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Humpback Whales "Songs of the Humpback Whale" (1970) 1.Solo Whale 2.Slowed-Down Solo Whale 3.Tower Whales 4.Distant Whale 5.Three Whale Trip "Songs of the Humpback Whale" is a timeless classic of the Earth's music. It deserves a place in our cultural pantheon, alongside the music of Bach, Stravinsky and Ellington.                           - Paul Winter The title of this album speaks for itself, and it consists of underwater-recordings of singing Humpback Whales. The recordings took place near Bermuda (Atlantic Ocean) at various times during the late 1960's (which is when the Humpbacks were supposed to have sounded more beautiful than ever; their song changes every year.) When this recording first came out in 1970, 33,000 whales were being killed each year. Much thanks to the producer of "Songs of the Humpback Whale" and founder of Ocean Alliance, Dr. Roger Payne, only 1% of that number were killed by 1990.