署前街少年 赵雷 Lei Zhao

The career of the influential Italian composer Ennio Morricone is celebrated by a new collection, Morricone Segreto, set for release through Decca Records on November 6. This brand new collection, featuring 7 previously unreleased tracks, explores what is possibly Morricone’s richest creative period, between the end of the 1960s to the early 80s, demonstrating Morricone’s long lasting influence for generations of musicians and film directors to this day.

«“In questa storia, che è la mia” è un invito. Una spinta a rileggere la nostra storia. La storia di ciascuno di noi, di queste pagine di musica e parole, che abbiamo scritto e vissuto insieme, e di questo tempo che - sebbene non si leggano - porta anche le nostre firme»: così CLAUDIO BAGLIONI a proposito di “IN QUESTA STORIA, CHE È LA MIA”, il suo nuovo attesissimo album, con 14 brani inediti, sedicesimo album in studio della sua cinquantennale straordinaria carriera, a sette anni da “ConVoi”. “Un album ideato e composto come una volta – racconta Claudio Baglioni – Vero, sincero, fatto a mano e interamente suonato.

Gabby Pahinui - Best Of The Gabby Band 1972-1977 (1993) {Panini Records PCD-1010}
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© 1972-77, 1993 Panini Records | PCD-1010
World / Slack-Key Guitar / Hawaiian / Steel Guitar / Oceanic Traditions

All the songs on this album were recorded in the 70s, the majority coming from two albums: "the Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band" and "Gabby" (aka the brown album), both great albums on their own. the songs are mixed well, making this collection stand on it's own. These songs were mostly originally recorded with Gabby and his friends and family with guitars, steel guitar, and bass. Ry Cooder even shows up on a couple cuts playing mandolin. The musicianship is superb. Some of the cuts have strings and synthesizers added, which may or may not distract you, depending on your point of view. For instance, "Moonlight Lady" (sung by Gabby's son Bla) is laced with added strings. It's a great song, but i'd love to hear it in it's original form before the embellishment. This a great Hawaiian album to add to your collection. Or, get any one of Gabby's albums. The two listed above are probably Gabby's best, if you can find them.

Kalama's Quartet - Early Hawaiian Classics 1927-1932 (1993) {Arhoolie 7028}
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© 1927-1932, 1993 Arhoolie Folklyric | CD 7028
World / Folk / International / Vocal / Hawaiian / Oceanic Traditions

26 tracks recorded by Kalama's Quartet (in both its quartet and quintet phases) between 1927-1932, as well as a 1935 recording attributed to Mike Hanapi. Varying in approach from folk balladry to uptempo jazz and hillbilly-flavored numbers, it's ebullient music that's most distinctive when the steel guitars are to the fore. The group also varied their vocal arrangements, but are most noted for the numbers featuring sweet falsetto vocals, such as the Hawaiian standard "Wahine Ui." It not only embodies some of the best attributes of vintage Hawaiian music, but also contains clear seeds of a high, pining sound that would be echoed by such later country and pop singers as Roy Orbison and Marty Robbins.

The duo known as Hapa got a perfect start to their career with their self-titled first album. Here are the pretty vocal harmonies and lush, twanging guitar sound everyone expects from Hawaiian music; here also is extraordinary instrumental prowess and a pair of singers who are impressive individual talents. The Hapa album is in fact a tour de force of harmonies, both vocal and instrumental. Even when joined for a guitar trio with guest artist Steven Stills, the style of each performer and voice of each instrument is distinct and fits perfectly into an interlocking composition. Those who appreciate Hawaiian music must have Hapa in their collection.