The New World, Volume 1, by Various Artists

The New World, Volume 1

by Various Artists

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1.	Bahá'í Aikanes - New World (opening) 00:15	buy track
2.	Sunshine Delight - No More Tears 03:01	buy track
3.	Bahá'í Aikanes - Look At Me 01:58	buy track
4.	Sunshine Delight - Comin' Out Of My Shell 02:02	buy track
5.	Bahá'í Aikanes - Yá Bahá'u'l-Abhá 01:34	buy track
6.	Bahá'í Aikanes - Poor Little Broken Winged Bird 02:58	buy track
7.	East of Midnight - Soul Catchers 02:52	buy track
8.	Bahá'í Aikanes - Blessed Is The Spot 02:29	buy track
9.	Bahá'í Aikanes - Messiah 01:52	buy track
10.	Steve & Bunny - Kindle The Fire Of Love 01:33	buy track
11.	Bahá'í Aikanes - Time 02:54	buy track
12.	East of Midnight - Such A Lovely Garden 02:04	buy track
13.	Bahá'í Aikanes - See The Happy People 01:48	buy track
14.	Sunshine Delight - Carmel Calls 02:07	buy track
15.	East of Midnight - Glad Tidings 02:41	buy track
16.	East of Midnight - Be Thou 01:41	buy track
17.	Sunshine Delight - Lovin' Is The Power 02:10	buy track
18.	Bahá'í Aikanes - Nightingale Has Winged Its Way 01:52	buy track
19.	East of Midnight - Save A Thought For The Children 03:46	buy track
20.	Bahá'í Aikanes - Youth March 02:41	buy track
21.	Steve & Bunny - Baháʼu'lláh Is Our Messenger 02:48	buy track
22.	Sunshine Delight - They Don't Know 02:36	buy track
23.	Bahá'í Aikanes - New World (closing) 00:19	buy track

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Fifty years ago, practitioners of the religion known as the Bahá'í Faith gathered at the Hilo Civic Auditorium for the Bahá'í International Youth Conference from August 4 to 8, 1974.

A year prior, in December 1973, a steadfast group of Baha’is produced a 13-part television series called “The New World”. Many of them were musicians and took to arranging and composing a soundtrack for the program. Sixteen of the twenty-plus tracks were original compositions, referencing Baha'i writings and expressing the artists’ reflections on various teachings of the Faith, which is often distilled into three core concepts: unity of religion, unity of God, and unity of humanity.

The music was recorded live at the Bahá'í National Center in Honolulu, and a 23-track LP was made in time for the August 1974 conference. The album features a quartet of local groups — East Of Midnight, Steve & Bunny, the Bahá'í Aikanes, and Sunshine Delight — that would perform at the conference alongside special guests from the continent. The TV series was produced at the local KITV studios, and featured songs and interviews centered around the religion and its teachings. Musical guests of interest on the TV series included jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and folk-rock duo Seals & Crofts.

After the conference concluded, subsequent one-off gatherings were held on Maui, Kauai, and Oahu — including a concert on Saturday, August 10th at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu, where approximately 12,000 attendees listened to teachings and were treated to live performances by Seals & Crofts, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Windflower (from Alaska), East of Midnight, Steve and Bunny, and Sunshine Delight.

Regardless of one’s personal religious views, “The New World, Volume 1” is a moving collection of songs that speak of hope, love, understanding and appreciation.

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released March 1, 2024

Digital-only release on Aloha Got Soul (AGS-083).
Licensed from the National Bahá'í Center of the Hawaiian Islands.

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