Retro-minded horndogs hoping for fuzztone-soaked acid psych tracks devoted to hippie orgies and free love will have their buzz harshed but good after they discover that the music on this cute-as-a-button comp is 100% mainstream pop, but the singles, soundtrack cuts and audio ephemera compiled here is so charmingly naïve and innocently sexy that, like a Playboy centerfold, it’s hard to not find something to like about it, even if it’s relatively tame. Comp producer Hal Lifson, who also wrote 1966! The Coolest Year in Pop Culture History, has done a commendable job of stitching together sounds that boil down sexual attitudes circa ’64-69 – there’s tongue-lolling, full-on ac-shun (berserk radio spots for Doris Wishman’s Another Day, Another Man and a Philly-area nightclub called The Sex Machine that sounds awesome), wistful, G-rated lust from afar (Sandie Shaw’s Brit-pop bummer “Girl Don’t Come”), saucy PG come-ons (“The Swinger,” a hip-shaking grr-oover from Ann-Margaret), and Playboy-hipster mindset (The Bob Crewe Generation’s instro take on “Music to Watch Girls By,” which features a ripping fuzztone break). Cuts from major sex icons like Jayne Mansfield, Nancy Sinatra, and Twiggy round out the set, and the whole disc pulls off a neat trick of winking knowingly at the camp value of this material without tearing it down with a superior-in-hindsight mindset. And besides, just how differently does our current pop culture handle the subject of sex? Sex and the ‘60s is a pert-and-perky collection of pop that will add a kitschy bounce to any sexy scene, from beachside weenie roast to velour-carpeted suburban swapfest.  __________________________________________________

-Paul Gaita