Surprise Chef All News Is Good News

    Mr Bongo
    • New LP (Coloured Vinyl)£21.99
      Limited blue vinyl repress!
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    • Surprise Chef – All News Is Good News
    • Surprise Chef – Herbie Hemphill
    • Surprise Chef – Blyth Street Nocturne
    • Surprise Chef – Have You Fed Baby Huey Today
    • Surprise Chef – Yung Boi Suite
    • Surprise Chef – Crayfish Caper
    • Surprise Chef – Flip Shelton
    • Surprise Chef – Drinking From The Cup Of Bob Knob
    • Surprise Chef – Mario's Lament
    • 1. All News Is Good News
    • 2. Herbie Hemphill
    • 3. Blyth Street Nocturne
    • 4. Have You Fed Baby Huey Today
    • 5. Yung Boi Suite
    • 6. Crayfish Caper
    • 7. Flip Shelton
    • 8. Drinking From The Cup Of Bob Knob
    • 9. Mario's Lament

    **Mr Bongo reissue this sold-out-in-a-flash classic from 2019 - limited blue vinyl repress!**

    Instrumental, breaks-heavy, cinematic-soul and jazz from Surprise Chef that joins the dots between Axelrod, El Michels Affair and the moods of the great music libraries in the 70s. Superb release via Mr Bongo! RIYL Badbadnotgood!

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