‘Hi-Five Tamoure— Introducing the Maori Hi-Five’ HMV 7EGM 6074 7 inch 45 EP. The Maori Hi-Fives have a polished style and a considerable overseas reputation. With this disc however they stand accused of mutilation and exploitation of the music of their people. I am not a purist but this is the most tasteless travesty of Maori music which I have heard for a long while. I leave it to the reader's imagination to imagine ‘Po Atarau’ to Tamoure rhythm! Another gem is Putiputi Kanehana (billed on the cover as ‘Putti Putti’) with the lyrics in Maori and English. Sample of the English—‘Pretty pretty creamy sugar pie, I wanna make love to you’. With its muddy-coloured cover and its grossly mis-spelt Maori
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Te Ao Hou, March 1964, Page 58
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121‘Hi-Five Tamoure— Introducing the Maori Hi-Five’ Te Ao Hou, March 1964, Page 58
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