The Surfmen – Colorful Romantic Hawaii (Remastered from the Original Alshire Tapes) (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

The Surfmen – Colorful Romantic Hawaii (Remastered from the Original Alshire Tapes) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 30:10 minutes | 588 MB | Genre: World
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alshire

The Romantic Lure Of Hawaii is the second and last album by the Exotica supergroup The Surfmen, released in 1963 on David L. Miller’s Somerset label. If one considers the group’s first album The Sounds Of Exotic Island (1961) which is hailed as one of the most vivacious and multilayered Exotica works of all times, chances are good that their sophomore album offers more of the same bongo beats, tropical birdcalls, paradisiac flutes and gentle piano arrangements, right? Alas, yes. It offers more of the same! This album cannot camouflage the origin of Miller’s Somerset label as a budget label. It is, firstly, reissued under different names and in ever-changing track orders, ranging from titles such as The Surfmen In Hawaii and The Romantic Lure Of Hawaii, comprising eleven or 12 tracks.

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