Archives is the operative word here. Reichel's team has scoped the treasure bin and recycled some very familiar tracks and digitally remastered them. The songs are programmed in a format that Reichel might use in a concert — the flow is sweet, gentle, evocative, very much like the songs he renders and we all have adopted over time. It's "new," but familiar.

The fare is varied — ancient Hawaiian and English, whimsical and traditional, earthy chanting and brilliant adaptations of someone else's signature tunes.

How can you resist Reichel's tender version of Sweet Honey in the Rock's iconic "Wanting Memories" or the classic party sing-along classic like "Pupu A 'O 'Ewa" that everyone knows as "Pearly Shells"? So you want simple? Tune in to " 'Akaka Falls." You want gutsy and funny? Revisit Pua Nogelmeier's nifty "Nematoda" and Reichel's whee-ha! reading. And for homogenizing two cultures, how about his mele in kanaka preceding The Beatles' "In My Life" in English? Sweet.

If you're hula-inclined, you'll get swept into two Reichel creations, "E Ho'i I Ka Pili" and its seductive lyrics and "E O Mai" and its poignant use of water as a metaphor for love.

A booklet provides lyrics to most tunes and brief "whys" about the chosen songs. The packaging resembles Collection One in theme and look, so you'll note it's part of a series. So somewhere down the line, there could be a Collection Three.

You hear the sweetness and emotion that would evolve and sizzle years later when re-imagined as a simpler melding of ballads with plain 'ukulele accompaniment. Of course, the winning sound was somewhat of an accident — unplanned, recorded late one night — but it's become his lasting calling card.

This release, then, is a peek into the past, when Iz was in his formative years as a member of The Makaha Sons, who, of course, have since reinvented themselves as well.

The gang includes Louis "Moon" Kauakahi, Jerome Koko and John Koko, the revamped Sons without the late Skippy Kamakawiwo'ole; 16 titles are extracted from five earlier albums produced by Lea A. Uehara. The choices are sensible, with 1984 origins through the early 1990s, when Iz and the Sons were a bubbling-under new force of a changing Island songscape and emerging as a power and resource of "new" Hawaiian music.

Some inclusions are surprising, but rhapsodic, like the in-concert "Rusty Old Steampipes." Others are predictable and precise, like "Nohili E," "Na Pua Lei 'Ilima" and "Kawohikukapulani."

Liner notes indicate original albums from which these tracks came — helpful data for tracking and a reminder that change would come.

The repertoire is quite expansive, exploring recent classics such as "Hanalei Moon" and "E Maliu Mai," oldies such as "My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawai'i" and "Waikiki," new compositions by Jones ("Pa'ani Walk," "A Lazy Day") and Kessler ("Blue for Hawai'i") and tunes that easily work in the Island environment ("Moon River," "Over the Rainbow").

If you're not particularly a jazz buff, this is a logical and accessible entree for a feast for the ears. The arrangements retain the essence of the tunes, but incorporate subtle jazz shuffles and flourishes — though "Swingtime in Honolulu" is blissfully jazz to the core.

Some luminaries sit in, too — Jeff Peterson, Jeff Au Hoy, Dan Del Negro, Noel Okimoto, Abraham Lagrimas. All are reputable jazz aces.

The CD is part of a Life Style Music series — sweet, soft, seductive stuff.

Paula Fuga guests on "Love Addiction," which demonstrates the notion that a second voice mellows the brew. Ooklah the Moc appears on "Strength" and "My Mind."