"Island Summer," 16 tracks of original music made popular in Hawaii, is a flashback to the happy days of vinyl, high school dances, beach parties, neighborhood hangouts, Waikiki clubs and the Diamond Head Crater Music Festivals.

From the cosmopolitan sounds of Kui Lee ("I'll Remember You") and Liz Damon & the Orient Express ("1900 Yesterday"), the pop sounds of Three Dog Night ("Sunlight"), Stampeders ("Sweet City Woman"), Climax ("Precious and Few") Beverly Bremers ("Don't Say You Don't Remember") and King Harvest ("Dancing In The Moonlight"), the slow jams of The Stylistics ("Ebony Eyes") and Billy Paul ("Me and Mrs. Jones") the island style sounds of Country Comfort ("Pretty Girl"), Kalapana ("You Make It Hard") Cecilio & Kapono ("Sunflower") and Makaha Sons of Niihau ("Hawaii 78"), this collection is eclectic and exciting.

Most songs aren't easy to find, and three, the rocking "Remember Mary" by Sweet Marie, the psychedelic folk-rock of "On Our Way to Hana," by Merrell Fankhauser, and the beautiful Japanese-English ballad, "Forevermore," by the Tokyo Happy Coats, are not available anywhere else.

Flashback to Island Summer!