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The album was an unexpected hit, quickly selling over 125,000 copies and eventually going multi-platinum, becoming the most popular nature recording in history. [8] [11] Sales from the album benefited the Whale Fund of the Wildlife Conservation Society, then known as the New York Zoological Society. [12]
Songs of the Humpback Whale may refer to Whale vocalization, sounds are used by whales for different kinds of communication; Songs of the Humpback Whale, a 1970 album produced by bio-acoustician Roger Payne; Songs of the Humpback Whale, a 1992 novel by Jodi Picoult
Singer Kate Bush's debut album The Kick Inside in 1978 features a portion of 'slowed-down solo whale' (from Songs of the Humpback Whale) as an intro to the opening track "Moving". [ 30 ] Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) features Payne's recordings, in a plot about rescuing humpback whales from extinction by moving a breeding pair from 1986 ...
Another milestone was hearing Roger Payne's 1970 album, Songs of the Humpback Whale, which popularized the whale songs, and was perhaps the greatest single contribution to awakening humanity to whales. The grandfather of all natural sound recordings, and a bestseller, it touched the hearts of millions of people throughout the world.
Russian marine specialists are racing to save a humpback whale which has become entangled in a fishing net north of the Arctic circle. Video shot by a marine biologist shows the whale, who has ...
Harry Robertson: Whale Chasing Men: Songs of Whaling in Ice and Sun. Music For Pleasure Australia MFP 8272, 1971. Marian ("Marion") Henderson and Alex Hood sing lead on some tracks. Declan Affley: Declan Affley - LP and cassette, TAR 020, 1987 - includes Robertson's "Ship Repairing Men" and "The Antarctic Fleet" Evan Mathieson: Harry's Legacy ...
10 News First said in the caption that the humpback whale was 15-meters, or nearly 50 feet long! The tour guide will also have quite the 'tail' to tell, they said. Talk about a once in a lifetime ...
Video captured the humpback keeping the vessel hostage, offering watchers an unforgettable up close view. The screams of excited tourists can heard as the whale pops its head out of the water ...