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Original Hawaiian steel guitar sound recording / with Tony Ku, accompanied by Tomomi Sugiura

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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performer
Ku, Tony
Sugiura, Tomomi
commentator
Uchizaki, Isami
Notes by Isami Uchizaki (stage name Tony Ku) (4 p. : ill.) inserted in original cover.
"Recorde [sic] by Yasuyuki Tanaka under the direction of Shuzo Asai at Asahi Broadcasting Corporation Studio No. 1, Osaka, Japan on September 7, 1979." -- text from notes.
Cover design by Ronald Clyne. Photographs by Kiichiro Nakagawa and Eiichi Morita.
Tony Ku and Tomomi Sugiura, steel guitars ; Yoshimasa Tadokoro, violin.
Recorded September 7, 1979, in Osaka, Japan.
Related materials may be found in the Moses and Frances Asch Collection, also held by this repository. Related materials may include correspondence pertaining to the recording, original cover art designs, production materials, business records, and audiotapes from studio production.
Track information
101. Fair Hawaii
102. Pa'au'au Waltz
103. Pupu o Ewa
104. Kuu Ipo
105. Akahi Hoi; Aini Hau; Moani Ke Ala
106. Ke Kali Nei Au
201. Beautiful Kahana / Yoshimasa Tadokoro, obbligato fiddle
202. Kamehameha Waltz
203. Manu'o'o
204. Aloha No Au I Ko Maka; Wai O Minehaha
205. Na Moku Eha; He Aloha No O Honolulu
206. Wailana
207. Aloha Oe
Publisher number
FW 8714 Folkways Records
Repository Loc.
Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
Culture
Hawaiians
Americans
1979
Local number
Folkways 8714
Restrictions & Rights
Restrictions on access
Type
Phonograph records
Physical description
1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in
Place
Hawaii
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Folkways Records Collection 1948-1986
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Topic
Hawaiian guitar
Hawaiian guitar music
Guitar
Folk music
Record ID
siris_arc_232832
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