Take It Off - Striptease Classic

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David Rose's "The Stripper," with its now instantly recognizable bump-and-grind blare, was a fluke number one hit in 1962. It leads off this collection of early-'60s instrumental music specifically made (and, more to the point, marketed) with burlesque titillation in mind. Roulette Records was spurred to devise two entire instrumental LPs of "The Stripper"-styled music, titled Ann Curio Presents: How to Strip for Your Husband/Music to Make Your Marriage Merrier and Ann Curio Presents: More How to Strip for Your Husband, Vol. 2/Music to Make Marriage Merrier.

These were performed by the obscure Sonny Lester & His Orchestra; indeed, as material from those two LPs comprises 19 of this CD's 22 tracks, you might as well consider this a Sonny Lester compilation, rather than a general striptease one. It's as silly and harmlessly fun as you'd expect, with winking, showbizzy horn lines and sultry rhythms that look to "The Stripper" for inspiration, but aren't quite as memorable as that hit single. "The Stripper" is available on numerous compilations, and that sole track should satisfy most consumers. The disc does tack on a couple of singles in the strip mold: the Genteels' "Take It Off" (1962) has twangy guitar lines out of Duane Eddy, and Bobby Summers' "Pad" (1962) has more stuttering, modern rhythms than the ones deployed by Lester and Rose. ~ Richie Unterberger

 

Tracklist:

01. Stripper, The See All 10 (with David Rose & His Orchestra)

02. For Strippers Only See All 2 (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

03. Shivas Regal (Theme for Gypsy) (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

04. Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, A See All 2 (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

05. Lament See All 2 (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

06. Blues to Strip By See All 2 (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

07. Walkin' & Strippin' (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

08. Bumps & Grinds See All 2 (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

09. Lonely Little G-String See All 2 (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

10. Big Millie from Philly (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

11. Late Late Show, The (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

12. Perfume and Pink Chiffon (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

13. Swingin' Shepherd Blues (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

14. Lullaby of Birdland Sonny Lester & His Orchestra LULLABY OF BIRDLAND (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

15. More Bumps and Grinds (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

16. Strip Poker (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

17. Stripper's Holiday (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

18. Woman, A (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

19. Play the Blues for Masie (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

20. How Mable Get Sable Cha Cha Cha (with Sonny Lester & His Orchestra)

21. Take It Off (with Genteels)

22. Pad See All 2 (with Bobby G. Summers)

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