Steve and Teresa LP Catching a Wave. Rare Hawaii Original STILL SEALED 1983

$

180

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Steve & Teresa – Catching A Wave

Genre: Folk, World, & Country

Style: Pacific, Hawaiian

Year: 1983

Tracklist

Catching A Wave 3:36

Aloha Ia O Waianae 2:24

Nani Waialeale 2:09

Auhea Oe/Yacka Hicky Hula 2:08

Alekoki 2:11

My Desire 2:11

Sadie/My Little Grass Shack 4:13

Kahoolawe Song 3:14

Tahauala 2:06

Aloha Kauai 2:06

Wai O Ke Aniani 2:32

CONDITION:

The record is still sealed and therefore unplayed. The record is assumed to have no issues. I have sold other copies of this LP in which the Hawaii rains got onto it and once opened it had no issues with the vinyl. It will just need some cleaning and then it will sound great (See pics).

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It comes with a brand new plastic sleeve and a brand new mailing box.

Very hard to find the original in any condition but this one is still sealed.

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Recorded and released on their eponymous debut LP in 1983, perfectly captures the essence of the ancient Hawaiian sport of surfing.

Don’t believe me? Instead, I’ll let Steve Maii tell you all about “Catching A Wave”. The following description comes from the liner notes of a recently released double LP called Magik Sunrise, a compilation of rare and ethereal music selected by the UK duo Psychemagik.

“I was playing a gig at a hotel in Hanalei Bay, Kauai, 1978. I just got back from a surf session in Hanalei Bay, it was such a nice day, a nice session. Anytime you go surf on a day like that, especially at Hanalei Bay, it’s special.

After that surf session I came back and there was a melody in my head, the chorus. A progressive melody line, “island tradewinds blow, I know where I’m goin”. I wrote the song that day in the hotel. If you surf, you probably can get more out of it. I don’t know about if you’re from England [laughs]. But I was trying to catch the essence of surfing, the freedom of the feeling, it’s universal. “Doing a dance” is all the maneuvers on the surfboard. I always had this feeling of the ocean being a mother.

Every wave that you catch is always unique. There’s going to be a million waves that you catch, and it’s never going to be the same. You’ll do different maneuvers every time.“Following an ancient race” is following the Hawaiians who invented surfing a long time ago. Surfing was a king’s sport for the Hawaiians.

It was recorded at Rick Keefer‘s studio. Rick saw us at Pat’s in Punalu‘u. Rick was from Seattle, I think, and he recently finished Heart’s third album and just moved to Hau‘ula with his recording studio, Sea-West. Rick pushed us to record and within a few days we were at his studio. We did the whole album in three hours. It was all live—acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, and us singing. We did two takesfor the song “Catching A Wave”, we knew it so well cause we had already been playing it for a long time. I wanted to keep the song Hawaiian, too, but it’s also jazzy. I don’t know what genre it is. A little bit bossa nova? The chord changes were emotional, moving. We used open chords to try to get a bigger sound.”— Steve Maii, November 2012

Courtesy of Aloha Got Soul.

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