誓死保卫祖国 (Swear to Defend the Motherland)

Annotation — North Vietnamese Songs

Another 10" record released in Beijing, China, on China Record Company (# M-911) - the title translated to "Vietnamese, Laos, Cambodian, Korean, Chinese Revolutionary Songs" - thus including songs about various countries and conflicts around the world, displaying solidarity between communist movements. The song titles are only written in Chinese - suggesting that this record was target at a domestic Chinese audience. This is similar to the records 我们的朋友遍天下 (革命歌曲) / We Have Friends All Over the World (Revolutionary Songs) and 风雷之歌 (Song of Wind and Thunder), discussed above.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

中国唱片 (China Record) M-911, 33⅓ rpm; labels M-911 甲 (M-33/71035), 合唱、齐唱, side 1 12'41", and M-911 乙 (M-33/71036), 铜管乐合奏, side 2 9'20". The plain cream front cover with a red border carries only the title 越南·老挝·柬埔寨·朝鲜·中国 革命歌曲·乐曲. Side 1 has six choral songs, each marked with its country: 誓死保卫祖国 (越南) and 行军歌 (越南南方), sung by the PLA Beijing Military Region, Air Force and Navy propaganda teams (中国人民解放军北京军区宣传队、空政宣传队、海政宣传队演唱并伴奏); 反对美帝国主义侵略老挝 (老挝, unison), sung by the propaganda team of the PLA General Political Department and the Central Broadcasting Song and Dance Ensemble (中国人民解放军总政治部宣传队、中央广播文工团); 保卫国土 (柬埔寨), by the Central Broadcasting Song and Dance Ensemble (中央广播文工团); then a Korean and a Chinese song. Side 2 repeats the same six pieces in brass-band arrangements played by the PLA Military Band (中国人民解放军军乐团演奏). "Manufactured by: China Record Company. Distributed by: Guozi Shudian, China…

About the artist

The performing propaganda troupes of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Beijing Military Region, Air Force and Navy.

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Patriotic

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North Vietnamese Songs