After collecting vintage Hawaiian and Exotica LPs for a few years, I learned that there was a surprising lack of release date or copyright date on any LPs. In fact, most LPs didn't have a copyright notice. So, accurately pinpointing the release year is almost impossible. Luckily every now and then a resource comes along in a most unexpected place. This resource came to me in the liner notes of the Japanese CD release of "Hawaii Calls - Hula Island Favorites." The liner notes are almost entirely in Japanese. However, this one discography was printed in the CD booklet in both English and Japanese. So, here is the HAWAII CALLS discography with years: |
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Title |
Release Year |
Original Catalog No. |
Comments |
| "Hawaii Calls" | 1956 | T-470 | mono - CD released in Japan, now out of print. |
| "At Twilight" | 1957 | T-582 | mono - CD released in Japan, now out of print. |
| "Favorite Instrumentals of the Islands" | 1957 | T-715 | mono - CD released in Japan, now out of print. |
| "Waikiki" | 1957 | T-772 | mono |
| "Island Paradise" | 1958 | ST-1229 | Stereo |
| "Hawaiian Shores" | Dec., 1958 | T-904 | mono - CD released in Japan, now out of print. |
| "Hula Island Favorites" | May, 1958 | T-987 | mono - CD released in Japan, now out of print. |
| "Fire Goddess" | 1959 | ST-1033 | Stereo-CD released in Japan, now out of print. |
| "Hawaiian Strings" | Apr., 1959 | ST-1152 | Stereo-CD released in Japan, now out of print. |
| "Greatest Hits" | Apr., 1950 | ST-1339 | Stereo |
| "Let's Sing With Hawaii Calls" | Apr., 1961 | ST1518 | Stereo |
| "Exotic Instrumentals" | May, 1961 | ST-1409 | Stereo |
| "Stars of Hawaii Calls" | Nov., 1961 | ST-1627 | Stereo |
| "A Merry Hawaiian Christmas" | Nov., 1961 | ST-1781 | Stereo |
| "Hawaii Calls Show" | May, 1962 | ST-1699 | Stereo |
| "Romantic Instrumentals" | 1964 | ST-1987 | Stereo |
| "Waikiki After Dark" | May, 1965 | ST2315 | Stereo |
| "Hawaii Today" | 1966 | ST-2449 | Stereo |
| "Best From The Beach At Waikiki" | 1967 | ST-2573 | Stereo |
| "More Hawaii Calls Greatest Hits" | 1968 | ST-2736 | Stereo |
| "Blue Skies Old Hawaii" | n/a | ST-2782 | no date listed from source |
| "Soft Hawaiian Guitars" | n/a | ST-2917 | no date listed from source |
| "The Hawaii Calls Deluxe 2-LP set" | n/a | ST-2182 | no date listed from source - This LP set was actually a repackage of "Favorite Instrumentals", Alfred Apaka's album "Golden Voice of the Islands" & "Hawaii Calls Greatest Hits" |
| "Best of Hawaii Calls" | n/a | ST-141 | no date listed from source |
*Note - There are were other albums released under the Hawaii Calls umbrella; however, they were typically the solo albums of artists often heard on Hawaii Calls such as Haunani & Alfred Apaka. Those are not listed here. |
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