Sonny Lester - How To Strip For Your Husband Vol.1~2 (1962) [2010]

At first, we thought maybe this might be a little 'too' sexist, but then we remembered that just a few floors below us at our LA-based headquarters there is a wildly popular pole-dancing exercise class owned and operated by a woman, so we figured this is okay in today's post-feminist age! Ann Corio was, of course, the legendary burlesque queen who brought her art form into the modern age with her Broadway show 'This Is Burlesque'; her contribution to these albums (the first of which caressed the charts at #56 in 1963) was an instructional booklet on how to strip for your husband which we've reproduced here for tips or giggles or both depending on your mood. The music, meanwhile, was provided by noted jazz producer Sonny Lester and his band; it's some some serious bump ‘n' grind jazz, with a little exotic, Middle Eastern-flavored spice thrown in for those of a more, er, adventurous persuasion. Includes 'For Strippers Only; Seduction of the Virgin Princess; Shivas Regal; A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody; Lament; The Raid; Turkish; Blues to Strip By; Walkin' & Strippin'; Bumps & Grinds; Easter Parade; Lonely Little G-String; Big Millie from Philly; The Late Late Show; Perfume and Pink Chiffon; Swingin' Shepherd Blues; Lullaby of Birdland; More Bumps and Grinds; Strip Poker; Stripper's Holiday; A Woman; Dixie Belle; Play the Blues for Masie', and 'Mable Get Sable Cha Cha Cha'. The subtitle to these charming records is “Music to Make Marriage Merrier;” they'll definitely make any get-together a merry occasion indeed. A 'Collectors' Choice Music' exclusive...


Tracks:

How to Strip for Your Husband (1962)
01 — For Strippers Only
02 — Seduction of the Virgin Princess
03 — Shivas Regal
04 — A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody
05 — Lament
06 — The Raid
07 — Turkish
08 — Blues to Strip by
09 — Walkin & Strippin
10 — Bumps & Grinds
11 — Easter Parade
12 — Lonely Little G-String

More How to Strip for Your Husband, Vol. 2 (1963)
13 — Big Millie from Philly
14 — The Late, Late Show
15 — Perfume and Pink Chiffon
16 — Swinging Shepherd Blues
17 — Lullaby of Birdland
18 — More Bumps and Grinds
19 — Strip Poker
20 — Strippers Holiday
21 — A Woman
22 — Dixie Belle
23 — Play the Blues for Masie
24 — How Mable Get Sable Cha Cha Cha