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George Kainapau (G Archer and the pagans)

  1. AE Mama ea
  2. BHookipa Paka
Label
Bell
Catalogue number
112
Genre
Hawaiian
Format
78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference
#21877

George Kainapau, performing here with G. Archer and the Pagans, recorded two Hawaiian songs, "E Mama ea" and "Hookipa Paka", on the Bell label. Hawaiian music was a popular commercial genre in the 1920s and 1930s, and this pressing documents the colonial-era fascination with island sounds.

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