Shake It, Don't Break It

Vintage 1940s Lenticular Hula Girl in original plastic frame from my personal collection. There were several versions of this made, all with different frames and different poses of the girl. But all of them featured the same girl, she just did a slightly different dance in each.

Dance the Hula in the Moonlight

Dance the Hula in the Moonlight - Danny Stewart

Hawaiian Holiday

"When searching for Exotica records, one will inevitably stumble across a sublimely exotic piece of cover art, become excited, then realize, with crushing disappointment... it's a Hawaiian record. That blonde gal on the cover, standing by the volcano, humping a stone parrot? Just a ruse to trick you into buying another set of the same twelve fucking Hawaiian songs, usually played in precise, unimaginative arrangements. ... This is where Johnny Pineapple and His Orchestra separate from the pack. Most of the selections on this record aren't exactly deep cuts or obscurios, but fire and brimstone are they played well. ..."

So let's have a Hawaiian Holiday with Johnny Pineapple and His Orchestra. Shared by Flash Strap.


Aloha Oe E Kuu Lei

Hawaiian Surf Ride

charity shop stuff shares Wout Steenhuis - Hawaiian Surf Ride.


Hilo

Live Hawaiian Party

Swanky shares Sam Makia - Live Hawaiian Party as 2 large files.

Swank Vinyl Exotica

Swank Vinyl Exotica I & 2 compiled by Swanky are now available as free downloads over at his site. Go get them!



Axel Stordahl - Paradise Isle

Moonlight On Diamond Head

The Waikikis - Moonlight On Diamond Head is available thanks to TAM TAM & Mélodie.


Yellow Bird

Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight

Ray Kinney and his Hawaiians - Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight, available thanks to TAM TAM & Mélodie.


Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula (Hawaiian Love Song)

Steel Guitar Favorites

Jerry Byrd - Steel Guitar Favorites is available thanks to Allen`s archive of early and old country music.


Wang Wang Blues

Aloha Hawaii

The Hawaiian Serenaders - Aloha Hawaii, made available thanks to TAM TAM & Mélodie.


Pretty Red Hibiscus

Hawaiian Exotics

Poss Miyazaki and his Hawaiian All-Stars - Hawaiian Exotics is available thanks to Third Island.

08 - Malihini Mele

Hawai'ian Shirts - La Vie Continue

Alfred Shaheen - the Henry Ford of the Hawai'ian shirt has surfed into the sunset for the last time.

So, related to that, lemme say, OK - anything is, literally. on line.

Here's an individual that sold vintage clothing and decided to document the Hawai'ian shirts that accumulated and eventually became a collection and wardrobe. Bravo.

So - is the photography perfect - damn close. Could the images be bigger? Yes. Is it cool anyway? Not to some. Should you look? Up to you. Do I wish I was in Hawaii? Yes.

Solid gold guitar goes Hawaiian

Al Caiola - Solid gold guitar goes Hawaiian is available thanks to Third Island.

Hawaii Tattoo

Martin Denny - Hawaii Tattoo, available at Xtabays World.
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Hawaiian Ragtime

jayKayEss tells us:

"... Jo Ann Castle was a staple on the Lawrence Welk show. She developed her lightning-fast keyboard skills at the age of five and was just as proficient on the accordion as the piano. Here’s one of her better albums– old Hawaiian standards played with a ragtime flair! Surf guitar rounds out the mix and gives a few of the tracks a slightly rock ‘n roll flavor– my favorites are “Lovely Hula Hands” and “Little Grass Shack.” ..."

Go enjoy Hawaiian Ragtime over at Unpleasant.

Quiet Vintage Quiet Village

The internets are not crowded with vintage exotica music tv clips.
Thanks to Biggest part of my life is me I got to experience Martin Denny and his band on Webley Edwards 'Hawaii Calls' (when the show tested for tv, being originally a radio show running for 37 years).

Martin Denny and his band - Quiet Village:

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Arkiva Tropika

La Conga - New York City - 1940's dinner & drink menu, front cover - inside pages - back cover.
Click image for far better view at source.


"The Hurricane was located at 95 Cambridge St. in Boston. This dinner & cocktail menu from the 1940's features imagery from the John Hall/Dorothy Lamour South Seas adventure movie, "The Hurricane" [IMDb]. Artwork by Vannicola."
Hurricane - Boston, MA - 1940's dinner & cocktail menu, front cover

Arkiva Tropika - "... From Florida to Fiji, from Haiti to Hawaii, from Seattle to Samoa, Arkiva Tropika is about the classic island imagery of tourism. Created as a way to both share and organize my collection, it consists largely of menus, yet also includes postcards, photos, brochures, matchbooks, and other paper ephemera from tropical themed environments, which are mostly pre-1970. ..." (via del.icio.us/ggth)