Label: Australian Institute Of Aboriginal Studies – AIAS/11
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Australia
Released: 1972
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Aboriginal
Traditional songs and field-recordings of the Torres Strait Islanders of North Australia Highest recommendation for anyone deep in the Music Of Oceania series of Papua New Guinea. (NM / VG+))
This varied recording offers examples of some songs whose melodies have remained virtually the same since they were first recorded in 1898. Dance songs and funeral chants from Murray Island with drum accompaniment comprise one side of the tape, and the other includes instrumental demonstrations and music from other islands of the Torres Strait as well as some Papuan material.
Tracklist
Murray Island
A1 (A-E) Secular Dance Songs And Preludes 9:45
A2 (A-E) Songs Of The Malu-Bomai Dances 9:45
A3 (A-D) Songs Of The Malu-Bomai Cult 4:15
Saibai, Darnley And Hammond Islands, Western Papua And Cape York
B1 Saibai: (A-J) Secular Dance Songs 10:55
B2 Darnley: (A) Notched Flute; (B) Pan Pipes; (C) String Figure Songs And Jingles 2:10
B3 (A) Hammond Island Secular Dance Song; (B-C) Western Papua Secular Dance Songs; (D) Cape York Ceremonial Dance Songs 5:35