Spirit of Polynesia

Recording information: Australia (1978-1988); Bora Bora (1978-1988); Cook Island (1978-1988); Easter Island (1978-1988); Fiji (1978-1988); Hawaii (1978-1988); Marquesas Island (1978-1988); Niue (1978-1988); Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Island (1978-1988); Polynesia (1978-1988); Pukapaka, Cook Island (1978-1988); Rapa Iti, Austral Island (1978-1988); Tahiti (1978-1988); Tokelau (1978-1988); Tonga (1978-1988); W. Samoa (1978-1988).
Photographers: David Fanshawe; Claire Leimbach.
A remarkably wide-ranging introduction to Polynesian music was recorded by David Fanshawe (the African Sanctus chap) over several sojourns in islands too numerous to list but ranging from Bora Bora to New Zealand. The contents are equally varied: religious music traditional and Christian, party music for ancient percussion and for small string bands. ~ John Storm Roberts, Original Music