| Product Code: | ELPS 4192 |
| Artist: | Deane Waretini |
| Origin: | New Zealand |
| Label: | CBS (1982) |
| Format: | LP |
| Availability: | In Stock |
| Condition: |
Cover: NM (M-)
Record: NM (M-)
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| Genre: | Country , Folk , Pop , World U |
Very smart clean vinyl housed in a nice clean cover.
The Mauri Hikitia is a various artists album released in 1981. It reached no 4 on the New Zealand charts.[1] It features Rhonda, Ken Kincaid, Deane Waretini, and the Lightwood family.[2]
The album was represented by various Maori artists / musicians who came together to support the Mount Smart Stadium project.[3] The term Mauri Hikitia comes from George Tait, a cultural organiser and composer.[4] Tait wrote the words to The Bridge, which was a number 1 hit for Deane Waretini.[5]
As a new arrival to the charts, it was no 7 by 24 May 1981.[6] By 14 June, it was at no 4,[7] and by 21 June it had dropped one to position 5.[8]
It was recorded at Mandrill Recording Studios in Auckland.[9]
Rhonda was a well known Maori entertainer and recording artist, who died in 2007.[10][11] Ken Kincaid had a single "Easy" released on CBS BA 222834. The B side of the single, "Song For Home" aka "Now Is The Hour" is from this compilation.[12][13][14] The following year, Kincaid had another CBS single which wasn't connected to the album.[15] Deane Waretini had been around since the early 1970s, and prior to his hit with "The Bridge" in 1981,[16] he had already had two singles released on the Tony McCarthy Recordings label. The first was in 1972,[17][18] and the second the following year.[19]
| A1 | You Are My Sunshine | |
| A2 | Pokarekare Ana | |
| A3 | Songs Of Home | |
| A4 | Your Love Controls | |
| A5 | Cupid | |
| A6 | Now Is The Hour | |
| B1 | Let It Be Me | |
| B2 | Waiheke | |
| B3 | Blue Moon | |
| B4 | All Those Nights | |
| B5 | Let Me Be There | |
| B6 | Growing Old |
