Arthur Lyman

Artist: Arthur Lyman

LP: Aphrodisia

Song: "O O"

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Here's one of the two Arthur Lyman records I picked up at the Goodwill Thrift Store in Colville on my way back from camping last week. I initially thought the woman on the cover was facing away from me, but then I noticed the strange hole in the center of her lower back. The illusion's kinda' creepy, if you ask me. Arthur Lyman was born, lived and died in Hawaii; he learned to play music when his father would lock him in a room after school with nothing but a toy marimba and a pile of Benny Goodman records. You can read about Arthur Lyman here and here, and the notes from the back of his 1968 "Aphrodisia" LP are included below. Though "O O" probably isn't the best song on the album, I chose it because I like the crazy title.

[ Arthur Lyman: February 2, 1932 — February 24, 2002 ]