Post #496235 by Kaiwaza on Sun, Nov 29, 2009 12:31 AM

It isn't the music that attracts me to this album.....it's the plastic fern, and bountiful basket filled with plastic fruits. I can't tell, but I'm sure the flower lei is plastic as well. Tahitian Paradise by Mutiny on The Bounty Drummers and Eddie Lund & His Tahitians on ABC-Paramount ABC-444 features standard Tahitian fare plus a nice number called Oriori cha cha cha or Come cha cha cha with me.

Another album sporting a great jacket... as you might notice from the sticker, formerly in the collection of the Hawaii State Library system...which has pretty much liquidated most of their phonograph record holdings. Presented by Eddie Lund, the liner notes say "[he], in this album, has given the world it's first discs of authentic Tahitian music as recorded in the islands themselves....Many performers had never before seen a microphone." Seems unlikely.

I consider this album a gem. I mean, realistically, how many records of Wallis & Futuna Islands music are OUT THERE anyway? It's not bad either...maybe something between Tahitian and the more melodic Hawaiian songs. Titles include Welcome to Uvea, Song of the flowers, I'm in the mood for you, Lonsome Wallisian, Leap your lament, and a few Hawaiian songs whose popularity apparently spread far. Viking VP 304, c1963, New Zealand.