Post #4944 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Aug 2, 2002 12:20 AM

Since you are a DJ, you might already know that there are two Arthur Lyman albums out there that were recorded at the Latitude 20.

The "Today's Greatest Hits" (BoT, p 247) was partly recorded at the Canoe House, the Bali Hai San Diego and L 20, and

"Latitude 20", with it's cover font matching that of the place and a very nice title song of the same name. Although the liner notes go into this whole spiel of how Lat. 20 is the location of the Big Island of Hawaii, and how the room at the Canoe House at the Ilikai in Waikiki was "specifically designed for his (Ata's) exotic rythms", the caption at the end reads:

"Our thanks to Hop Louie Woo for the use of the hall where the recording was made, Latitude 20. 3901 Pacific Coast Highway, Torrance, California"
It has no life atmosphere on it, though.

I have seen a rum barrel with thick Latitude 20 letters on the front (like the Aku Aku), but the most common ones are the coconut mugs with the name underneath, I have seen tons of those. You can have mine if you don't have one yet...