TAHITI/ RARE TAHITIAN 5x78rpm MAREVA /SYLVAIN & DARNOIS

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(album of 5 x 10" 78 rpm) MAREVA MA 101/2/3/4/5/6 (France) TAHITIAN FOLKLORE MUSIC AND SONGS RECORDED IN Tubuai (austral islands): "Himene tarava" Marquises Islands: "Ruu", typical song - "Maahuu puaka" - "Ruu", welcome song Tahiti (sung by ERENA): "Tahiti nui" Tuamotu: "Te manu" - "Ana E" - "Tamure" - "Ini Raki" - "Te metangi" - "Tangi tika" Bora-Bora: "Song of Momea" Tahaa: "Ute" Raiatea: "Himene tarava" VERY RARE ALBUM PUBLISHED ON THE "MAREVA" LABEL, founded by the world known photographer and reporter (but also a musician and a folklorist) Adolphe SYLVAIN and his friend Marc DARNOIS. EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF DIFFERENT TAHITIAN MUSICS recorded in the original countries.As rarely seen on records, when there are two or three tracks on one side, each track is followed by a "locked groove" ! The front color photograph is by Adolphe SYLVAIN (who did found Radio Tahiti, and, as a reporter, did make the images of the Kon-Tiki at the end of its heroical journey)EXCELLENT LISTENING ! The complete numbers are (for each record): MA 101: PART 8787/8 1P/1P - M3 133338/9 MA 102: PART 8789/0 1P/1P - M3 123440/1 MA 103: PART 8791/2 1P/1P - M3 123442/3 MA 104: PART 8793/4 1P/1P - M3 123444/5 MA 105: PART 8795/6 1P/1P - M3 123446/7 MA 106: PART 8797/8 1P/1P - M3 123348/9 ALBUM CONDITION: VG (solid, superficial tears at the end of 3 hinges but read more

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