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• CD Title: Music from the South Pacific
• Artist(s): Recordings by David Fanshawe
• CD Code: EUCD1709
• Tracks: 27
• Playing Time: 79:34 min
• Booklet Info in: English, German
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David Fanshawe, recipient of many international awards, composer, ethnic sound recordist, photographer, author, film and TV personality, presents highlights from his monumental Pacific Collections, recorded over fourteen years (1978–92). Authentic music from the Cook Islands, Chuuk (Micronesia), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Western Samoa and more.
The 68-page companion booklet (27 tracks, 79:34 minutes) contains extensive descriptions of the music, transcriptions of lyrics and anecdotes from Fanshawe’s journals, richly illustrated with colour photographs.
1. IMENETUKI MANGAIA (Cook Islands) - 2:57 
2. MANIHIKI ACTION SONG (Cook Islands) – 3:00
3. PUKAPUKA DRUM DANCE (Cook Islands) - 2:18
4. ROMONUM I (Chuuk, Micronesia) - 4:36
5. WAGI BROTHERS BAMBOO BAND (Papua New Guinea) - 2:26
6. RYMOKA STRING BAND (Papua New Guinea) - 2:24
7. SEPIK FLUTES KANENGARA (Papua New Guinea) - 4:03
8. PAN PIPES OF BUMA (Solomon Islands) - 1:58
9. PAN PIPES LANGA LANGA LAGOON (Solomon Islands) - 1:07
10. GILO STONES (Solomon Islands) - 1:47
11. FENES STRING BAND (Vanuatu) - 3:49
12. ORCHID ISLAND GROUP (Fiji) - 2:12 
13. LALI CHURCH BELL (Fiji) - 1:04
14. HYMN VISEISEI CHURCH (Fiji) - 2:09
15. RUKUA CHURCH METHODIST CHOIR (Fiji) - 2:18
16. TARALALA DANCE (Fiji) - 1:38
17. WARWICK VOCAL GROUP (Fiji) - 2:44
18. VAKAMALOLO YAROI (Fiji) - 4:22
19. LAKALAKA HIHIFO (Tonga) - 7:41
20. FIAFIA AT AGGIE GREY'S (Western Samoa) - 3:00
21. TE KAMEI TEWAI (Kiribati) - 4:16
22. TE KAMEI BATERE (Kiribati) - 3:40
23. ROMONUM II (Chuuk, Micronesia) - 4:59
24. FANGUFANGU NOSE FLUTE (Tonga) - 1:08 
25. FAIKAVA LOVE SONG (Tonga) - 3:02
26. THE SINGING REEF (Cook Islands) - 3:05
27. REUREU DRUM DANCE (Cook Islands) - 1:40