2:15
single, 1952
Written by Fred Weismantel
This is the epitome of swinging bawdy blues. You can guess, certainly, what the big ten inch record is referring to without even being told. Punctuated by a slinky horn, Bull Moose's juicy baritone belts out the crucial lines: "When we're in a lover's clinch / And when she gets all excited / She begs for my big ten-inch" — And here there's a brief but pregnant pause — "Record of the band that plays the blues." The comic precision leavens the innuendo, which ultimately elevates it and sets it apart from the ruck of other dirty blues of the '30s and '40s.
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