<I>Wild Wicked Humor</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1963
name: label: Owned by
content: Stu Gilliam, American, 1933 - 2013
notes: label: Description
content: Wild Wicked Humor long-playing record and album cover.
label: Description
content: 2014.178.24a: Wild Wicked Humor long-playing record. Side one of the record has a paper label with type that reads: [FAX ® / RECORD COMPANY / 1008 N. FAIRFAX AVE. / HOLLYWOOD 46, CALIFORNIA / SEND FOR OUR FREE CATALOGUE / FAX-LP / 3007-A HI-FIDELITY / 40-15,000 CPS NONBREAKABLE / MICROGROOVE SIDE 1]. Below the record information and centered on the label is the title information that reads: [THE WILD AND WICKED HUMOR OF STU GILLIAM]. Around the bottom edge of the label type reads: [LONG PLAYING / MFG. AND © BY FAX RECORD CO., 1008 N. FAIRFAX AVE., HOLLYWOOD 46, CALIF.]. Side two of the record has a paper label with type that reads: [FAX ® / RECORD COMPANY / 1008 N. FAIRFAX AVE. / HOLLYWOOD 46, CALIFORNIA / SEND FOR OUR FREE CATALOGUE / FAX-LP / 3007-B HI-FIDELITY / 40-15,000 CPS NONBREAKABLE / MICROGROOVE SIDE 2]. Below the record information and centered on the label is the title information that reads: [THE WILD AND WICKED HUMOR OF STU GILLIAM]. Around the bottom edge of the label type reads: [LONG PLAYING / MFG. AND © BY FAX RECORD CO., 1008 N. FAIRFAX AVE., HOLLYWOOD 46, CALIF.].
label: Description
content: 2014.178.24b: The record cover's front side has a pink background and features Stu Gilliam on the right side of the front. Gilliam stands on a wire chair and sits on a woman's leg. The woman, stands on Gilliam's proper left side and looks at Gilliam. She has her proper left hand on his chest and her proper right arm placed on his back. She wears a white peasant blouse, black hot pants, and fishnet tights. Gilliam wears a black suit, white shirt and black bow tie. To the left of the chair, on the ground, is Gilliam's ventriloquist doll, Oscar Land, in three-quarter profile. The doll also wears a black suit, white shirt, and black tie. To the left of Gilliam is type that gives the record information. The top left corner has the FAX logo that reads [FAXLP-3007 / FAX RECORDS / A 33 1/3 RPM LONG PLAY HIGH FIDELITY RECORD ALBUM]. Underneath the logo there is a quote in black type by Redd Foxx that reads: [REDD FOXX, "Stu is great, an amazing comic talent!]]. Below the quote, outlined white and black type reads: [WILD / WICKED / HUMOR / STU / GILLIAM /RECORDED AT THE / BASIN STREET WEST]. On the back cover in the upper left quadrant is a black and white photograph of Gilliam standing on a ladder putting letters on a marque. Also featured on the back is a short biography of Gilliam, a track list, and other records available through the label FAX records.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Comedy
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Record Albums
label: Exhibition
content: Taking the Stage
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vivian Gilliam in memory of Stu Gilliam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.178.24ab
objectType: label: Type
content: record covers
label: Type
content: long-playing records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: vinyl with paper, ink on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (TR2013-207.10a): 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (TR2013-207.10b): 12 1/2 × 12 5/16 × 1/8 in. (31.8 × 31.3 × 0.3 cm)