbour drifting far out at sea, without water, rice or bread, full of people in need who stretch out their hands and cannot understand that we sleep content while they perish; nowhere…

About the artist

Vader Abraham - stage name of the Dutch singer and songwriter Pierre Kartner, the bowler-hatted, bearded "Father Abraham" of the Smurf records.

Themes

Boat People · Refugees · Vietnamese Perspective · Red Cross

In collections

Children on Record · European Songs · Vietnamese Boat People / Refugee Crisis

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