1st PDP show at the Honolulu museum of Art - 1986

 

New Album Release: The very first, original analog tape recordings of beloved PDP songs that would later be re-recorded for Vinyl and CD recordings for Texas Hotel Records and Sony/CBS.   ->  Here, now... Remastered & Curated... the tender heart of these songs. 

This is the Original Sound, from the Hawai'i beginnings. 1984-87. 

Tickets go on sale today at 10am for our 40th year anniversary celebration concert at RiverEdge, 8/17/24 

Album Credits: Poi Dog Pondering: The Best of the Hawai'i Years (Remastered) 

Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Frank Orrall 

These are the very 1st versions of all these songs, recorded on 4 & 8 track analogue tape, 

Between 1984 to 1987. These are remastered from the original cassette albums PDPx1, PDPx2, PDPx3 PDPx4 & PDPx5. 

The Cassette albums were recorded in Frank's bedroom & Rendezvous Recording in Honolulu, and some on the road during PDP's street busking tour of the continent, 1986-87. They were originally sold on consignment in local record stores in Honolulu and California, and on the street while busking.

These cassette albums caught the attention of the Los Angeles based recording label, Texas Hotel Records, and on the basis of these recording, Frank Orrall was signed to record for Texas Hotel Records. 

Most of these songs were re-recorded for vinyl / CD at Arlyn Studio in Austin Texas in 1988/91, those recordings were distributed by Sony/CBS, worldwide. 

Track Listing & Performance Credits: 

1. Pulling Touch (Original Version) 

Vocals, Bass, Marimba, Acoustic & Electric Guitar - Frank Orrall 

Vocals - Abra Moore

Drums - Sean Coffey 

Cello - Raymond Yazzie  

2. Fall Upon Me (Original Version) 

Vocals & Percussion - Frank Orrall 

Electric Guitar - Byron Lai 

Mandolin - Peter Bond 

3. Ta Bouche Est Tabou (Original Version)

Lead Vocals - Jean François Berneron

Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar - Frank Orrall

Vocals - Abra Moore

Electric Fretless Bass - Steve Bernal 

Drums - Sean Coffey

4. Sound of Water (Original Version) 

Vocals, Bells, Acoustic Guitar - Frank Orrall

Guitar - Kalea Chapman

Recorder - Jean François Berneron

Vocals - Abra Moore & Patrice Sullivan 

Electric Fretless Bass - Steve Bernal 

Drums & Bongos - Sean Coffey

5. Bury Me Deep (Original Version) 

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar - Frank Orrall

Bells - Abra Moore 

Electric Fretless Bass - Steve Bernal 

Drums - Sean Coffey

6. Massuse of Hours (Original Version) 

Vocals, Bass, Acoustic & Electric Guitar - Frank Orrall

Drums - Sean Coffey

Vocals - Abra Moore

7. Everybody's Trying (Original Version) 

Vocals, Drums, Acoustic & Electric Guitar - Frank Orrall

Bass - Matthew Miller 

Accordion - Anita Trubitt 

Backing vocals, Recording Engineer - Joe Espinda

8. You Think Too Much (Original Version) 

Vocals, Drums, Bass, Marimba, Acoustic & Electric Guitar - Frank Orrall

9. Been Down so Long (Original Version) 

Vocals, Bass, Acoustic & Electric Guitar - Frank Orrall

Vocals - Abra Moore 

Guitar - Kalea Chapman

Drums - Sean Coffey

10. Searching for the Fertile Fields (Original Version)

Vocals, Drums, Bass, Acoustic & Electric Guitar - Frank Orrall

11. Shake of Big Hands (Original Version) 

Vocals, Drums, Bass, Acoustic & Electric Guitar - Frank Orrall

12. The Strength That I Need (Original Version) 

Vocals, Drums, Bass, Acoustic & Electric Guitar - Frank Orrall

13. Wood Guitar (Original Version) 

Vocals, Drums, Bass, Acoustic & Electric Guitar - Frank Orrall

14. Praise The Lord (Original Version) 

Vocals, Drums, Bass, Auto Harp, Mandolin, Acoustic & Electric Guitar - Frank Orrall

Sound Engineer - Joe Espinda 

15. Caffeine or Fresh White Sheets (Original Version) 

Vocals, Percussion, Acoustic & Electric Guitar - Frank Orrall

16. Sugarbush Cushman (Original Version) 

Vocals, Accordion, Bass - Frank Orrall 

17. Come Down To Me (Original Version) 

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar - Frank Orrall

Acoustic Guitar - Kalea Chapman 

18. Living With The Dreaming Body (Original Version)

Vocals, Drums, Mandolin, Acoustic & Electric Guitar - Frank Orrall

Bass - Tim Lee 

Accordion - Anita Trubitt 

Millie Ireijo - Gaida (Bulgarian Bag Pipe) 

Recording Engineer - Joe Espinda

19. Big Walk (Original Version) 

Vocals, Drums, Bass, Acoustic & Electric Guitar - Frank Orrall

Percussion - John Wesley Nelson 

Accordion - Anita Trubitt 

Millie Ireijo - Gaida (Bulgarian Bag Pipe) 

Recording Engineer - Joe Espinda

All songs written by Frank Orrall, (except "Ta Bouche Est Tabou", by Frank Orrall & Jean Francois Berneron. And, "Sound of Water", by Frank Orrall and Kalea Chapman).  / p&c 2024 Platetectonic Music  / Guava Juice Music BMI   / Photo by Pua Lilia Maguire