About My Music Blogs

There are (almost) no links on my blog that allow for the download of entire albums.

If you don't see an audio sample posted under the image of the album cover the reason is that the album (at the time of the posting) can be found for sale on CD and or by digital download. Ownership of the material may still be questionable but I always err on the side of caution when dealing with rights.

I've received email from relatives who are happy that their family members haven't been forgotten and from folks who enjoy the more obscure recordings I share online. This blog is for those folks and is not a vehicle to distribute entire works in a wholesale fashion to avoid copy protection.

I own the record posted and the cover image is my scan of that record. I set out to make my blogs an introduction to the works I have collected and I hope that, once your interest is perked, that you can find a copy for your own collection.

With all that said, I do try to provide family members with digital files who no longer have a copy of the original record and or to folks who are more throughly researching a particular artist. But you need to email me and give me some reason to help you out. Even in those cases be forewarned that I sometimes don't file entire records digitally and, due to the way I have to store records, it is almost impossible for me to locate any one album without great effort.

I do apologize to everyone else who has been looking long and hard for a recording. I do my best to try and help anyway I can, but I can't respond to all of the requests I've receive.

Music To Strip By Gentleman Jim And The Palace Pit Orchestra

Temptation

Music To Strip By Gentleman Jim And The Palace Pit Orchestra
Burlesque Party Fun At Home
Alshire S-5150

This record, while not total lounge sleaze, seems closer to the budget basement grind fare that you may have heard at an "old fashion" strip club. There are also a few more "sophisticated" tunes like the sample I posted above.

Ann Corio Presents How To Strip For Your Husband

Ann Corio Presents How To Strip For Your Husband
Music To Make Marriage Merrier
Orchestra Conducted By Sonny Lester
Roulette SR 25186
1962

This is just a guess, but I think that this project was arranged by Lester and Roulette and Corio's name was added to help sell records. Strangely... why didn't Roulette use a photo of Corio on the cover? The record did come with an "instruction" booklet. The copy I found had been stripped of the book... so I can't say if her likeness appeared on that piece.

The music is an uneven mix of standard big band bump and grind and, thankfully a few more interesting and exotic sounding tunes.

Music To Strip By - Bob Freeman

Flamingo

Music To Strip By
Bob Freeman
Surprise 101

This obscure album originally came with a real "G" string on the cover. Notches were cut on both sides to hold the underwear in place. I was able to find an image of the original cover. Which also demonstrates that the album was released in stereo.

Strip Blues

This is bump and grind music... but the sound is not as "sleazy" lounge as it could be. And a few tunes even rise above the hammering drum beat to play more like a 60s private eye TV track.

Fun Music For A Strip Tease Party - Bald Bill Hagan And His Trocaderons

Koochie Galore

Fun Music For A Strip Tease Party

Home Entertainment Program with The Fun Beat!
"Bald" Bill Hagan And His Trocaderons

Recorded under the direction of D. L. Miller

Orchestrations: "Wild Bill" Holcombe

Cover Design: Chic Laganella

Audio Mix: "Bumps" Baker
Somerset ALBUM SF-27200

An Alshire Production
1967

I'm In The Mood For Love

Stripper's Delight

Erotic Fantasy

C Cup Blues

Vampin' And Campin'

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

Fascination

Koochie Galore

Cha Bump

Makin' Whoopee

James Bond Thrillers - The Film Festival Orchestra

Dr. No

Music From The Spy Who Loved Me & Other James Bond Thrillers
As Performed By The Film Festival Orchestra
Springboard SPB-4079
1977

Somewhat obscure budget Bond album featuring a studio group doing covers of many of your favorite "spy" tunes. The first track features a female soloist for some reason. Once that moment has passed, the remainder of the album is all instrumental. The tracks aren't stellar 70s spy/secret agent tunes, but as easy listening goes the arrangements are inventive enough to hold you interest. Dr. No is the stand out track. The engineering/sound by Tom Owen is very good.

Ti-Toto

Sur Mars

Ti-Toto (Titoto - Gilles Latulippe)
Franco Elite (Canada)
6908

Obscure album featuring a fun cover photo.

I was able to find the actor from the name printed on the label. Here is a link to Gilles Latulippe's wiki page.

Nuclear War 1984? - Robin Armstrong

The Signs Of The Zodiac Interpreted

Robin Armstrong - Professional Astrologer
Narration And Spoken Word Concept David Marsden
Synthesizer Realization - John Mills-Cockell
Kangi Records - Willowdale, Ontario
K-RAR-101
1976

This album features a lurid cover and promises to "shock"... but the pressing is screwed up. If it wasn't for what appears to be the correct label on the record I would have thought the wrong LP was in the jacket. What Kangi appears to have done is to press the "A" side twice...

Unfortunately, the A side is some boring description of the Zodiac Signs and NOT the rant about the Nuclear War expected in 1984.

Apparently Armstrong failed to predict that his own record was going to be totally f**ked up... and further more... failed to marshall the forces of The Zodiac to force Kangi to repress the run!

Lovely photo on the back cover is still worth the price of admission.

Love Token - The Mystic Mood Orchestra

Love Token

Love Token
The Mystic Mood Orchestra

Arranged and Conducted by Richard Clements
Produced and Directed by Brad Miller

Senior Recordist: Michael Shields

Program Mixer: Captain Nemo and His Super 8

Vocals and Vocal Effect by Brad Miller

A Mobile Fidelity Production

Warner Bros. Records - BS 2595
1972

Philips PHS-600-321

1970

Love Token

Holly On My Mind

Don't Remind Me (Now Of Time)

Hurt So Bad

And The Sun Will Shine

Romeo & Juliet

Both Sides Now

Traces

Sunshower

Jim Webb Collage (Where's The Playground Susie, When It Was Done, The Hive, First Hymn From The Grand Terrace)

Singing While Dancing The Cha Cha - Norman Leyden

What Is This Thing Called Love

Singing While Dancing The Cha Cha
Chorus and Orchestra under the direction of Norman Leyden
RCA Camden CAL-559
1960

There is an interesting story (maybe just to me)... behind this album. There is a charity store located next to a record store that I visit frequently. On several occasions I've found some good stuff in the charity shop even though picks have been few and far between. I assumed the reason was because the charity shop was located next to a record store so collectors were picking the place clean.

I found this record at the charity shop. It's not a super record, but still the album is fun space age and worth collecting. The point to the story is, that I took the record in with me while I went to the record store next door. I was surprised when the owner saw it, laughed and noted that he just "donated" the album to the charity shop.

So I was bought an album that had been donated to the charity shop because the record store owner thought that he couldn't sell the LP. To extend the story, whenever I take a stack of records to a record shop to trade or sell I almost always hear something like "All I buy is classic rock, because that is what sells." Another shop in town stop taking my gospel cast-offs because "We can't sell them."

Curiously, they can sell them... to me, but maybe not at the turn over rate they sell classic rock. Plus, they have trouble distinguishing from "good" or "interesting" gospel and "space age" and the more run-of-the-mill stuff.

One shop owner even told me that he had thrown out some "cruise ship" records because they were "so bad".  I specifically look for cruise ship records...

I guess what this all boils down to is that many recordings that I find "collectible" are still being thrown away... probably by folks off the street after being rejected by the shop owner, or at best... making their way back through the food chain via a charity shop. Strange thing... collecting and what type of music is valued.