Bro Vietnam
1968 · Wren Records WRE 1049 · Botwnnog, UK: Wales
- Artist
- Adar y Dyffryn
- Title
- Bro Vietnam
- Release
- Adar y Dyffryn
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Wren Records # WRE 1049
- Format
- 7" EP · EP
- Language
- Welsh
- Country
- Botwnnog, UK: Wales
- Songwriter
- A. C. Baines (words), J. A. Baines (arrangement)
- Genre
- Folk · Celtic Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Bro Vietnam (Adar y Dyffryn) Wales, European. Celtic folk.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Wren Extended Play WRE 1049, "Recording first published June 1968"; Wren Records / Recordiau'r Dryw, Christopher Davies (Records), Llandybie, Carmarthenshire; blue labels, side 1 "Ochr 1". Side One: Pe bai'r byd yn llawn o gariad; Bro Vietnam; Royal Telephone. Side Two: Croeso'n ôl; Neges natur; Cymru fach i ni. "Geiriau i gyd gan Mrs. A. C. Baines — Trefiadau gan J. A. Baines" (all words by Mrs A. C. Baines, arrangements by J. A. Baines). The sleeve note (Welsh and English) introduces Ifan, Jane and Wil from the Botwnnog area, a small group formed about two years earlier that had performed throughout North Wales in concerts, rallies and cymanfaoedd (singing festivals) in Llŷn and Eifionydd, Caernarfon, Anglesey and Meirionnydd; cover photo of the trio with guitar; sleeve printed by C. E. Watkins Ltd, Swansea. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Adar y Dyffryn ("Birds of the Valley") were a Welsh-language trio — Ifan, Jane and Wil — from the Botwnnog area of the Llŷn peninsula, formed around 1966, who sang at concerts, rallies and cymanfaoedd across North Wales.
Themes
In collections
European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]