History Channel: Vietnam - Divided House

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 10, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Q. Records
• ASIN: B00005AU53
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,685 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Wooly Bully

2. Good Vibrations

3. Black Is Black

4. Brown Eyed Girl

5. White Rabbit

6. A Whiter Shade of Pale

7. Time of the Season

8. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

9. With a Little Help from My Friends

10. Going Up the Country

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. August 4, 1964 Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam Incident and Resolution

2. War

3. "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag

4. Universal Soldier

5. Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation

6. August 4, 1964 Escalation of Vietnam War

7. The Ballad of the Green Berets

8. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

9. Incense and Peppermints

10. January 20, 1969 Presidential Inaugural Speech

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For All Ages, March 12, 2003

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Kimberly (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: History Channel: Vietnam - Divided House (Audio CD)

I'm not a veteran, and no, I wasn't anywhere near alive when these songs were recorded or when the war was going on, but I love this CD all the same.

I'm only seventeen, but in light of the upcoming war and the conflicts, I bought this CD and absolutely adored it.

Whether you're a veteran, a nostalgic hippie, a grandmother, a pacficist, or maybe you're just a teen who's sick of songs with the words "baby" and "let's get on the dance floor" - I recommend this CD for you.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great compilation, June 13, 2001

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Todd Hawley (San Francisco CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: History Channel: Vietnam - Divided House (Audio CD)

I first found out about this CD while in a record store recently and hearing some of the great songs I grew up listening to in the late 1960s and early 1970s. At first I felt like I was in a time warp. When I bought it and began listening to a pristine copy of songs like White Rabbit, A Whiter Shade of Pale, I'm Your Captain, etc it brought back a flood of memories of my early teenage years. It also brought back the specter of Southeast Asia and all the servicemen who gave their lives and those who came home expecting a hero's welcome and instead got derision and jeers. It also reminded me of what a turbulent era the 1960s and early 70s were. The first CD consists of songs the servicemen listened to and songs I remember from my junior high and early high school years. The second CD is a compliation of protest songs and it reminded me of how outspoken some of those songs were and how much those songs were commentaries of the time. Along with the CDs is a booklet with an essay written about the Vietnam era, the songs listed on the two CDs and a brief "history" of them. Here we are 25 years after the Vietnam war ended and it still remains burned in our collective consciences.

I recently read a book called Voices in the Purple Haze which is a history of 1960s FM underground radio. That book and this CD give some idea of the turmoil and upheaval we all dealt with in the 1960s.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brings Back Memories, April 20, 2001

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Richard M. Adelman (East Meadow, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: History Channel: Vietnam - Divided House (Audio CD)

I listened to this CD with a Vietnam Veteran. Not only did it make the hair stand up on the back of my neck, but on his as well. The second CD with the newscasts was especilly poignant. The music from that era makes you realize how much we, as a nation, have been through since that time.