The Legacy of Ho Chi Minh: Nothing Is More Precious Than Independence and Freedom
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Paredon P-1033, © 1976 Paredon Records, Box 889, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11202; the sleeve front carries a drawing of Ho Chi Minh's profile and describes the record as speeches, writings and poems of the leader of the Vietnamese Revolution read in English by Vu Thien Dinh, the actual voice of Ho Chi Minh addressing the American people in English, and music of the Vietnamese people and songs to the memory of Ho Chi Minh sung by Barbara Dane, Chris Iijima, Pablo Milanés and others. The 16-page booklet (printed by Faculty Press, Brooklyn) lists Side 1, Band 1 as "Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam" (Sept. 2, 1945), 4:45, read over "Hymn to the Leader" played by the Orchestra of the Voice of Vietnam and "The March of Liberation" sung by Vietnamese students, and prints the text of the declaration. In "How Did This Record Come to Be?" executive producer Barbara Dane credits the editing of Ho's speeches and poetry to Matthew West, music selection to herself, Neal Conan, Matthew West and Vu Thien Dinh, production of the tape to Neal Conan and Barbara Dane, engineering to Jonathan Thayer and C. Pitts, the cover drawing to Cuban artist Pablo Labañino, layout to Ronald Clyne and booklet layout to Arbolito, and says the record was made for the Thirty-first Anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence of Vietnam, September 2, 1945 to September 2, 1976. The booklet also carries an essay by Irwin Silber (Executive Editor of the Guardian), "Was Ho Chi Minh a 'revolutionary nationalist' or was he a communist?", texts of the speeches and poems on the other bands, lyrics of "The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh" (Ewan MacColl, sung by Barbara Dane), "We Will Liberate the South" and Pablo Milanés' "Su Nombre, Ho Chi Minh", a cartoon drawn by Ho Chi Minh for "Le Paria", photographs, a reading list and addresses of the Association of Vietnamese Patriots in the U.S. [From the record sleeve and labels]
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Huỳnh Minh Siêng is a pen name of the composer Lưu Hữu Phước, born 12 September 1921 in Ô Môn, Cần Thơ, died 8 June 1989 in Ho Chi Minh City, author of some of the most influential songs of the war years. [Source: Wikipedia (Vietnamese)]
American folk singer, educator and law professor, born 1948 in New York City, died 31 December 2005; a member of Yellow Pearl, whose 1973 album helped shape Asian American identity, and a founder of Asian Americans for Action. [Source: Wikipedia]