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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]
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 ...
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
The music contains elements of melodic pentatonicism and asynchronous aleatoricism, which Hovhaness referred to as "free non-rhythm chaos." [1] Specially recorded whale vocalizations play intermittently throughout the work and include the songs of humpback whales and bowhead whales. [1]
The comeback of the humpback is arguably the greatest success story in the history of conservation. New science is putting a value on the life of a whale — and finding they provide much more ...
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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 ...