How many people remember Summer? No, not last summer when you went to the beach but the band Summer!
Summer was a band that had just about the same sound as Kalapana. Summers first album was called Summer in Malibu was released in 1973 and featured Ron Yuen, Charles Recaido, Tim Hurley and Russel Fujioka. It's no wonder that Summer had that Kalapana sound as it also featured Alvin Fejarang on drums, Michael Paulo on sax as well as Kalapana's DJ Pratt who also produced the album.
For a while, Summer in Malibu was a tough find as it was only available in vinyl and it was out of print. Luckily Summer was released on CD in 1993 and I think you can still find it today.
A lost treasure that was never released on CD is Summers second album that was only released in Japan called "Weekend in Malibu". Maybe one day...
Summer also used to have a website at http://summerpage.hypermart.net/ but now it's defunct. If anyone knows where Summer went please let us know!
Tags: Charles Recaido, D.J. Pratt, hawaii music, hawaii music online, hawaiian music, Kalapana, Ron Yuen, Russell Fujioka, Summer, Summer in Malibu, Tim Hurley, Weekends in Malibu