Prelude: Viet Nam Will Win, the U.S. Will Lose
1965 · 中国唱片 China DM-6106 · Peking, China
- Artist
- Art Troupe of the General Political Department of the PLA, Art Troupe of the Navy Political Department of the PLA, "Comrade" Song and Dance Ensemble of the PLA, Central Opera and Dance Drama Theatre & Central Nationalities Song and Dance Ensemble
- Title
- Prelude: Viet Nam Will Win, the U.S. Will Lose
- Release
- 椰林怒火 - Fury in the Cocoanut Jungle
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- 中国唱片 China # DM-6106
- Format
- 10" · Album
- Language
- Chinese
- Country
- Peking, China
- Songwriter
- Jen Hung-chu, Hung Yuan, Shih Lo-meng, Lu Chu-lung, Ko Kuang-jui, Chang Ho, Wang Chu-ling
- Genre
- Chinese Music · Revolutionary Song
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
Annotation — North Vietnamese Songs
Another 10" record released in Beijing, China, on China Record Company (# DM-6106), this contained North Vietnamese patriotic songs, in the revolutionary music style, similar to Vietnamese Nhạc đỏ ("Red Music"). "Fury in the Cocoanut Jungle" was a Chinese play, which told the story of the US invaders in South Vietnam removing people into strategic villages. With the help of the National Liberation Front in South Vietnam, the people organise and fight against the US.1 Titles included: "Prelude: Viet Nam Will Win, the U.S. Will Lose", "Scene 1: Destroying the Strategic Hamlets", "Scene 2: Unyielding Fighter", "Scene 3: Fury in the Cocoanut Jungle", "Scene 4: Defend the North", "Coda: American Imperialism, Get Out of Viet Nam". A1| Prelude: Viet Nam Will Win, the U.S. Will Lose A2| Scene 1: Destroying the "Strategic Hamlets" A3| Scene 2: Unyielding Fighter B1| Scene 3: Fury in the Cocoanut Junge B2| Scene 4: Defend the North B3| Coda: American Imperialism, Get Out of Viet NamSources1baike.baidu.com↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
中国唱片 DM-6106 甲/乙 (matrix DM-33/6527 and DM-33/6528), 33 1/3 rpm, pale blue labels; "A Song and Dance Drama 'Fury in the Cocoanut Jungle' — On-the-Spot Recordings (Excerpts)"; 1965年录音、出版 (recorded and published 1965); China Record Company, Peking. The front cover is a stage photograph of soldiers and guerrillas with rifles beneath a palm tree, the title 椰林怒火 projected behind them. Side 1 opens with "Prelude: Viet Nam Will Win, the U.S. Will Lose" (序幕 越南必胜 美国必败), followed by "Scene 1: Destroying the 'Strategic Hamlets'" and "Scene 2: Unyielding Fighter"; Side 2 has "Scene 3: Fury in the Cacoanut Jungle", "Scene 4: Defend the North" and "Coda: American Imperialism, Get Out of Viet Nam". Writer and director: The Writing and Directing Group for "The East is Red" (Song and Dance Pageant); words by Jen Hung-chu and Hung Yuan; music by Shih Lo-meng, Lu Chu-lung, Ko Kuang-jui, Chang Ho and Wang…
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