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25 Responses to “Martin Denny “Quiet Village” from Hawaii Calls”

1. 
   atomicmichael Says:
   8. January 2010 at 5:41 pm

   thank you so much for posting this! as a new englander i have love this song forever and love to listen to martin denny. this is such an incredibly beautiful time capsule.

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   EdWatts Says:
   8. January 2010 at 6:34 pm

   The whole clip is in color, but the years have not been kind to it…not unlike myself.

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   london2z Says:
   8. January 2010 at 6:48 pm

   I love the enchanting sounds of Martin Denny. I lived for eight years in Hawaii and I had the best years of my life there. The perfect setting for the perfect music. It can put you into a trance-like meditative state, for sure.

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   4ohfreight Says:
   8. January 2010 at 6:51 pm

   sick clip

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   lausdomin Says:
   8. January 2010 at 7:05 pm

   Martin Denny is a great musician. This particular song – for me – was best interpreted by Arthur Lyman.

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   HanaleiSurfrider Says:
   8. January 2010 at 8:00 pm

   Service men, would crowd the sidewalks as well, listening, and waiting for the Honnolulu Rapid Transit to return them back to Pearl Harbor or Hickam Air Force Base,rowdy,filled with beer or assorted cocktails from bars on the Waikiki shoreline, yet became calm, sober & quiet when listening to Denny’s sweet alluring sounds. They’d go to the restaurant enterance and ask to purchase the album from Don Beach and be told is wasn’t yet available on records.
   Auggie Colone,later joined the group.

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   HanaleiSurfrider Says:
   8. January 2010 at 8:28 pm

   I remember when Martin Denny first started playing at the front of the International Market Place on Kalakaua Avenue. My Mom had a little shop in the Market Place then and folks would stand outside of Don The Beachcombers and listen to his haunting music. Don “Beach”, as he was called then, would come out of his restaurant and walk through the crowd and shake hands with people and tell them about his famous Mai Tai’s. The evening was also scented by the smell of flower leis,worn by men and women

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   countrypaul Says:
   8. January 2010 at 8:52 pm

   I believe the almost-equally famous (at least for a while) Arthur Lyman came up through Martin Denny’s band. Was he native or non-native?

   This video is a pleasure! Thanks to forthorton for posting it.

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   hulaqte Says:
   8. January 2010 at 9:37 pm

   lol,im with you on that one… ah, the memories…all the uncles and aunties coming over and us kids playing around the Martin Denny music was goin on in the background…..

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    ASeasonedWitch Says:
    8. January 2010 at 10:28 pm

    This is so cool. I was a little kid listening to this almost every happy saturday morning. My folks liked to put this on the record player.

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    sailorlunatic Says:
    8. January 2010 at 10:36 pm

    Are you sure? I heard he recorded at the Webley Edwards Studio in Honululu.

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    sailorlunatic Says:
    8. January 2010 at 10:56 pm

    Actually he did hire some non-native musicians. Julius Wechter is a prime example.

13. 
    alireza8623 Says:
    8. January 2010 at 11:47 pm

    very very nice, thanks for video.

14. 
    hulaqte Says:
    9. January 2010 at 12:07 am

    lol- i was born in 57-wer’e not old, just seasoned…..

15. 
    roblettinVa Says:
    9. January 2010 at 12:22 am

    Oh god I have been trying to find the imports of the Webley Edwards stuff forever, it NEVER shows up on Ebay or whatever. I Especially want Fire Goddess.

16. 
    aubreylear Says:
    9. January 2010 at 12:41 am

    have you heard exotic moog? they did a bunch of moog versions of their early songs, including this one. campy.

17. 
    TheOriginalWheelsTV Says:
    9. January 2010 at 1:10 am

    Hi Hunter,
    Great minds think alike.

18. 
    ClydeBanks Says:
    9. January 2010 at 1:40 am

    I’m selling a very nice quality 16mm film of this show on EBay if you are interested. Search item#110373025063

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    SkepticalChristian Says:
    9. January 2010 at 1:52 am

    I’m doing research for a biography of Webley Edwards and Hawaii Calls. I’d appreciate hearing from anyone who heard or visited the program. Or if you have photos or home movies of the program. Or anything else associated with it.

20. 
    jimmyji Says:
    9. January 2010 at 2:32 am

    this is awesome! so satisfying on many levels!!! thanks for posting!

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    HunterMann Says:
    9. January 2010 at 3:29 am

    Thanks for posting this Forthorton! I am a long time fan of Martin Denny and am hoping to find a 16mm print of this film clip. If you have any info drop me a note!!
    Thanks,
    Hunter
    founder Highway Cinema
    p.s. Ahola to all of the Don Tiki tribe!!!

22. 
    thehories Says:
    9. January 2010 at 3:33 am

    ooops I meant to add kudos to your comment but pushed the “thumbs down” button instead….

    Sorry! obviously I thought your comment was awesome

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    StewedTomato Says:
    9. January 2010 at 4:02 am

    Yes I have been to the islands, I loved them. When I was a (kid) in 1956 I liked the music then . As a hobby I collect and sell old music, yesterday in a pile of records I found a long play record of Quiet Village!

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    YoureAbsolutelyRight Says:
    9. January 2010 at 4:32 am

    Dear Stuart Thomas,
    My you must be old, I was born in 1956, and I am already old.
    .
    I must say you were very fortunate to have experienced the lovely sound and -did you go there, then to see; the naturally beautiful environment?

    Mahlo.

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    StewedTomato Says:
    9. January 2010 at 5:19 am

    I haven’t herd this song since 1956!!! Thanks

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