Dancing Cat Records Hawaiian Slack Key Information Booklet, SECTION II: RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS AND OTHER INFORMATION (this is not meant to be a definitive recommendation site – rather, it is here as a place to begin researching the Hawaiian Slack Key guitar tradition. Other than the recordings, it may not be up to date – you can check the internet sites [section 9] for more up to date information) Table of Contents: 1. Some recommended recordings 2. Videos, DVDs & documentaries 3. Instruction videos & DVDs 4. Instruction books 5. Books & articles 6. Slack Key Guitar lessons 7. Seeing Slack Key Guitarists live 8. Hawaiian music on the radio 9. Internet sites & newsletters 10. Dancing Cat Records Slack Key Guitar mailing list ________________________________________________________________ For ordering recordings, books, and videos, you can contact: 1. Hawaiian Music Island - www.mele.com - This site sells Hawaiian music and videos and other items, and has information on upcoming Slack Key and Hawaiian music events worldwide 2. Harry’s Music Store – 3457 Wai’alae Avenue, Honolulu, Hawai’i, 96816; 808-735- 2866; fax 808-734-2951 SOME RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS (* - not available on CD) 1. Gabby Pahinui 1a. Gabby Pahinui albums: PURE GABBY (Hula Records 567) - Instrumentals and vocals accompanied by Slack Key guitar and ensemble - recorded in 1961 and issued in 1978 H:/data/skbook/Book2.doc 11/04/12 HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY, VOLUME 1-WITH GABBY PAHINUI (Waikiki Records 319) – Instrumentals and vocals accompanied by Slack Key guitar and ensemble - 1960 HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY, VOLUME 2-WITH GABBY PAHINUI (Waikiki Records 320 – with the same cover as VOLUME 1) – Instrumentals and vocals accompanied by Slack Key guitar and ensemble (and with the same cover as VOLUME 1) - 1960 THE BEST OF HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY WITH GABBY PAHINUI (Waikiki Records 340) – Vocals accompanied by Slack Key guitar and ensemble recordings - recordings approximately from the late 1950s or the early 1960s THE HISTORY OF HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY GUITAR-VINTAGE HAWAIIAN TREASURES, VOLUME 7 (Hana Ola Records 24000) - Compilation including Gabby’s 5 earliest recordings from the 1940s - two versions of Hi`ilawe originally issued on Bell Records and Aloha Records, and three other tracks from Bell Records - Hula Medley, Key Kohalu, and Wai O Ke Aniani. It also has 15 other reissued late 1940s and early 1950s tracks by 8 other Slack Key guitarists. - Also see Various Artists, section 46, #1. - To order, contact Cord International, PO Box 152, Ventura, CA 93002, 805- 648-7881, www.cordinternational.com These next two albums are compilations from these five recordings on Hula Records - 1. (GABBY PAHINUI WITH THE SONS OF HAWAI`I (Hula 503); 2. MUSIC OF OLD HAWAI`I (Hula 506); 3. THE MAILE SERENADERS-HAWAI`I’S FAVORITE SLACK KEY & STEEL GUITAR, VOLUME 2 (formerly titled KANI KA PILA! VOLUME 2 - #531); 4. PURE GABBY (#567); 5. THE MAILE SERENADERS-HAWAI`I’S FAVORITE SLACK KEY & STEEL GUITAR, VOLUME 1 (formerly titled KANI KA PILA! VOLUME 1 - #517) – this album actually features Atta Isaacs rather than Gabby Pahinui - Also see Atta Isaacs, section 6): THE BEST OF GABBY PAHINUI, VOLUME 1–THE KING OF SLACK KEY (Hula Records 578) (formerly titled KA MAKANA A PAHINUI {THE GIFT OF PAHINUI}) - The songs Nani Ko`olau, ‘Ulili E, and Kona Kai `Opua actually feature Atta Isaacs on Slack Key guitar rather than Gabby Pahinui - Also see Atta Isaacs, section 6. THE BEST OF GABBY, VOLUME 2 (Hula Records 585) - The song He’eia actually features Atta Isaacs on Slack Key guitar instead of Gabby Pahinui; the songs Ia `Oe E Ka La and Kananaka feature Peter Moon on Slack Key guitar, with Gabby Pahinui on steel guitar – Also see Peter Moon, section 20. 