Archive for the 'Music' Category

The Great Thought of Mao Zedong

I have a new batch of Cultural Revolution LPs in hand, some of which you can view over in my Flickr photostream. I have four more on order and access to a large-format flatbed scanner, so I hope to have all of them available for review in the near future. I also have some photos […]

Little Red Soldiers Follow Mao

I keep finding the best stuff over at Sandra’s eBay store. Seriously, how can I stop buying when she keeps putting up great items like Little Red Soldiers Follow Mao (larger image here)? Just like the Tibetan record, you have to get a load of these song titles:

“The Radiance of Chairman Mao”
“Chairman Mao is Dearer […]

Tibetan pro-Mao propaganda

Well, I did it again. I picked up another Cultural Revolution-era EP from eBay, this time a nifty little piece of Tibetan pro-China propaganda called A Pure and White Hata for Chairman Mao (larger image here). It’s not particularly subtle propaganda either — check out these song titles:

“The Liberation Army and the Tibetan People are […]

Beijing’s “Golden Sun”

Online auction sites can be dangerous for compulsive collectors, and that’s why I try to stay away as much as possible. That danger has been particularly apparent since I discovered a woman in Hong Kong who’s selling Cultural Revolution-era LPs and 10″ EPs online. No, I’m not going to link to her store — a […]




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