Title: Where's Newman/Darby's "Magic Island" CD?
Product review: "Ports of Paradise" is 1950s movie music for the mind and it has been restored beautifully on this CD. However it's not quite as memorable as the similar Alfred Newman and Ken Darby 1959 production "Magic Islands" on Decca. That it has yet to appear on CD is a crime. Two of Ken Darby's songs have become hapa-haole standards - "Magic Islands" and "Love Song of Kalua" covered by the late great Alfred Apaka and Hui Ohana among others. It includes awesome sound effects including a blast from the Lurline's whistle, apocalyptic thunder and lightning, monsoon rains, and a volcanic eruption - all in less that 40 minutes. Seeing "Ports of Call" makes me hopeful that "Magic Islands" will come out soon!
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