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I love the enchanting sounds of Martin Denny. I lived for eight years in Hawaii and I had the best years of my life there. The perfect setting for the perfect music. It can put you into a trance-like meditative state, for sure.
Martin Denny is a great musician. This particular song – for me – was best interpreted by Arthur Lyman.
Service men, would crowd the sidewalks as well, listening, and waiting for the Honnolulu Rapid Transit to return them back to Pearl Harbor or Hickam Air Force Base,rowdy,filled with beer or assorted cocktails from bars on the Waikiki shoreline, yet became calm, sober quiet when listening to Denny’s sweet alluring sounds. They’d go to the restaurant enterance and ask to purchase the album from Don Beach and be told is wasn’t yet available on records.
Auggie Colone,later joined the group.
I remember when Martin Denny first started playing at the front of the International Market Place on Kalakaua Avenue. My Mom had a little shop in the Market Place then and folks would stand outside of Don The Beachcombers and listen to his haunting music. Don “Beach”, as he was called then, would come out of his restaurant and walk through the crowd and shake hands with people and tell them about his famous Mai Tai’s. The evening was also scented by the smell of flower leis,worn by men and women
I believe the almost-equally famous (at least for a while) Arthur Lyman came up through Martin Denny’s band. Was he native or non-native?
This video is a pleasure! Thanks to forthorton for posting it.
lol,im with you on that one… ah, the memories…all the uncles and aunties coming over and us kids playing around the Martin Denny music was goin on in the background…..
This is so cool. I was a little kid listening to this almost every happy saturday morning. My folks liked to put this on the record player.
Are you sure? I heard he recorded at the Webley Edwards Studio in Honululu.
Actually he did hire some non-native musicians. Julius Wechter is a prime example.
very very nice, thanks for video.
lol- i was born in 57-wer’e not old, just seasoned…..
Oh god I have been trying to find the imports of the Webley Edwards stuff forever, it NEVER shows up on Ebay or whatever. I Especially want Fire Goddess.
have you heard exotic moog? they did a bunch of moog versions of their early songs, including this one. campy.
Hi Hunter,
Great minds think alike.
I’m selling a very nice quality 16mm film of this show on EBay if you are interested. Search item#110373025063
I’m doing research for a biography of Webley Edwards and Hawaii Calls. I’d appreciate hearing from anyone who heard or visited the program. Or if you have photos or home movies of the program. Or anything else associated with it.
this is awesome! so satisfying on many levels!!! thanks for posting!
Thanks for posting this Forthorton! I am a long time fan of Martin Denny and am hoping to find a 16mm print of this film clip. If you have any info drop me a note!!
Thanks,
Hunter
founder Highway Cinema
p.s. Ahola to all of the Don Tiki tribe!!!
ooops I meant to add kudos to your comment but pushed the “thumbs down” button instead….
Sorry! obviously I thought your comment was awesome
Yes I have been to the islands, I loved them. When I was a (kid) in 1956 I liked the music then . As a hobby I collect and sell old music, yesterday in a pile of records I found a long play record of Quiet Village!
Dear Stuart Thomas,
My you must be old, I was born in 1956, and I am already old.
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I must say you were very fortunate to have experienced the lovely sound and -did you go there, then to see; the naturally beautiful environment?
Mahlo.
I haven’t herd this song since 1956!!! Thanks
My father took my brother and sister and I to see this group around 1962 at Chief Moses Jr. High School gym in Moses Lake Washington! That rhythm section had to influence Santana! Great Show!
I own vinyl copies of every Martin Denny record beginning with Exotica, which was recorded in mono in Webley Edwards’ studio in Waikiki in December 1956 released in 1957. The master tape was not pressed into vinyl until 1957. I also have a vinyl copy the 1958″stereo” re-issue.
This is an ultra rare video of Quiet Village, my favourite song by Martin Denny. It brings back my fond memories. Thank you so very much for sharing it with us.