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“MUSIC FOR PLAYBOYS” A nice copulation of jazz tunes like “Sport Car Races”, “Take the A Train”, “Dancing on the Ceiling”, “Latin Heat”, “Day Break” and other suggestive titles for … playboys! This is from Brazil on the Chaindis Records label. A little something here for foot fetishists too. So make a martini, fire up the hi-fi and invite a friend over.
“Music to Make Love By … Or Music to Pleasantly Exhaust Each Other With” Syd Dale Orchestra Surprise Records (UK)
Music To Read JAMES BOND By United Artists (UK) A compilation of hip, spy movie music by the likes of John Barry, Neil (sic) Hefti, Billy May, Al Caiola, Perez Prado, Riz Ortalani. Cool instrumentals for those wanting to get into James Bond’s shoes for the night. Songs to set the mood include: “The Coolest Pad”; “Love Goddess”; “Pin Up Girls”; “Johnny Cool”; “Goldfinger”; “Scene of the Crime”; etc., etc. Bachelor Pad meets How to Pick Up Girls with a literary premise. There are many, many of these spy-themed and James Bond inspired LPs from the sixties and seventies. There are even two volumes from United Artists with the same title released in the US that have a different track listing. This is a recent discovery and one of our favs!
Tempo Records sooths (sic) you with “Music For The Tired Businessman” “How GOOD can modern Music Be?” Really smooth vocals by Francis Farwell with the Edward Kay Ensemble (1952)
Arnold Palmer presents “Music for Swinging Golfers” Mark 56 Records (1960) Songs include: “Birdies Back in Town”, “Here comes the Bogie Man”, “Eagle Rock” and my favorite “Tee Fore Twosome” Another great illustrated cover from VIP
Songs for Swinging Mothers One of the High In-Fidelity Records (1962) A series of comical cover-only “greeting cards” Just a cardboard disc inside with liner notes to help you make your own mixtape: “Suggested titles, suitable for enclosure in this Album Cover, are as follows: “The Things We Did Last Summer”, “What Can I Say After I Say ‘I’m Sorry”, ” Get Me to the Church on Time”, “This Could be the Start of Something Big”, “Careless Love”, “Don’t Blame Me”, “Thou Swell” … get it?!
I picked this up at the WFMU Record Fair last weekend – for only $4,000! “Jazz Music for People Who Don’t Care About Money” A wealth of great jazz by Bethlehem Records artists (who probably made pennies for all of their genius), Charlie Mingus, Howard McGhee, Conte Condoli, Sal Salvador, etc.