1b. Gabby Pahinui with Eddie Kamae & The Sons of Hawai`i: GABBY PAHINUI WITH THE SONS OF HAWAI`I (Hula Records 503) - 1961 H:/data/skbook/Book2.doc 11/04/12 MUSIC OF OLD HAWAI`I (Hula Records 506) - 1963 AN ISLAND HERITAGE (Panini Records 1001) – 1971 1c. The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band - Also featuring Slack Key guitarists Atta Isaacs, Sonny Chillingworth, Cyril Pahinui, and Bla Pahinui: GABBY [often called “the Brown Album”] (Panini Records 1002) - 1972 THE RABBIT ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL (Panini Records 1004) - 1973 THE GABBY PAHINUI HAWAIIAN BAND, VOLUME 1 (Panini Records 1007) - 1975 THE GABBY PAHINUI HAWAIIAN BAND, VOLUME 2 (Panini Records 1008) – 1977 THE WAIMEA MUSIC FESTIVAL (Panini Records 1006) - Includes five tracks by The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band, as well as other artists - 1974 - Also see Various Artists, section 46, #2. BEST OF THE GABBY BAND 1972-1977 (Panini Records 1010) – Has tracks from the five albums just listed above. 1d. Gabby Pahinui with The Maile Serenaders: HAWAI`I’S FAVORITE SLACK KEY & STEEL GUITAR, VOLUME 2 (Hula Records 531) (formerly titled KANI KA PILA! VOLUME 2) – Instrumentals – Gabby is featured playing Slack Key guitar on the songs Nanea Ko Maka I Ka Le`ale`a and Kahuli Aku (two songs, Kananaka and Ia `Oe E Ka La, actually feature Peter Moon on Slack Key guitar, with Gabby Pahinui on steel guitar) – 1969 – Also see Peter Moon, section 20. EVENING IN THE ISLANDS (Hula Records 509) - Especially the song Pearly Shells – 1964 * IN HAWAI`I THE STORY STARTS (Waikiki Records 334 - out-of-print) - Especially the songs Lei E, Meleana E, and Keawaiki – has tracks from the late 1950s or the early 1960s * 1e. Gabby Pahinui with Atta Isaacs: TWO SLACK KEY GUITARS [A LIVIN’ A ON EASY] (Tradewinds Records 1124) - Instrumentals and vocals accompanied by Slack Key guitar and ensemble – (the song titled March Medley is actually the track Ka Ua Noe, which is a classic pure duet). The reissued CD also contains four instrumental bonus tracks from Atta Isaacs’ out-of-print album ATTA: Mele Li`i, Kokohi -Moani Ke`ala, Na Molokama, and Sweet Lei Lehua – 1969 Four tracks from this album also appear on the reissue THE LEGENDARY ATTA ISAACS–INNOVATIVE HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY GUITAR MASTER (Hana Ola Records HOCD 96000). ----Atta also appears with Gabby on the 5 albums of The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band (see 1c above) H:/data/skbook/Book2.doc 11/04/12 1f. Anthologies including Gabby Pahinui: THE HISTORY OF HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY GUITAR-VINTAGE HAWAIIAN TREASURES, VOLUME 7 (Hana Ola Records 24000) - Compilation including Gabby’s 5 earliest recordings from the 1940s - two versions of Hi`ilawe originally issued on Bell Records and Aloha Records, and three other tracks from Bell Records - Hula Medley, Key Kohalu, and Wai O Ke Aniani. It also has 15 other reissued late 1940s and