tracks

St. Louis Blues
(Coffee In The Morning) Kisses In The Night
Chimes
Rome Wasn't Built In A Day
Taps (Good Night)
Sweet Georgia Brown
By The Waters Of Minnetonka
Aloma
The Hula Blues
Calling Aloha To Me
There's A Little Gray Mother Dreaming
The Song Of The Range
Then Someone's In Love
The Flowers Of Hawaii = Na Pua O Hawaii
The Melody Of My Heart
My Wreath = Kuu Lei
Beautiful Ohio
The Prince = Na Alii
The Missouri Waltz
The Voice In The Old Village Choir
Auana = The Wanderer
Ke-Kali Nei Au = Waiting For Thee
Eleu Mikimiki = Step Lively
Leilehua

notes

Issued in a digipak with a booklet of notes.

1 to 12 were recorded in Chicago on 12th December 1933.
Originally released on:
Bluebird 5316 (1, 12)
Bluebird 5294 (2, 4)
Bluebird 5295 (3, 5)
Bluebird 5944 (6, 7)
Bluebird 5407 (8, 9)
Bluebird 6056 (10, 11)

13 to 20 were recorded in Camden, New Jersey on 17th May 1932.
Originally released on:
Victor 23687 (13, 20)
Victor 23750 (14, 15)
Victor 23717 (16, 18)
Victor 23695 (17, 19)

21 was cut on 1st November 1932
22 to 24 were cut on 28th December 1932.
Originally released on:
Brunswick 55062 (21, 23)
Brunswick 55063 (22, 24)

There were two unissued recordings by George Ku's Paradise Islanders: Auana for Victor and Wahikaa Huula for Brunswick.

Original recordings provided by: John Marsden, Michael Kieffer, Malcolm Rockwell, Marc Friend, Paul Swinton, David Stewart and the Grass Skirt collection.

Advice on pitch correction: Martin Wheatley and Norman Field

credits

Artwork, Layout – Patty Graves, Robert Armstrong
Design, Layout [Booklet] – Anne Barcat
Guitar, Vocals – George Ku (tracks: 13 to 24), Jim Holstein (tracks: 1 to 12)
Liner Notes – Bob Brozman, Cyril Lefevbre, John Marsden (2), Martin Wheatley, Michael Messer, Stacy Phillips
Restoration [Sound Restoration] – Ted Kendall
Steel Guitar, Ukulele, Vocals – Bob Pauole (tracks: 1 to 12)
Steel Guitar, Vocals – Charles Opunui (tracks: 13 to 24)
Ukulele, Tiple, Guitar, Vocals – Spence Kulaniakea

companies

Pressed By – Downstream

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