Al Kealoha Perry and the Singing Surfriders “Al Perry’s Hawaiian Chants & Hulas”

Here’s a pdf of a booklet that came with the record!

It looks like that booklet was for a 78 10 inch record album with the same songs as side A. The “Chants”. I’m guessing there is also a 78 album of the “hulas” on side B..

Side One: Chants

1. Pua Hau O Maleka
2. Pele
3. Kalanianaole
4. Kalakaua
5. Lanakila
6. Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai

Side Two: Hulas

1. Poki
2. The Hula Oni Oni E
3. Hawaiian Cowboy Polynesian Love Song
4. Twilight In Hawaii
5. Under A Spreading Cocoanut Tree

mp3s uploaded here as 2 sides here:

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Here’s a playlist of some Ray Kinney 78s I just got that were pressed on a sort of transluscent red “vinylite”on the Pilotone record label.

Here’s a few British records by Felix Mendelssohn. It was hard to find good discographical info online about these but I believe they were made between 1940 and 1943. I’m sure if you were living in Britain at that time a bit of Hawaiian escapism would have been a welcome distraction.

Decca Presents “Songs of Hawaii” Played by Ray Kinney and His Hawaiians. (1938)

I bought this album in Honolulu. These were the only 78s I found there on a trip in December. The cover and records were dusty and water dammaged, but the records actually cleaned up nice and sound pretty good. It was missing one record of the 5 and I recently found a replacement. So here is the complete album set!

As you can see I have rather sloppily stop the cover from decomposing completely with some packing tape… I know.. not the most archival way to save something, but at least the dust and mold wont be getting all over the records anymore..

New arrivals from London! A few Hawaiian 78s. A couple Sol Hoopii tracks (reissues of American records) with a b-side by Linn Milford and His Hawaiian Players, the Hawaiian Silver Strings Quartet on British Columbia (which came in the neat sleeve seen below)
Sol Hoopii and His Novelty Quartet Don’t Stop Loving Me Regal Zonophone MR 3509 LA 41 10/4/1933
Sol Hoopii and His Novelty Quartet Iniki Malie (Song of the Breeze) Regal Zonophone MR 350 LA 352 2/16/1936
Sol Hoopii’s Novelty Trio Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me) Regal Mr79 W142796  10/18/26
Linn Milford and His Hawaiian Players Silv’ry Moon Regal Mr 79 (war 37) 3/7/1930
Hawaiian Silver Strings Quartet Kawaihau Waltz /Honolulu March Columbia 5431 146685/146686 5/25/28

Kuu Ipo Ika Hee Pue One Medley by S. Siegel & Marie Caveny

1919 Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder #3724 ( Played on an acoustic Amberola 30 phonograph)

The name of the song is Hawaiian. The song sounds more like a banjo number. apparently it’s Mandolin and ukulele duet.. The record skips a little in there somewhere.

Sol Hoopii and His Novelty Quartette perform King Kamehameha b/w The Lei Vendor

1934, 78rpm  record, Brunswick #6873, (160), (112)

Sol Hoopii is my favorite artist from this period. This record is rather worn.. but this is a nice couple tracks that don’t appear on any compilations I know of.

Sol Hoopii and His Novelty Five perform Fascinating Rhythm b/w Twelfth Street Rag

1938, 78rpm  record, Decca 1666/1668