Tiger Lily Records was a record label that was run by Roulette Records founder Morris Levy. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Roulette Records is a Record label which was founded in late 1956 by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy and Phil Khals, with Morris Levy ( August 27, 1927 &ndash May 21, 1990) was an American music industry executive who is best known as the owner of the record Purportedly it was a tax scam created by Levey and was never intended to make a profit. Tiger Lily's modus operandi was to acquire demo tapes from artists and then release them without the artists consent and sometimes without even the artist's knowledge. The most prominent artist to have a record released by Tiger Lily was Richard Pryor whose album L.A. Jail was released by Tiger Lily in 1976. Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III ( December 1, 1940 &ndash December 10, 2005) was an American Comedian, Actor LA Jail is a 1976 Album release by Richard Pryor. According to the notes on the album it was recorded live at P Events January-February January 5 - Bob Dylan releases Desire January 6 - Peter Frampton