Where to Get Steel Guitar CD's in Honolulu?

Paul Honeycutt · Post by **Paul Honeycutt** » 24 Dec 2013 10:20 am

I've got family visiting Hawaii for the holidays. Where can I send them to pick me up a few steel guitar CD's? What are must haves?

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 24 Dec 2013 11:53 am

Bobby Ingano's Steel Reflections is a fave, and his latest Steel 'n' Love won this years Hoku award for best instrumental CD. But Oahu doesn't have good music stores any more, just large box corporate mentalities that carry very little steel music. Harry's Music on Waialae Ave. is still local and may be your best bet.

Derrick Mau · Post by **Derrick Mau** » 24 Dec 2013 1:14 pm

Paul,

Just get them here, and save gas, time and frustration. They have the largest selection of Hawaiian CD's.

www.mele.com

Many book/record shops here have closed shop as online downloads have taken over.

We still have Barnes & Nobles at Ala Moana Shopping Center but they have really scaled down their inventory on CD's.

Tom Snook · Post by **Tom Snook** » 24 Dec 2013 1:47 pm

Is Woolworth pau?I used to buy all of the cassette tapes of Waikiki Records,
Hula Records, all of the good steel guitar music I could find.They didn't have much in the way of good CDs back then.
I still play those cassettes all the time.

Derrick Mau · Post by **Derrick Mau** » 24 Dec 2013 2:14 pm

Tom,

Woolworths is history.

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 24 Dec 2013 2:20 pm

It went right after your last little grass shack, Tom!

Derrick Mau · Post by **Derrick Mau** » 24 Dec 2013 2:34 pm

Paul,

Here's a direct link to Steel Guitar music at mele.com

http://www.mele.com/music/genre/steel+guitar/page_1/

Here's just a number of CD's that I would get if you don't have them already.

Paul Honeycutt · Post by **Paul Honeycutt** » 24 Dec 2013 4:35 pm

Thanks, everyone. It's sad that there's not a good indiginous Hawaiian music store in Honolulu.

Tom Snook · Post by **Tom Snook** » 25 Dec 2013 4:24 am

I just found a lot of steel on ITunes. Do a search for Benjamin Rogers

Wally Pfeifer · Post by **Wally Pfeifer** » 25 Dec 2013 6:23 am

Hey, Ron,
I thought Harry's Music closed their old store and moved to a mall somewhere. Or do they have two locations now?
Wally

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 25 Dec 2013 9:15 am

Wally, Harry's moved a few blocks Diamond Head from the old spot, smaller but nice and new, void of all that great history of the old building which has been gutted and completely remodeled.

Derrick Mau · Post by **Derrick Mau** » 25 Dec 2013 11:51 am

Ron,

They moved Ewa(West)of the original building, down the road near McDonald's, not Diamond Head.

CD selection is way smaller than what they had at the original store.

Jelly's in Aiea is another option.
They stock Hawaiian vinyls too that are not available on CD.

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 25 Dec 2013 12:14 pm

Eh, just turn the world around, or reverse time and go back to the old store.

William Rosen · Post by **William Rosen** » 25 Dec 2013 7:33 pm

Try Hungry Ear Records in Kailua. Lots of used ones and used vinyl.

Bill Creller · Post by **Bill Creller** » 25 Dec 2013 11:45 pm

Kailua...that's the place I saw on TV news that doesn't want any more tourists disturbing the place !!
Can't say I blame them..

Jack Aldrich · Post by **Jack Aldrich** » 26 Dec 2013 11:43 am

I stay in Kailua when I'm on Oahu. I'll be there on 1/7 for 2 weeks. I try to look as much like a local boy as I can. Alan Akaka and Greg Sardinha live there. As for CD's I agree with Derrick - get 'em on Mele.com.

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 26 Dec 2013 11:44 am

John Aldrich wrote:I stay in Kailua when I'm on Oahu. I'll be there on 1/7 for 2 weeks.

Just in time to miss the Presidential traffic jams, great scheduling!

Derrick Mau · Post by **Derrick Mau** » 26 Dec 2013 4:25 pm

Was in the Kaimuki area today so I stopped in at the new Harry's music to check out their CD collection.

Stock was really limited with CD's on a small 5X5 ft. shelf.

The store seems to be catering more to orchestra and band equipment.

Paul Arntson · Post by **Paul Arntson** » 26 Dec 2013 10:45 pm

We went to the swap meet that is always around the stadium as I recall and I picked up numerous Bobby Ingano and Jerry Byrd cd's. There was a big selection That was a few years ago.

Paul Honeycutt · Post by **Paul Honeycutt** » 22 Feb 2014 3:23 pm

I didn't get anything when my sweetie's brother's family were in Hawaii, but my brother went a few weeks ago. I sent him a message asking him to pick me up something. He said they were leaving the next day and wouldn't have a chance to go shopping.

As it turns out he and his wife stopped into an ABC store to get something to bring back to the hotel and there was a rack of CD's. He got me, "Steel Guitar Magic Hawaiian Style" with Billy Hew Len and Barney Isaacs Jr. I haven't listened to it yet, but it appears to be "16 instrumental versions of Hawaiis most favorite music."

You never know what you're gonna find and where you're gonna find it.

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 23 Feb 2014 10:24 am

What's the chance of one of you guys dropping by Harry's 'NEW" store and grabbing a snapshot? JPG it via email to me????

I'd love to have it in comparison to the old store for the JBFC web site.

Tom Snook · Post by **Tom Snook** » 23 Feb 2014 11:38 am

Paul,you're a lucky man. That's an awesome CD,some of the best steel duets you will ever hear.I'm sure you will enjoy it.

Jack Aldrich · Post by **Jack Aldrich** » 23 Feb 2014 1:09 pm

Ray Montee wrote:What's the chance of one of you guys dropping by Harry's 'NEW" store and grabbing a snapshot? JPG it via email to me????

I'd love to have it in comparison to the old store for the JBFC web site.

I'll do it when I get to Oahu in April.

Paul Honeycutt · Post by **Paul Honeycutt** » 24 Feb 2014 4:06 pm

I found the CD a little "touristy" but the playing is top notch. Kudos to my brother!

Derrick Mau · Post by **Derrick Mau** » 13 Dec 2014 10:05 am

The new Harry's music shop has closed, but the owners say they'll be looking for a new location.

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