Remember how excited I was when I discovered the music of William Onyeabor a few months back? (And how like 10 guys in the comments mainsplained to us that they had discovered his music before I had?) (Just kidding guys, I love you all.)
Anyway I popped into Explorist International on 24th Street to buy a King Sound Quartet single I’d seen there and had been thinking about for a while (it was in the “$$$” bin) when I noticed the big colorful “Who Is William Onyeabor?” 3-LP set in a box right up front. (The version of it on Spotify is missing the third third, which contains my favorite song of all, “When the Going Is Smooth and Good.”)
When I added it to my haul, the clerk took note, thought about it for a second, and then recommended I check out the music of Francis Bebey. Specifically this LP up on the wall:
So I got it and it rules and since apparently we’re doing nothing but music posts on Mission Mission today, I figured I’d tell you about it.
Listen to this for goodness’ sake:
(Also, props to the same clerk for remembering off the top of his head that the King Sound Quartet LP, which neither of us has even seen since like ’97, came in a DJ sleeve and had a side-long “Space Is the Place” cover on the B-side.)
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This is fun.
Finally, a music post on this site I can get behind. Always good to see Explorist getting press. And let’s not forget the gems Pyramid has to offer – where else are you gonna find a Marine Girls record (not a $30 re-issue) in this city?
Nice boobs though!