UPC: 788065721022
Format: CD (4 disc)
Release Date: Apr 13, 2018
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In the 1920s, a perfect storm of cultural changes -- the beginning of airline travel, the height of the tourist ship lines, the rise of a moneyed leisure class that could afford to take long vacations in exotic locales, and the increasing cheapness and portability of recording equipment, among others -- led to a brief passion for Hawaiian music in the United States. This was partially fed by Tin Pan Alley composers who exploited a brief vogue for Hawaiian-themed pop songs (modern-day ukulele chanteuse Janet Klein covers several of these now-obscure tunes on her albums), but it also led to many recordings of Hawaiian musicians by mainland labels. It's those songs that are compiled on the marvelous four-disc box set It's Hotter in Hawaii. These are vintage jazz age sides, most of them similar to the Western swing that was popularized in the southwestern U.S. around the same time, only with that uniquely Hawaiian instrument the slack-key guitar standing in for the pedal steel. It's remarkable how similar the two instruments sound, actually; there are a few songs here that wouldn't sound at all out of place on a Bob Wills anthology, including, somewhat surprisingly, an entirely trad version of the blues-folk standard "Stack-o-Lee." Most of these 105 tracks are instrumentals, with the occasional vocal tracks evenly split between English and Hawaiian, and the remastering throughout is quite good, or at least as well as can be expected given the age and rarity of the source material. Only the near total lack of liner notes (unusual for a JSP release, which usually at least includes recording dates and musician names when available) keeps this from being the best possible introduction to Hawaiian music. ~ Stewart Mason
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Blue Sparks
2 - Hawaiian Stormy Weather
3 - Caperucita
4 - Lirios
5 - My Little Grass Shack in Keylakekua
6 - Garden of Paradise
7 - Penei No
8 - Goodby Blues
9 - China Boy
10 - Honolulu Stomp
11 - Waikiki Waltz
12 - Stack-O-Lee
13 - Drifting and Dreaming
14 - Portena Es Una Papa
15 - Drowsy Waters
16 - Kohala March
17 - Moana Chimes
18 - E Mama Ea
19 - He Mea Nui
20 - Cat’s Whiskers
21 - Kauna Kea
22 - Coral Isle
23 - Milenburg Joys
24 - King Kalakaua March
25 - Pua Lima Waltz
26 - Road to Paradise
27 - Femmes d’Amerique
Disc 2:
1 - 12th Street Rag
2 - Railroad Blues
3 - Ellis March
4 - Ama Ama
5 - Akahi Hoi
6 - Pua I Mohala
7 - Honolulu Stomp
8 - Maui Girl
9 - Honolulu March
10 - Kawahau
11 - My Little Grass Shack
12 - Hookipa Paka
13 - Happy Hawaiian Blues
14 - K’alu Luliluli
15 - Kai Maia O Ka Madi
16 - Hula Love Medley March
17 - Mindinao March
18 - Song of the Range
19 - Chimes
20 - By the Waters of Minnetonka
21 - Hula Blues
22 - Pehea Hoi Au
23 - O Sole Mio
24 - My Hawaii (You’re Calling Me)
25 - Paloma
26 - Valse Bleu
Disc 3:
1 - Hilo
2 - Blues of the Guitar
