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  • Vinyl LP (colored vinyl)
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    150g "tropical hardwood" colored vinyl

    Includes unlimited streaming of A Chant About the Beauty of the Moon at Night: Hawaiian Steel Guitar Masters 1913-1921 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Deluxe Bundle (LP + zine + sticker)

    includes 150g "tropical hardwood" colored vinyl LP, vinyl sticker, and limited-edition 28pg booklet featuring performer bios, rare photos, original press clippings, and other historical material. Only 20 available!

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  • CD
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    includes 4 additional bonus tracks, plus 12-page booklet with extensive liner notes and rare photos.

    Includes unlimited streaming of A Chant About the Beauty of the Moon at Night: Hawaiian Steel Guitar Masters 1913-1921 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Vinyl LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    A collection of rare original recordings, unheard for over a century, of captivating Hawaiian steel guitar music that influenced the first generation of Delta blues and country artists, changing the sound of music forever. Ghostly transmissions from paradise, beamed across time from a lost century, carefully remastered and restored with extensive historical notes & rare photos. Most tracks have been unissued in any format since their original release over 100 years ago.

    150g black vinyl

    "Reissue of the Issue" -- Maggot Brain magazine (Summer 2022 issue)

    "Best New Reissues of 2022" -- PAM (Pan African Music Magazine)

    "The influence of the indigenous style on everything from Delta blues to country music would go underrepresented in our music histories for over a century, but documents like A Chant About the Beauty of the Moon at Night are valuable for setting the record straight." -- Bandcamp Daily (Album of the Day)

    "there are few sounds more beautiful" -- Burning Ambulance

    Includes unlimited streaming of A Chant About the Beauty of the Moon at Night: Hawaiian Steel Guitar Masters 1913-1921 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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