Hawaiian Wedding Song
Arrangements: Oliver Pacini, Goh Misawa, Johnny Powers, Manuel Felix Velasquez
Musical Director: Goh Misawa
Studio: Kojimachi, Toyko
Orchestra: "Clippers"
Conducted by Ryuse Takabe, Leader, Goh Misawa
Engineers: Satoru Nakano, Hiromasa Torigai
Cover Design: Takeshi Futami
Photography: Mainland Studio, Hong Kong
Model: Etsuko Pacini
Cordak Records - Studio City, CA
Cordak Records - Studio City, CA
From the back cover: The Musical World Of Oliver Pacini is, indeed, a collection of music from all over the world as played in a great part of the world by this international artist who has lugged an amplified accordion, a set of vibes, a trumpet and trombone and two hundred pounds of other equipment a couple of million miles into the hearts of some nineteen countries.
Oliver Pacini's life has truly been a world of music. Coming from a musical family (there was once a Pacini Orchestra with four brothers and a sister), his experience has been wide and his dedication intense.
A few years ago saw the beginning of travels to far places and since then, islanders on specks of land in the Pacific as well as primitive tribesmen in the jungles and mountains of South East Asia have looked at and listened with astonished delight to this musical Californian. And applause has been generously bestowed by staid hotel audiences in Bombay, swinging sophisticates in the posh supper clubs of Japan and Taiwan, gala crowds in the Philippines, our Jet Set and pleasure seekers in the Northwest and Romantic Hawaii and thousands of appreciative G.I.'s all over the Far East.
Lehuanani (Sweet Something/Mapuana)
Lehuanani (Sweet Something/Mapuana)
Anniversary Song/Misirlou
Green Leaves Of Summer
Jalousie
Charade/I Left My Heart In San Francisco
I Look At You
Chitarra Romano
Canadian Sunset
Hava Nagillah
Doll Dance
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Very nice Exotica! Relaxing & fluid.
ReplyDeleteHey Mark -- I was just doing a Google search and found your blog entry. Goh was my dad, and Oliver was my legal guardian when I spent a couple of years in the U.S. when I was a child--so I know a little about this record. Etsuko was indeed Oliver's wife. She became a few decades ago when he passed, and she has gone on to be remarried. Not mentioned on the album is their son Tony, who is a jazz pianist in Portland, Oregon. You can go check him out at TonyPacini.com.
ReplyDeleteThe tiny strange image you see next to Etsuko was Oliver's "logo" of sorts. He played many instruments, and the logo shows his face in the center, with octopus arms reaching out to all of the many instruments he played.
By the way, his name written in script was his actual signature.
Hope that helps.
Thanks so much Lani!
ReplyDeleteOne tid-bit to add : Oliver Pacini was also working as a booking agent in Portland Oregon in 1972. I was in a rock band and Oliver booked us a few gigs in the area. I remember he had copies of this album for sale on his desk! We use to joke that he might have Mafia connections.
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