This is my new favorite album! And I found it in my favorite place - the bargain bin at HPB! I LOVE IT! Once again, it was the album cover that caught my eye. Isn't it great?! Don't you just love the vinyl dress the girl is wearing? Sigh. I wish I had been old enough in 1967 so that I could have worn a dress like that. I would've been stylin'!
Well, this album is lots of fun. It's all instrumental, but not Percy Faith type of instrumental (I love Percy Faith, too). This is swingin' and the kind of music you might hear in one of those 1960s movies with groovy chicks and happenin' guys. You know... the kind where there's a coffee house or club and the band never sings - only plays hip instrumental dance music. A couple of the songs on this album sound like what would be played for a striptease. What can I say - I love it!
Track listing for The Girlwatchers - Music To Watch Girls By:
Side 1:
1. Music To Watch Girls By
2. Pretty Petti-Pants
3. Tight Tights
4. Funny Fun Coat
5. Transparent Dresses
Side 2:
1. Fish-Net Stockings
2. Tiny Mini-Skirt
3. Nude Lipstick
4. Paper Clothing
5. Green Eye Liner
Hi Esther,
ReplyDeleteLooks interesting so I'm downloading now.
Thanks record Guru.
Love the record and thanks for the post.
ReplyDeleteThat is fantastic! Kind of a minimalistic Mancini vibe.
ReplyDeleteShe looks like 16 and the watchers are in their 30's. Creepy (but swingin'!)
ReplyDeleteThanks, darling! =)
ReplyDeleteHi Esther,----Love this one love it!!!love it Many Thanks.---Micky
ReplyDeletelove it!!! love it many thanks Esther.......Micky
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THIS ALBUM!! Because I love 50's-60's Rock n Roll and that's what this is, mostly. They do throw in a Herbie Mann-style jazz flute number, which is great. But, mostly this is good ol' 50's Rock n Roll.
ReplyDeleteJust some brief descriptions of each song.
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MUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS BY
Performed in a Herb Alpert-styled brass manner, but without the heavy Alpert accents in rhythm.
PRETTY PETTI-PANTS
60's Twist style rock n roll, with organ and twangy guitar like Duane Eddy.
TIGHT TIGHTS
50's rock n roll with wailing sax
FUNNY FUN COAT
50's rock n roll with wailing sax
TRANSPARENT DRESSES
Wailing sax, Louis Prima style big band rock n roll
FISH-NET STOCKINGS
Herbie Mann-style flute jazz
TINY MINI-SKIRT
Duane Eddy-styled twangy guitar
NUDE LIPSTICK
David Rose "Stripper"-styled music
PAPER CLOTHING
Wailing sax, 50's rock n roll
GREEN EYE LINER
Wanderley-styled organ with twangy guitar