When I spotted this sleeve in a bin a while ago I thought it might be something like the 1958 US "Voodoo Drums In Hi-Fi" https://monolover.blogspot.com/2015/02/voodoo-drums-in-hi-fi-1296-58-us-mono.html , where they'd caught live performances from cult gatherings just as they were, bringing absolute presence. But this is something different. A studio recording by Tahitian chief Charles Mauu and his band. Not sure how much of it is traditional Polynesian tunes and how much is later adaptations to please more modern listeners, but the result is good to the ears - very warm with an attractive mix of exotic and familiar conveyed by top audio. Obviously I don't understand a word of what they're singing, but the vocal rich language fits well to the tunes and also the rear sleeve offers a desciption of each song. Apparently all of them are poems about love - for persons, nature or the native land. To me both endearing and uplifting listening. Even if I don't get the words the overall message is clear - dont worry, be happy. Hard to pick favourites, like choosing just a couple of pearls out of a whole necklace, but why not the love poem "Mareva" and the dance song "Minoi Minoi". Released with eight tracks on 10 inch LP or 2xEP, or twelve tracks on 12 inch pretty much all over the world from 1953 into the sixties. To my knowledge never reissued on CD. First US 12 inch twelve track had label as shown here in a laminated cover with High Fidelity/The Protective Envelope inner. (YZÄ*) (ÖXCÅ*)
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