Music from the People's Republic

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rounder Select
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 011661400825
EAN: 0011661400825
ASIN: B000000378

Release Date: 1992-02-14

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Tracks:

Commune Members Are Sunflowers
A Song In Praise Of The Peoples' Liberation Army
I Want To Be A True Revolutionary
Pipa Ensemble
Sons And Daughters Of The Grassland
There's A Clear Sun In Peking
A Passage From Opera Dedicated To The Liberation Of Mankind
People Love Chairman Mao
A New Look Has Come To Our Mountain Village
Sheng Duet - The Hupeh Opera Troupe
Yang Chin - The Hupeh Opera Troupe
Excerpt Of Passage For The Modern Revolutionary Peking Opera 'Azalea Mountain'
Boys' Singing Class With Teacher
Erthu Solo
The New Yellow River
Song Of The Fishing Men
Mountain Commune Celebrating The Harvest Year: Many Hands Are Working/Tachai Road Is Wide And Bright/Celebration - The Hupeh Opera Troupe
Bonus Track 1 - Music From The People's Republic Of China

Customer Reviews:

Are you ready to crank up YOUR party?.......2005-07-25

I'm pretty well known for throwing the best parties in Gretna as you've prbably surmised from my previous reviews, but the great ones always look to take it up another notch even at the top of their game. I was always the first to know about new bands when they came out to Gretna because they were on my famous fiesta mixes. Fiesta is the mexican word for party, so I just subbed it in. I was cranking out Milli Vanilli before the kids in Elkhorn knew what it was. The annual Rick Mahler birthday bash was coming up in a week and I knew I had to go over the top on the music because Rick Mahler was everyone's favorite mid-80s Braves pitcher. Well, over the top I went, Communist government style. The party kicked off at 9pm with a 3-1 girl to guy ratio because that's how I roll. I went with some Hasselhoff remix stuff I got from a german kid named frumph to start the party off. Then came the curveball. I tossed on some music from the people's republic and it was as if everyone at the party had been injected with a crazy pill. With the rocker "Commune members are Sunflowers" to lead things off, how could one go wrong? Could it get better? Yes, it most certainly could because track 2 is the synth punk anthem "Songs in praise of the people's liberation army". Wow!! I was faced with a quandry at this point, a smoking chick wanted me to take her to the palace, but I wanted to see what kind of frenzy this CD whipped the party into. Let's just say after "People love chairman Mao" and "Boys singing class with teacher" I called the cops myself because I was scared of where this party was going. It was like Crunkfest, but with a bunch of white people listening to chinese music. I only bust this one out now when it's a large outdoor gathering. Please be careful.

A travel in time!.......2003-06-13

I was borned in 1978 and the only image I had of China I had in my mind so far was the student stoping the tank, but certainly it took me more time to understand what was behind this scenario and what motivates people to act in these ways. This album is certainly a portal through time to China before the capitalism arrived and changed its life style, propaganda or not, creative or not, the performance of the music is powerful and contagious, envolves you in the environment of the unknown China, I'm not comunist nor interested in politics, but these songs are touching and inspiring.

Delightful! Charming!!.......2001-12-19

This is a wonderful album. I happen to enjoy Communist propaganda music and was especially delighted when I saw that it had been produced in 1976 just at the end of the Cultural Revolution. How I envy those like the Carawans who got to China
just as it opened up. My first visit was in 1990 and I always had the feeling I got there too late. This really is a small treasure and a gift to us from these musicians from a China that doesn't exist anymore. I don't know much about Guy and Candie Carawan, but I see that the royalties from this album go to the
U.S.-China People's Friendship Association. The song titles are
charming and only best appreciated in the historical context.
I would love to find more music from this period such as "The East is Red"; "Socialism is Good"; "Without the Communist Party there would be No New China". That sort of thing.

Delightful! Charming!!.......2001-12-19

propaganda music,for research interest only........2001-04-20

Music on this album are purely communist propanganda music from Red China. It's important if you are into this research topic.But as a whole,this album is lack of creativity .

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