Albanian National Song and Dance Troupe
Credited on the record as 阿尔巴尼亚国家歌舞团.
致英雄的越南 (To Heroic Vietnam)
中国唱片 China M-850 · Peking, China
- Artist
- Albanian National Song and Dance Troupe
- Credited on the record as
- 阿尔巴尼亚国家歌舞团
- Title
- 致英雄的越南 (To Heroic Vietnam)
- Release
- 地拉那 - 北京 (Tirana-Peking)
- Label
- 中国唱片 China # M-850
- Format
- 10" · Album
- Country
- Peking, China
- Songwriter
- 王觉·诺瓦 [Nova] & 米内拉·克里奇 [Minella Kriqi]
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
Annotation — North Vietnamese Songs
Another 10" record released in Beijing, China, on China Record Company (# M-850), this one actually focused on its relationship and friendship with Albania, when it was known as People's Socialist Republic of Albania (1946-1991).1. Songs are performed by the Albanian National Song and Dance Troup. It contained one song referencing the conflict in Vietnam, showing solidarity with the North Vietnamese cause: "致英雄的越南" ("To Heroic Vietnam"). Albanian-Chinese records, with Vietnam War songs: 我们是真正的朋友 (CRC # XM-1027) 一手拿镐 一手拿枪 (CRC # M-750) 地拉那 - 北京 (CRC # M-850) Sources1Wikipedia: People's Socialist Republic of Albania↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: The fascist beasts burst in, / Their hands soaked in blood, / The heroic people cry out: / The land our ancestors left us must be united. / The steadfast people defend the land soaked in blood and sweat, / They will throw every enemy into the sea, / Mothers teach their children to fight for the motherland. / The heroic people strike the Yankees hard, / Final victory belongs to you. __________ Chinese: 法西斯野兽闯来， / 双手沾满鲜血， / 英雄的人民高呼：/ 祖先留下的土地要统一。 / 坚强的人民保卫着浸透血汗的土地， / 他将把所有的敌人都扔进大海， / 母亲教育孩子为祖国而奋斗。 / 英雄的人民狠狠打击美国佬， / 最后胜利属於你们。
Notes
中国唱片 (China Record) M-850, 33⅓ rpm; labels M-850 甲 (M-33/2643), 歌曲, side 1 13'58", and M-850 乙 (M-33/2644), 歌曲、乐曲, side 2 13'10". The front cover is a red, black and white woodcut-style image of an Albanian and a Chinese worker holding a book with Mao's portrait between the Albanian eagle and the Chinese flag's stars, under the title 地拉那——北京 and a Mao quotation in red ("海内存知己，天涯若比邻"…), signed 毛泽东. The back, "Tirana–Peking – Selected Programmes by the Albanian National Song and Dance Troupe" (阿尔巴尼亚国家歌舞团访华演出节目选), prints the full quotation in Chinese and English ("A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near… We are your true friends and comrades, and you are ours") from "The Message of Greetings to the Fifth Congress of the Albanian Party of Labour". It lists 12 pieces; side 2, track 4, "To Heroic Vietnam" (致英雄的越南, chorus), has words by 米内拉·克里奇 and music by 王觉·诺瓦. "Manufactured by…
About the artist
Albanian ensemble; record released in China
Themes
Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Patriotic · Anti-American · Anti-Imperialism · Reunification