Post #466129 by Kaiwaza on Wed, Jul 1, 2009 2:39 PM

I've been wanting to share some pictures of some of my LPs since this thread started..lol...FINALLY am starting. I'm just going to select a few rarities/oddities that might be of some interest for various reasons. No way I could post everything. I'm working on re alphabetizing a bit so, I'll post things up as I come across them. "Hawaiian" & "Pseudo-Hawaiian" first.
I love the artwork on this rare Pua Almeida LP. Many of his LPs aren't TOO hard to come across, and his music was widely played on Hawaiian radio, but because this one was on MGM, a mainland firm, and features an "orchestra", it isn't seen much here.

Here's quite an interesting Japanese gatefold LP: "Drum Hawaiian Drum" by S. Arita & New Beat....very mod 70s steel guitar w/ full orchestra and odd drumming intros thrown in. It doesn't really "work" (I mean, a version of "Blue Hawaii","Red Sails In The Sunset", etc with drums?), but that's why I love it!

Nice cover from this German recording company. Great steel guitar featuring 28 "all-time Hawaiian favorites" arranged in medleys such as "By By Samoa," Bali Waltz," Unter den Sternen des Sudens," "Hawaiian Idyll," and "On The Beach At Suerebaya," etc., etc. A gem. Fred Artmeir & His Hawaiian Band.