The Mauri Hikitia
1981 compilation album by Various
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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 Mauri Hikitia | |
|---|---|
| |
| Compilation album by Various | |
| Released | 1981 |
| Recorded | Mandrill Studios |
| Genre | Pop |
| Label | Epic ELPS 4192 (CBS) |
| Alternative cover | |
Background
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]
Artists and production
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]
The album
| Artist | Title | Composer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lightwood Family | "You Are My Sunshine" | Davis, Mitchell | |
| Rhonda | "Pokarekare Ana" | P.H. Tomoana | |
| Ken Kincaid | Songs of home : "Now Is the Hour"" | trad.; arr. Eddie Low | |
| Tri Lites | "Your love controls" | B. McCracken, A. Cunningham | |
| Tri Lites | "Cupid" | Cooke | |
| Tri Lites | "Let It Be Me" | Curtis, Delande, Becaud | |
| Rhonda | "Waiheke" | Waikiki, Cummings | |
| Lightwood Family | "Blue Moon" | Rogers, Hart | |
| Deane Waretini | "All Those Nights" | Sharon O'Neill | |
| Lightwood Family | "Let Me Be There" | Rostill | |
| Deane Waretini | "Growing Old | Brian Holiday | |