LEMURIA / LEMURIA (2LP)

A must-have board for free soul-rare groove fans! Hawaiian AOR's highest peak "LEMURIA" has finally been reissued with a complete version that includes 3 bonus tracks (first vinyl version!) that were recorded only once on the CD version in the 2000s, and 2 alternate takes!


The project "LEMURIA" led by "Kirk Thompson" who is an original member of the band "KALAPANA" that represents Hawaiian AOR and has left numerous masterpieces as a producer. The only album "Lemuria" released in 1978 is widely known as a masterpiece of contemporary Hawaiian-Hawaiian AOR, even though it is traded at a high price as a collector's item known to those in the know, and is included on Mr. MURO's MIX CD here in Japan. A masterpiece among masterpieces that has been highly praised by many disc guides, as well as recommendations by Toru Hashimoto! Representative songs such as "Hunk Of Heaven" (M1), "All I've Got To Give" (M2), which have been covered by numerous artists with high production quality and song writing full of island feeling. In addition to all 9 songs of the finest mellow soul number, 3 bonus tracks (first vinyl version!) recorded only once in the CD version in the 2000s, as well as "All I've Got To Give" and "MISTER U (UNIVERSE)” reissued as a complete version with two alternate takes added!

A1 Hunk Of Heaven 4:00
A2All I've Got To Give5:12
A3 Dreams 3:57
A4 Mister U (Universe) 7:10
B1 Get That Happy Feeling 4:07
B2 Moonlight Affair 5:10
B3 Mystery Love 5:12
B4The Making Of You3:50
B5The Lady And The Dude 3:35
C1Don't Say Their Ain'T No Heaven
C2 Somebody's Talkin
C3 Who Do You Love
D1All I've Got To Give (Alternate Take)
D2Mister U (Universe) (Alternate Take)