AFRS

dont1961

(5 stars; 6 reviews)

All Transcriptions are from the USS Bostwick DE-103 WWII, all discs are still in the original shipping container. Some of these shows are unavailable anywhere.I'll post more here as get them encoded.I hope everyone can enjoy these historic shows.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Chapters

0845 GI-Jive Glenn-Miller-Here-We-Go-Again	15:16
0846_GI-Jive Benny-Goodman-King-Porter-Stomp	15:13
0847-GI-Jive-Benny-Goodman-Bugle-Call-Rag~GI-Jive	15:07
0848-GI-Jive-Tommy-Dorsey-Song-Of-India	15:10
AFRS-101-Bob Hope Replaced-By-Fanny-Brice 02-18-45	30:33
AFRS-104-Hour Of Charm-replaced-by-Kenny Baker-09-23-45	30:43
AFRS-117-Hit_Parade-01-20-45~Hit_Parade	30:27
AFRS-127-Kollege of Musical Knowledge-Hoff General Hospital-03-28-45	30:30
AFRS-163-SHOWTIME-Shirley Ross-xx-xx-45	30:35
AFRS-43-Mildred Bailey-Guest-Tommy Dorsey-01-05-45	30:13
AFRS-473-ONE_NIGHT_STAND-01-03-45~Ted_Lewis	30:15
AFRS-565-Personal Album-Ginny Simms-xx-xx-45	15:15
AFRS-566-Personal Album-Ginny Simms-xx-xx-45	15:30
AFRS-88-Duffys Tavern-Finnegan the Millionaire-04-06-45	29:31
AFRS-91-Bob Hope Guest Marilyn Maxwell Naval Base Quonset Point 1-23-45	30:16
AFRS-093-Comedy_Caravan-Guest-Georgia Gibbs-04-06-45~Comedy_Caravan	30:24
AFRS-098-Comedy_Caravan-Guest-Jeri Sullavan-05-11-45	30:23
AFRS-162_Command_Performance~Dick_Tracy_in_B-Flat 02-15-45	56:56
AFRS-170-Command_Performance-Kaye Kyser_Gary_Cooper-04-12-45	30:24
AFRS-ONE_NIGHT_STAND-484-Duke Ellington-Second Annual Esquire All-American Jazz…	30:41
AFRS-555-ONE_NIGHT_STAND-Henry Busse-10-04-44	30:24
Jill's All Time Jukebox 30	30:24
Jill's All Time Jukebox 31 - 08-21-45	30:23
Jill's All Time Jukebox 36	30:29
Mail_Call_45-01-10_(126)_Ann_Rutherford_Johnny_Mercer_Garry_Moore	30:25

Reviews

Some Hints on this Set

(5 stars)

Alonzo Church

The various AFRS collections are a grab bag from the past, and so much of this is YMMV material. If you like big band music, some thoughts: The shows GI Jive and Jill's All Time Jukbox feature GI Jill, the AFRS answer to Tokyo Rose. They must not have given her too high a record budget because, even on thse old recordings, you can tell her records are scratchy. The music is not bad, but you probab;y have heard it all before. The 1945 One Night Stand featuring Duke Ellington features Duke in concert hall mode. There's a lot of live Elington from 1945, courtesy of the US Treasury Victory Bonds, and this does not add too uch to the store of knowledge. Worth a listen, though. The One Night Stand featuring Ted Lewis shows that, while Ted was still back in the 10s and 20s with his style, his band was sampling Andy Kirk and Count Basie to good effect. Rather a fun remote. Henry Busse, another star who peaked in the 20s, has a band that is very much 1945, but the shuffle rhythm he inflicts on the orchestra keeps it from cutting loose. Still, interesting to hear bands thought of us sweet bands swinging hard.

Major Find

(5 stars)

itsthatbriguy

Amazing that, seventy years out, we're still finding hitherto unknown transcriptions. Thanks for sharing these important programs, and I hope you'll put links to the other five pages of uploads here for the sake of convenience.

Tremendous collection

(5 stars)

dirkbill

So glad you not only have these but are posting them here. These are one-of-a-kind recordings and I thank you for the work that you have put into preserving and presenting them.

One Thousand Thanks!

(5 stars)

NoSpillBlood

It's great of you to share this rarity with us. Thank you so much.

Thanks for posting these

(5 stars)

Greybelt

These are great -- thanks so very much for sharing them.

Thank you so much

(5 stars)

twinjalanugraha

Thank you so much