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comedy records

English translation: records (or CDs etc) with a humorous content

16:04 Aug 15, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
English term or phrase: comedy records
"... not just because it released many comedy records"
É a história de uma gravadora de discos.
Zongora
Selected answer:records (or CDs etc) with a humorous content
Explanation:
A comedy record might be recorded by a comedian or comedy group like the Wurzels (google them) or a comedian, or it might be a funny record recorded by a normally straight group, band, singer or performer.
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Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
United Kingdom
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5 +4records (or CDs etc) with a humorous content
Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
4 +4records/albums/cds recorded by comedians
Yvonne Gallagher


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
records (or CDs etc) with a humorous content


Explanation:
A comedy record might be recorded by a comedian or comedy group like the Wurzels (google them) or a comedian, or it might be a funny record recorded by a normally straight group, band, singer or performer.

Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
I thank you all very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheila Wilson: There have also been some compilations of "so dreadful they're funny" tracks. Dificult to know exactly what's meant by "comedy" without more context.
27 mins
  -> Yes, indeed - it could be unintentional comedy as well as intentional comedy by comedians and intentional comedy by non-comedians!
agree  Armorel Young
2 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Tony M
13 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Phong Le
1 day 10 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
records/albums/cds recorded by comedians


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_album


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Note added at 50 mins (2012-08-15 16:55:37 GMT)
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I don't include musical comedy in this since I believe that's different, though related. It would be good to have more context though to be sure

http://comedians.about.com/od/top10lists/tp/The-Best-Comedy-...

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Note added at 18 hrs (2012-08-16 10:12:05 GMT)
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The Wurzels described here as a SCRUMPY & WESTERN BAND or FOLK genre and later it says "with a comic slant".

Claude-Andrew's example of Fred Wedlock is in the same genre of Folk/Scrumpy & Western.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wurzels

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 22:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sheila Wilson: That's excluding a lot of musical and spoken-word recordings. The Wurzels for example were (are?) perfectly competent musicians. // I think they would
20 mins
  -> I wouldn't call albums by The Wurzels or other musicians comedy albums/think they're more "folk" genre
agree  Nikita Kobrin
1 hr
  -> many thanks Nikita:-)
agree  claude-andrew: Favourite example: Frd Wedlock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxZnWSNswgA)
3 hrs
  -> many thanks:-))
neutral  Tony M: I tend to agree with Sheila: there are plenty of examples of 'comedy' records made by people other than just comedians.
13 hrs
  -> I honestly don't agree with you. Think you're getting your genres mixed. I haven't found any examples of the referenced group specifically making "Comedy records/albums". Lots of examples in folk/scrumpy & western however
agree  William Murphy: 'comedy' is specific enough to exclude merely whimsical or silly recordings. It is (or at least was) a genre of recording and I used to have many such records by comedians (Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, et al.).
14 hrs
  -> Thank you, that's exactly the way I see it!
agree  Kate Collyer: Much as I want to include comic songs in this description, it appears that you are right: http://comedyrecords.co.uk/
22 hrs
  -> thanks Kate and for the link! :-))
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