PAUL PAGE AND HIS PARADISE MUSIC Pacific Paradise

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PaulPage Poet, Pagan and Playboy of Polynesian Pop andHapa Haole Exotica.The music on thisunusual exotic album,takes you right to the oceans edge, mingles you withjungle drums and animals, the booming surf, seagulls, and ocean liners inacoral kaleidoscope of sounds. This is the real deal authentic Tiki barsoundtrack. Paul Page and his Paradise Musicentertained in Polynesian themedrestaurants all over Southern California from the late 30s to the mid-60s,then all the way outto the Kona Coast during the late 60s and early 70s. Thewhole time, he kept leaving behind these little independent albums,recordedspecifically for the purpose of selling them to the people coming to his smallvenue shows& which, when you thinkabout it, is basically what all themost-worthy bands to dig do these days, outside the doting eye of the lamerecord industry.Dude was so ahead ofhis time!Paul Page wasa singer, piano player, bandleader, writer/composer,radio and TV host, artist ofoils, professional basketball player and muchmore.He published many albums duringthe 1950s-60s and wrote hundreds ofsongs. His story has never previously beentold and his original recordings are very rare, in fact some of them arecompletelyunknown and undocumented, and much sought after by collectors.Paul Page is really the only one tomix actual, authenticHawaiian music and other Polynesian and Pacific Oceaninfluences, with the nomadic feel of the sea-faring Anglo workingsailor manwith a sense of American Pop sophistication, based in Jazz-age. It is hischeerful insistence to employ every knownclich from the Polynesian popdictionary that makes his stylings so charming to todays Tiki lounger.Subliminal Sounds nowbrings you the full Paul Page sagathis comprehensive 2LP compilation. Includes a 32-page booklet with in-depthliner notes byauthor and pop historianDomenicPrioreand foreword by author and urban archeologistSven Kirsten.

• Format Detail: 2LP
• Internal ID: JITRE
• Released: 7/27/18
• Genre: Rock
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item’s shipment.**
• Format: Vinyl