Some evil genius by the name of Warm Prawns re-edited the “erotic” 1969 spoken-word album The Way To Become A Sensuous Woman. The album was based on the book The Sensuous Woman by author Terry Garrity AKA “J.” The book version apparently spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and a year on the list overall. There was also The Sensuous Man which probably sold even more copies (albeit to teenage boys). Along with Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex: But Were Afraid to Ask by Dr. David Reuben, M.D.

These books were pretty much the Fifty Shades of Grey of their time. Woody Allen optioned Reuben’s book (well, the title at least) while all The Sensuous Woman got was a somewhat sleazy audio adaptation.

 
Again, what you’re listening to is a funny re-edit of the album. If you’d like to compare it to the original recording, you can click here for side one and here for side two.

 
With thanks to Sam Cook