Na Mele A Ka Haku ORIGINAL PRESS EXTREMELY RARE HTF Vinyl LP- EX/VG++

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Na Mele A Ka Haku ORIGINAL PRESS EXTREMELY RARE HTF Vinyl LP- EX/VG++ Pressed In Maui Hawaii-Producer Palani Kawalea- May 5 1975


Pressed in 1975, includes one double sided record, original jacket, original paper sleeve, and new plastic protective sleeve.



Media condition: excellent condition. Shiny, minimum to no signs of wear. Play tested excellent sound quality, plays great


Jacket condition: 2 inch seam split on top sleeve. No other seem splits. Very minimum signs of edge wear. Mild age yellowing along front Vertical edge, as expected with the age of the item.


Synthesizers and the human voice. Hawaii. The 1970s. Haku, aka Frank Tavares, a writer and musician, had a deep respect for the multiethnic character of his native Hawaii, and composed a number of theatre pieces and songs to highlight this culture. However, he avoided many of the standard musical tropes, choosing to build his own studio and make all the music on synthesizers, a first for Hawaii. New Age musical elements, traditional Hawaiian music, and unclassifiable madness, all played on glorious analog synths, are the foundation for songs and stories delivered in Hawaiian, Japanese and English, reflecting Hawaii’s multiethnic nature. Developed and recorded over several years, released in 1976 on vinyl,


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