Hawaiian

Found this 10 inch today at a yard sale — a 1951 release on the Pontiac label. No musicians are credited. A nice mix of Hawaiian tunes with that early 50s feel. Good for your luaus this summer.

Check out Beautiful Kahana:

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Aloha.zip (31 MB)

Side One:
Halona
I Love Your Eyes
My Heart’s Choice
Waialae

Side Two:
Beautiful Kahana
Step Lively
Mi Nei
Na’ Lii

Sweet Hawaiin Moonlight — Ray Kinney

Two for your Luaus this summer.

Blue Pacific Moonlight:

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Hawaiian Moonlight.zip (47MB)

Side 1
Ka-Lu-A
Drowsy Waters
Aloma
Pagan Love Song
Kona Moon
When My Dreamboat Sails Tonight for Honolulu

Side 2
Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight (Tell Her of My Love)
One-Two-Three-Four
Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula (Hawaiian Love Song)
Blue Pacific Moonlight
Hawaii’s Charm
On a Honolulu Holiday

Echoes of Hawaii — Benny Kalama

Makala Pua

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Hawaiian Echoes.zip (45MB)

Side 1
Akaka Falls
The Old Plantation (Kuu Home)
Kamalani O Keaukaha
Makala Pua
Mapuana
Kau Lana O Hilo Hana Ko Hi

SIde 2
Ua Like No a Like
Kuu Ipo I Ka Hee Pue One
He Mana’o He Aloha
Na ‘Lii
Holoholo Kaa (Car Ride Hula)
Kilakila Haleakala

Bit of an oddball album here. The first track is a vocal rendition of the Hawaiian Wedding Song, fairly ho-hum, but the rest of the album is all instrumental steel guitar, and a few of the tracks even veer away from the islands and dip their toes into blues and country. Good stuff too. So if you are a fan of Hawaiian music, check this out, and if you’re not, but you like a good steel guitar tune, also have a listen.

Try “Stars Over Hawaii”:

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BlueWaters.zip (44MB)

Back cover artwork.

Side One
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Luau
Mood Hawaiian
Pineapples, White Sails and Cocoanuts
Island Mood
Hawaiian Promenade

Side Two
High TIde
Stars Over Hawaii
Hawaiian Serenade
Beautiful Girls and Sunshine
Hawaiian Mood
Lost Love

Here it is. This one is not as clean as Vol. 1, but I did my best to clean it up. Check out Harbor Lights:

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Favorite Island Instrumentals 2.zip (47MB)

Side 1
Hawaiian Paradise
Mauna Kea
Girl in the Yellow Holoku
Mai Poina Oe Iau
Moon of Manakoora
Paradise Isle

Side 2
Beyond the Reef
Sand
Harbor Lights
Chant of the Islands
Beautiful Kahana
Song of Old Hawaii

According to the cover, if an antidote could be prescribed for the fretful tensions of modern living, this might well be it! Well, sign me up then.

Song of the Islands:

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Favorite Island Instrumentals.zip (56MB)

Side 1
King’s Serenade
Blue Hawaii
My Little Grass Shack
Sweet Leilani
Hilo March
To You Sweetheart, Aloha

Side 2
Drifting and Dreaming
Hawaiian War Chant
My Isle of Golden Dreams
Song of the Islands
On the Beach at Waikiki
Hawaiian Farewell Song

I have Volume 2 of this. If anyone is interested, leave a comment.