东方红 - The East Is Red [1950]

The famous Chinese revolutionary song, sung in 1950 by a North Korean choir in celebration of the recent founding of the People's Republic of China. Digitised from an old shellac record.

Performer: Film & Radio Music Troupe (방송음악단)
Year recorded: 1950
Composer: Traditional
Year Composed: Early 1930s
Lyricist: Li Youyuan (李有源)
Year Written: 1942
Source: Shellac record "동방홍 / 세계민주청년행진곡"
Picture: Chinese troops leaving Korea, Spring 1958. The arch in the back says "The friendship and unity of the peoples of the Korea and China are unbreakable!" (朝中両国人民的友誼团結是牢不可破的！)

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