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K Kaiwaza Tiki Socialite Waikiki Beach, Hawaii Joined: Aug 06, 2003 Posts: 560	K Kaiwaza Posted posted on Sat, Oct 3, 2009 1:47 PM OK, I think amongst my 2,000 Hawaiian/exotica LPS this one has to take the cake for being the most bizarre. I've posted it sideways so you can see the artwork a bit better, which , for some unknown reason, was printed sideways on the slipcover. It's called "Clayton Scott "Kalakona Koka" Delights You With Six Faces Of Hawaii - Plus Two"..WHATEVER the heck THAT is supposed to mean. Recorded in Brockton, Mass in 1979. A few of the songs have more than one rendition..once a female vocal, then an almost Elvis-type male vocal. Nearly every Hawaiian word is completely massacred....tracks include "Waimea Thunder","Hawaiian Dreams-Kakalina","Hawaii Hula Maiden-Kanoelani","Hawaii Hula Wahine-Beverly","Surf's Up At Waikiki","Hawaii Hula Maiden-Kauilani", etc. It's bad..but bad enough to be good...you know, a lounge act that "thought they were going somewhere", maybe. It's the kind of record you put on the turntable when friends over, not telling them what it is...and people going "Dude...wtf are we listening to??" The "Sleepwalk" guitars of Santo & Johnny are a classic sound and I LOVE both the music on this LP and the jacket. I think this was Santo & Johnny at their stylistic best. For some reason, there were quite a number of French Canadian steel guitarists putting out "Hawaiian-styled" pop tune cover LPs. Maybe they sold well in Canada at the time because of Santo & Johnny, etc...? Anyway, here's one that I particularly like. I don't actually KNOW most of these songs in their original form, but they worked well on steel....and this chic is very stylin'.

OK, I think amongst my 2,000 Hawaiian/exotica LPS this one has to take the cake for being the most bizarre. I've posted it sideways so you can see the artwork a bit better, which , for some unknown reason, was printed sideways on the slipcover. It's called "Clayton Scott "Kalakona Koka" Delights You With Six Faces Of Hawaii - Plus Two"..WHATEVER the heck THAT is supposed to mean. Recorded in Brockton, Mass in 1979. A few of the songs have more than one rendition..once a female vocal, then an almost Elvis-type male vocal. Nearly every Hawaiian word is completely massacred....tracks include "Waimea Thunder","Hawaiian Dreams-Kakalina","Hawaii Hula Maiden-Kanoelani","Hawaii Hula Wahine-Beverly","Surf's Up At Waikiki","Hawaii Hula Maiden-Kauilani", etc. It's bad..but bad enough to be good...you know, a lounge act that "thought they were going somewhere", maybe. It's the kind of record you put on the turntable when friends over, not telling them what it is...and people going "Dude...wtf are we listening to??"

The "Sleepwalk" guitars of Santo & Johnny are a classic sound and I LOVE both the music on this LP and the jacket. I think this was Santo & Johnny at their stylistic best.

For some reason, there were quite a number of French Canadian steel guitarists putting out "Hawaiian-styled" pop tune cover LPs. Maybe they sold well in Canada at the time because of Santo & Johnny, etc...? Anyway, here's one that I particularly like. I don't actually KNOW most of these songs in their original form, but they worked well on steel....and this chic is very stylin'.

Post #486269 by Kaiwaza on Sat, Oct 3, 2009 1:47 PM