Post #188473 by aquarj on Fri, Sep 23, 2005 4:47 PM

If anyone's interested to hear yourself, here are some comparisons...

"Minoi Minoi"
By the Polynesians on Crown, and by Chango & the Polynesians.

"Vana Vana"
By the Polynesians on Crown, and by Chango & the Polynesians.

This is the Chango cover again, and actually the whole album is still sitting around and downloadable on my site.

Also, here's a related thread with some speculation about the relationship between a bunch of these versions of the Tahitian percussion classics. Seems like the earliest recording of these songs is by "Charles Mauu and the Royal Polynesians" and that Charles Mauu is credited with writing most of them. Still don't know if there's a connection between all these "Polynesians" combos, but the recordings definitely sound similar, although not identical.

-Randy