AFRS V-Discs
AFRS
AFRS · 1943–1945
Broadcasts
2821
Cadence
Weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1943
The run
- Network
- AFRS
- Years active
- 1943–1945
- Surviving broadcasts
- 2821
- Genre
- music
The V-Disc programme was run by the U.S. Army's Music Branch from October 1943, pressing 12-inch discs of new recordings for distribution to service personnel overseas. Because the American Federation of Musicians recording ban was waived only for these military pressings, V-Discs preserve performances by Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Toscanini and the New York Philharmonic that exist in no commercial release. These transfers stream from the Internet Archive's Armed Forces Radio Service collection.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
0 dated broadcasts across 3 years on the air, with 3 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
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Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from NaN, in original transmission order.
- 1. Bea Wain with Orchestra - Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer · Date unknown
- 2. Kate Smith - Wait For Me Mary · Date unknown
- 3. Richard Dyer-Bennett - Venezuela · Date unknown
- 01
Bea Wain with Orchestra - Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer
Date unknown · 1 min
- 02
Kate Smith - Wait For Me Mary
Date unknown · 2 min
- 03
Richard Dyer-Bennett - Venezuela
Date unknown · 2 min
- 04
Manhattan Beach Coast Guard Band - Marine's Hymn
Date unknown · 1 min
- 05
Dr. Clayton - On The Killin' Floor
Date unknown · 2 min
- 06
Marian Anderson with Franz Rupp - Ave Maria
Date unknown · 5 min
- 07
Bob Crosby and his Orchestra, featuring Bob Zurke - Honky Tonk Train Blues
Date unknown · 2 min
- 08
Artie Shaw and his Orchestra - Dancing In The Dark
Date unknown · 3 min
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