This month’s records hang ’round my neck like an albatross. I have been wanting to get rid of them so I can listen to next month’s crop. So we are speeding thru these. Here is one from the kanaka Don Ho ( kanaka means native boy). I paid $1 in 2016.
This record was presented by AITS ( American International Travel Sevices), who I am sure provided tours to Hawaii back in the day. I also think they were from Boston. Not sure if they are still around or if they morphed into a bigger company. Not a whole lot of webpresence for the 3 mins I checked.
Ho’s does his part and plugs them several times during the spoken interludes between songs, which I imagine are among his bigger hits, including the song he is known for “Tiny Bubbles” and “Pearly Shells”. As cheesy as the adverts are, the album is all Ho and his smooth vocals.
I decided to go with the opening “Hawaii Theme Song” in which Ho gets real with the listener. I also decided to go “Ain’t No Big Thing.
I am not sure when this came out. I am guessing late 60’s/ early 70’s. Either way, it is a pretty decent record. Satisfactory.