3 - Sliding on the Frets
4 - Pame Sti Honolulu
5 - Paolo
6 - Na Pua O Hawaii
7 - Kuu Lei
8 - Na Ali’l
9 - Na Lei
10 - Clownin’ the Frets
11 - Kaui Kahio
12 - Down in Waikiki
13 - Why My Craf Vex With Me
14 - One-Two-Three
15 - Palakiko Blues
16 - Maui
17 - Melani Anu Ka Makani
18 - Honolulu March
19 - In the Heart of Hawaii
20 - St. Louis Blues
21 - Cielito Lindo
22 - Iko Okamuko
23 - Slack Key Hula
24 - Caresses Venitiennes
25 - Indiana March
26 - Smiles
Disc 4:
1 - 12th Street Rag
2 - Limehouse Blues
3 - Bugle Call Rag
4 - Hilo March
5 - Kalima Walk
6 - Twilight Echoes
7 - Hawaiian Hula
8 - Wang Wang Blues
9 - Liliu E
10 - Old Timer’s Hula
11 - Lepe Ula Ula
12 - Hawaiian March
13 - Lady Be Good
14 - Lehua
15 - Pidgin English Hula
16 - Uheuhene
17 - Tomi Tomi
18 - Parari’i Pararara’i
19 - Ghost Dance
20 - Mai Kai No Kauai
21 - Paahana
22 - E Mama Ee
23 - Lupe Ua Sola
24 - Ellis March
25 - U Like, Noa Like
26 - Medley of Old Time Waltzes
1 - Blue Sparks
2 - Hawaiian Stormy Weather
3 - Caperucita
4 - Lirios
5 - My Little Grass Shack in Keylakekua
6 - Garden of Paradise
7 - Penei No
8 - Goodby Blues
9 - China Boy
10 - Honolulu Stomp
11 - Waikiki Waltz
12 - Stack-O-Lee
13 - Drifting and Dreaming
14 - Portena Es Una Papa
15 - Drowsy Waters
16 - Kohala March
17 - Moana Chimes
18 - E Mama Ea
19 - He Mea Nui
20 - Cat’s Whiskers
21 - Kauna Kea
22 - Coral Isle
23 - Milenburg Joys
24 - King Kalakaua March
25 - Pua Lima Waltz
26 - Road to Paradise
27 - Femmes d’Amerique
Disc 2:
1 - 12th Street Rag
2 - Railroad Blues
3 - Ellis March
4 - Ama Ama
5 - Akahi Hoi
6 - Pua I Mohala
7 - Honolulu Stomp
8 - Maui Girl
9 - Honolulu March
10 - Kawahau
11 - My Little Grass Shack
12 - Hookipa Paka
13 - Happy Hawaiian Blues
14 - K’alu Luliluli
15 - Kai Maia O Ka Madi
16 - Hula Love Medley March
17 - Mindinao March
18 - Song of the Range
19 - Chimes
20 - By the Waters of Minnetonka
21 - Hula Blues
22 - Pehea Hoi Au
23 - O Sole Mio
24 - My Hawaii (You’re Calling Me)
25 - Paloma
26 - Valse Bleu
Disc 3:
1 - Hilo
2 - Blues of the Guitar
3 - Sliding on the Frets
4 - Pame Sti Honolulu
5 - Paolo
6 - Na Pua O Hawaii
7 - Kuu Lei
8 - Na Ali’l
9 - Na Lei
10 - Clownin’ the Frets
11 - Kaui Kahio
12 - Down in Waikiki
13 - Why My Craf Vex With Me
14 - One-Two-Three
15 - Palakiko Blues
16 - Maui
17 - Melani Anu Ka Makani
18 - Honolulu March
19 - In the Heart of Hawaii
20 - St. Louis Blues
21 - Cielito Lindo
22 - Iko Okamuko
23 - Slack Key Hula
24 - Caresses Venitiennes
25 - Indiana March
26 - Smiles
Disc 4:
1 - 12th Street Rag
2 - Limehouse Blues
3 - Bugle Call Rag
4 - Hilo March
5 - Kalima Walk
6 - Twilight Echoes
7 - Hawaiian Hula
8 - Wang Wang Blues
9 - Liliu E
10 - Old Timer’s Hula
11 - Lepe Ula Ula
12 - Hawaiian March
13 - Lady Be Good
14 - Lehua
15 - Pidgin English Hula
16 - Uheuhene
17 - Tomi Tomi
18 - Parari’i Pararara’i
19 - Ghost Dance
20 - Mai Kai No Kauai
21 - Paahana
22 - E Mama Ee
23 - Lupe Ua Sola
24 - Ellis March
25 - U Like, Noa Like
26 - Medley of Old Time Waltzes