early 1950s tracks by 8 other Slack Key guitarists. - Also see Various Artists, section 46, #1 - To order, contact Cord International, PO Box 152, Ventura, CA 93002, 805- 648-7881, www.cordinternational.com 1g. Gabby Pahinui with Melveen Leed: MELVEEN WITH THE BEST OF SLACK KEY (Lehua Records 7046) - Vocals by Melveen Leed, with backup Slack Key guitar by Gabby Pahinui on three songs: Pua Alani, Ka Manu, and Ka ‘I’iwi Polena. This album also features tracks with Atta Isaacs, Sonny Chillingworth, and Led Kaapana – 1980 - Also see Melveen Leed under Various Artists, section 46, #3. 1h. A great video on Gabby is GABBY PAHINUI, FAMILY & FRIENDS/ THE PAHINUI BROTHERS (Private Music/ Panini 5103-3) - Video documentary from 1980 on Gabby Pahinui; and The Pahinui Brothers (Cyril, Bla, & Martin Pahinui), from 1992 - Available from Panini Records, or at www.mele.com 2. Sonny Chillingworth: SONNY SOLO (Dancing Cat 38005) - Guitar solos and vocals accompanied by solo guitar - 1994 ENDLESSLY (Dancing Cat 38027) - Guitar solos and vocals accompanied by solo guitar - 1999 WAIMEA COWBOY (Lehua SLCD 2003) - Instrumentals and vocals accompanied by Slack Key guitar and ensemble – originally issued on Makaha Records in 1964 SONNY CHILLINGWORTH (Lehua Records 2014 - out-of-print) - Instrumentals and vocals accompanied by Slack Key guitar and ensemble - 1965 * KA `AINA] O HAWAI`I (Lehua Records 2040 - out-of-print) - Instrumentals and vocals accompanied by Slack Key guitar and ensemble – 1966 * SONNY (Poki Records 9025 – out-of-print) - Mainly vocals accompanied by Slack Key guitar and ensemble – 1977 * HAWAI`I ALOHA: ECHOES OF OLD HAWAI`I (Waikiki Records 107 - out-of- print)- A compilation album with two songs by Sonny, Slack Key Medley (Moana Chimes/Pa`ahana) and Whee Ha Swing (Slack Key II) – these two songs are originally from the out-of-print instrumental 45-rpm record: Moana/ Pa’ahana Chimes (Waikiki Records 570) and Whee Ha Swing (Waikiki Records 571) – these two songs were recorded around 1957 * H:/data/skbook/Book2.doc 11/04/12 - Also see Melveen Leed under Various Artists, section 46, #3. - Also see Gabby Pahinui, section 1c, for The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band - Sonny plays on the recordings THE RABBIT ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL; THE GABBY PAHINUI HAWAIIAN BAND, VOLUME 1; THE GABBY PAHINUI HAWAIIAN BAND, VOLUME 2; and THE WAIMEA MUSIC FESTIVAL – this last live album also features two songs by Sonny fronting the Gabby Band. - Sonny also has two other fine out-of-print albums. Two more solo guitar releases are planned by Dancing Cat Productions. 3. Leonard Kwan: KE`ALA’S MELE (Dancing Cat 38004) - Instrumental guitar solos and one vocal track -- 1995 SLACK KEY [often called “the Red Album”] (Tradewinds Records 103 - Reissued with all of Leonard’s other early tracks on CD on Hana Ola Records HOCD 55000, with the title LEONARD KWAN–SLACK KEY MASTER–THE COMPLETE EARLY RECORDINGS) - Instrumentals with Slack Key guitar and ensemble – including six classic and influential original compositions by Leonard – album originally issued in 1960 THE OLD WAY (Tradewinds Records 1128 - Reissued with all of Leonard’s other early tracks on CD on Hana Ola Records HOCD 55000, with the title THE LEGENDARY LEONARD KWAN–SLACK KEY MASTER-THE COMPLETE EARLY RECORDINGS) – Instrumentals with Slack Key guitar and ensemble – originally issued in 1975 - Also see Leonard Kwan & Raymond Kane, section 5.