Sensuous Black Woman

[sfbeary]

hey discopeople,

after that recent posting about the modern soul livin' for the weekend compilation on irma, sfbeary went shoppin' and happened upon a SEALED copy of a record he has searched for longer than nearly any other obscurity on his want list:
*The Sensuous Black Woman* by "Madam" from 1972 on the us Kent label. it's a quasi-spoof of sexual instruction records. madam gets VERY descriptive about how a woman can please her man. it's been sampled many, many times, and lypsinka (one of america's most bizarrely talented drag queens) has included a segment of it in her act. once you have heard her sassy delivery and exacting language, you will remember it for a lifetime.

is anyone else here familiar with this masterpiece?

if so, you will understand my joy (and lack of guilt for working my credit card more seriously than usual).

take care,
barry

[paul]

Never heard of it sfbeary. Millie Jackson is the only woman that I remember who really got into "keeping the home fires burning."

[SandraDee]

I think this track is sampled by The Herbaliser which is featured on Hed Kandi's 'Winter Chill' CD. The sensuous woman sounds great talking about imaginative things u can do with jello etc. & I love the line to embarrassed people 'dont turn up your nose, well not in the air anyway'!

[BrunoRepublic]

I've heard of it, but not heard it. Actually, I only know of this through 8-track heaven. Here's what they had to say:


Notes by Mark Dighton :
Lady Reed was a regular co-star in the Rudy Ray Moore blaxploitation films. She was often cast as the mother hen of his stable of kung-fu bitches, but she had a more serious dramatic role (and much less flattering appearance) in "Avenging Disco Godfather." She was also a star in her own right -- recording a number of comedy albums for Rudy Ray's label under her own name and a series of rude-talking "Sensuous Black Woman" records under the name of Madam X. The latter are what she is most notorious for. These are great vocal performances, where she basically fakes a sexual encounter with a "sweet black motherf*cker," gives advice on sexual technique (her "goody-goodies") with orgiastic fervor and abandon, and/or answers questions from the audience on the subject, occasionally to jazzy background music. Rudy Ray appears on several of these discs, as the Sensuous Black Man or asking questions from the audience.

These records were probably intended as a response to The Sensuous Woman LP, which features a breathy (and very, very Caucasian-sounding) woman extolling the virtues of pleasing your man, set to an easy-listening backdrop. While all the Sensuous (White) Woman can muster is a couple of naughty giggles and breathy come-ons, Lady Reed spends a good part of her records screaming things like "Sensuous Black Man, I want you to f*ck me baby, I mean, F*CK ME, F*CK ME, F*CK ME, F*CK ME" at the top of her lungs.

Part of Lady Reed's newfound cult popularity undoubtedly springs from the sampling of these Sensuous Black Woman records into recent dance records. The first was Jackmaster Dick's Revenge's "Sensuous Woman Goes Disco" on the Trax label out of Chicago. (Rudy Ray appears on the flip, "Sensuous Man Goes Disco," but this side never attracted much attention -- deservedly so, since his performance pales next to Lady Reed's.) This was essentially the entirety of one of the Sensuous Black Woman records set to an unbelievably lame house beat. From there, her Sensuous Black Woman performances were sampled into many house and techno songs, many of which can be found on the Bachelor Dance Party series of CDs issued by Sexploit Records. In most of these songs, though, all that survives is Lady Reed's signature exclamation: "OOOOOoo sh*t!"

If nothing else, we will always have Lady Reed to thank for her sage advice to be "a bitch in the kitchen, a lady in the living room, and a stomp-down natural-born WHORE in the bedroom." And remember, "If he feels like he's about to give his nuts, tell him 'Be cool, sweet daddy.' Wash him down with a warm towel. Don't use a cold towel or you're liable to blow your game." .

[paul]

Good work Graham.
I thought of Rudy Rae Moore when I first saw this topic but I knew that his usual sidekick for "party records" was LaWanda Page(sp), aunt Esther of Sanford & Son.
Rudy would often tell women how to make your stay away from chasing other women by "fucking him 'till he said please, please, please."

[NickNack]

Damn, I was still stationed in Okinawa in 1972. This sounds like fun. I'm gonna have to ask around as I don't recall ANY of my friends ever talking about this lady. And in my crowd, she would have been 'DA-BOMB!' :grin:

[DeepBeat]

Nothing to do with this Madam X but wasn't there a female duo (I think) called Madame X in the 80's also?
I remember they were produced by ex-Klymaxx member Bernadette Cooper and they had one album out. I only have a 12" called "Just That Type Of Girl" a weird little number as I recall, which I liked a lot at the time.

[markydefad]

On 2002-10-21 15:14, sfbeary wrote:
hey discopeople,

*The Sensuous Black Woman* by "Madam" from 1972 on the us Kent label. it's a quasi-spoof of sexual instruction records. madam gets VERY descriptive about how a woman can please her man. it's been sampled many, many times, and lypsinka (one of america's most bizarrely talented drag queens) has included a segment of it in her act. once you have heard her sassy delivery and exacting language, you will remember it for a lifetime.
take care,
barry

Hey Barry,

I'm still UP!!!! I made the mistake of taking a little nap that lasted from 7:30-11:00PM tonight!!! Now, I'm gonna feel like **** all day tomorrow!!! :roll:

I wanted to respond to your reference to the magnificent Lypsinka!!! I have always marvelled at the mysterious sound clips she uses to create her hysterical shows. I've never heard of Madam, but I'm fascinated!!!!

Any other clues as to what the hell Miss Lypsyka is lyp-synching??? It always sounds to me like 50's-60's musical comedy stars that I grew up watching on TV variety shows like Lisa Kirk or Dolores Gray, or others of that type. Lyp actually seems to have based her "look" on those 2 actresses that I just mentioned. OR maybe, THEY, coincidentally just looked like John Epperson (his real name) in drag!!! Which came first--the drag queen or the Diva???? The Diva or the Drag Queen???? Anyway, I'm fascinated by the topic.