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Kalapana is the self-titled debut album by Hawaiian pop rock quartet Kalapana. In its day, it was one of the most popular records of Hawaii where every song received airplay on a regular basis. A few years later, some would call this type of music as "Yacht Rock". This is from a Japanese remaster released by Victor Entertainment/JVC on 18 February, 2006.

The beginning of the 20th century saw literary scholars from Russia positing a new definition for the nature of literature. Within the framework of Russian Formalism, the term ‘literariness’ was coined. The driving force behind this theoretical inquiry was the desire to identify literature―and art in general―as a way of revitalizing human perception, which had been numbed by the automatization of everyday life.

On a planet where the only difference between three tribes is their blood color, war is on the horizon. Breaker, an amputee, wants peace for his family and home. Malani, a kidnapped POW, wants to return home. Luka wants justice for his home. All three teens come together when Breaker is given seven days to fix a wrecked enemy starship or their home, and peace, is forfeit.

In 1973, Kalapana was born from the talent of David John (DJ) Pratt, Carl James Malani Bilyeu, Bryant Mackey Feary, and Kirk Thompson. Within a year's time, they opened shows for Earth, Wind & Fire, the Moody Blues, and Sly & The Family Stone, while releasing this self-titled debut album. The songs on Kalapana I, Kalapana II and Kalapana III became the classics of a new era in Contemporary Hawaiian music, and continue to shape and inspire the island sound and its musicians.

In 1973, Kalapana was born from the talent of David John (DJ) Pratt, Carl James Malani Bilyeu, Bryant Mackey Feary, and Kirk Thompson. Within a year's time, they opened shows for Earth, Wind & Fire, the Moody Blues, and Sly & The Family Stone, while releasing this self-titled debut album. They released their first, self-titled album, Kalapana, which included Jackie Kelso on sax and flute, Bill Perry on bass and Larry Brown on drums.