Music of the South Pacific (with comprehensive booklet)

 
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Various / Recordings by David Fanshawe
Music of the South Pacific (with comprehensive booklet)

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David Fanshawe, recipient of many international awards, composer, ethnic sound recordist, photographer, author, film and TV personality, presents highlights from his monumental Pacific Collections, recorded over fourteen years (1978-92). Authentic music from the Cook Islands, Chuuk (Micronesia), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Western Samoa and more. The 68-page companion booklet (27 tracks, 79:34 minutes) contains extensive descriptions of the music, transcriptions of lyrics and anecdotes from Fanshawe's journals, richly illustrated with colour photographs.

Tracks:

1. IMENETUKI MANGAIA (Cook Islands) - 2:57 worldmusicsoundclip
2. MANIHIKI ACTION SONG (Cook Islands) - 3:00
3. PUKAPUKA DRUM DANCE (Cook Islands) - 2:18
4. ROMONUM I (Chuuk, Micronesia) - 4:36
5. WAGI BROTHERS BAMBOO BAND (Papua New Guinea) - 2:26
6. RYMOKA STRING BAND (Papua New Guinea) - 2:24
7. SEPIK FLUTES KANENGARA (Papua New Guinea) - 4:03
8. PAN PIPES OF BUMA (Solomon Islands) - 1:58
9. PAN PIPES LANGA LANGA LAGOON (Solomon Islands) - 1:07
10. GILO STONES (Solomon Islands) - 1:47
11. FENES STRING BAND (Vanuatu) - 3:49
12. ORCHID ISLAND GROUP (Fiji) - 2:12 worldmusicsoundclip
13. LALI CHURCH BELL (Fiji) - 1:04
14. HYMN VISEISEI CHURCH (Fiji) - 2:09
15. RUKUA CHURCH METHODIST CHOIR (Fiji) - 2:18
16. TARALALA DANCE (Fiji) - 1:38
17. WARWICK VOCAL GROUP (Fiji) - 2:44
18. VAKAMALOLO YAROI (Fiji) - 4:22
19. LAKALAKA HIHIFO (Tonga) - 7:41
20. FIAFIA AT AGGIE GREY'S (Western Samoa) - 3:00
21. TE KAMEI TEWAI (Kiribati) - 4:16
22. TE KAMEI BATERE (Kiribati) - 3:40
23. ROMONUM II (Chuuk, Micronesia) - 4:59
24. FANGUFANGU NOSE FLUTE (Tonga) - 1:08 worldmusicsoundclip
25. FAIKAVA LOVE SONG (Tonga) - 3:02
26. THE SINGING REEF (Cook Islands) - 3:05
27. REUREU DRUM DANCE (Cook Islands) - 1:40