The best of them are arguably by black comedians like Redd Foxx, Pigmeat Markham and later Rudy Ray Moore. I suggest the Dootone label from California as a good starting place for this kind of stuff. aa On Monday, February 2, 2004, at 09:17 PM, Jacob Smith wrote: > Hi - my name is Jacob Smith, I'm new to the list. I'm getting my PhD in > media studies at Indiana University and I've been doing some writing > and > research on "blue discs" or "party records": under the counter "erotic" > phonograph records made between the 1930s and 50s. Information on these > records is very hard to find. I'm wondering if anyone on the list might > have any information or ideas about these? I'm looking for info about > who > was making them, who was selling them, who was buying them and the > context > in which they were heard, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated! > Thanks for your time. > > Jacob Smith >