Sea music of many lands [sound recording] : the Pacific heritage.

Ships are sailing ; Foxhunters reel ; High reel (Gold Ring) -- Seljefløyte ; Strilevise ; Nøtterøvalsen (Jim Nelson) -- Greenland bound (Louis Killen) -- Fiafia 'o lo'u loto (Fetu O Le Afiafi) -- South Australia (Stan Hugill) -- Wreck of the C.P. Yorke (Phil Thomas) -- Mocito que vas remando (Grupo Raiz) -- The five gallon jar (Jill King ; Bob Webb) -- Décimas del folklore Venezolano (Grupo Raiz) -- Come all ye tonguers (J. King ; B. Webb) -- Blow the man down (S. Hugill) -- The tugboat song (Inge Wessels) -- Lord Franklin (Gold Ring) -- Evening song of the happy fisherman (Flowing Stream Ensemble) -- Grey funnel line (L. Killen) -- Shallow Brown (Dick Holdstock).

Compact disc.

Smithsonian Folkways: FSS 38405; F-38405 on container.

Originally issued as analog disc on Folkways Records: FSS 38405, 1981.

Accompanying booklet (16 p.) gives background information about performers and music, including lyrics to songs and bibliography.

"Canada, Chile, China, England, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, Norway, Samoa, West Indies, USA"--Container.

Produced by Maritime Humanities Center, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.

Various performers.

Recorded at The National Maritime Museum, San Francisco, Festival of the Sea, 1980.

Performed in various languages including English, Samoan and Spanish.