Awful subgenre of Hawaiian music -> European - Tiki Music

TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Tue, Aug 31, 2004 5:08 PM Flicking through the second hand vinyl in the UK, I often happen upon albums of Hawaiian music, but made by Europeans. The quantity is astonishing but the quality is inevitably awful. While the musicians can certainly play their instruments, they were probably churning out big band tunes the previous week. These albums seem to originate from Great Britain, Germany & Holland, in the main. Not too sure why that's the case! Often, you have to look really closely to see that it was recorded in London rather than Hawaii, but occasionally, the name gives the game away. (Such as the Big Ben Hawaiian Band!) Anyway, most of the time I give these albums a miss, but I thought the 'Benny Hill' quality of this piss-poor offering does a good job of illustrating the (sub)genre. Trader Woody [ Edited by: Trader Woody on 2004-08-31 17:08 ]

Flicking through the second hand vinyl in the UK, I often happen upon albums of Hawaiian music, but made by Europeans. The quantity is astonishing but the quality is inevitably awful. While the musicians can certainly play their instruments, they were probably churning out big band tunes the previous week.

These albums seem to originate from Great Britain, Germany & Holland, in the main. Not too sure why that's the case! Often, you have to look really closely to see that it was recorded in London rather than Hawaii, but occasionally, the name gives the game away. (Such as the Big Ben Hawaiian Band!)

Anyway, most of the time I give these albums a miss, but I thought the 'Benny Hill' quality of this piss-poor offering does a good job of illustrating the (sub)genre.

Trader Woody

[ Edited by: Trader Woody on 2004-08-31 17:08 ]

Post #111596 by Trader Woody on Tue, Aug 31, 2004 5:08 PM