In about August of 1984, I went to the Goroka Highlands Show (Sing-sing was part of the title then I think) . I was newly enamored of ethnomusicology and anthropology. Being in the highlands of Papua New Guinea for maybe a month was pretty amazing.

These guys rolled up in their decorated truck, with the sign saying "Amyours Band of Madang". I captured some of their music on my walkman-like device, including my talking to them in my attempt at Tok Pisin (the pidgin English spoken in New Guinea.) I was going through old stuff and found the tape, so I figured I'd make a web page of it, since anyone can publish to the WWW. The pictures are actually pretty good resolution if you open them and zoom, or download them.

Here's the audio:

Amyours Band 01001.mp3
At the beginning of this track (01002) you can hear me say it was "gutpela tru" (very good / "good fella true") and ask them if they speak Tok Pisin. Then I ask them the name of the instrument and they say "em i tong" (him he thong) and "em i bambu" (him he bamboo). :)
Amyours Band 01002.mp3
Amyours Band 01003.mp3
Amyours Band 01004.mp3