Eleven Archived master Armed Forces Radio recording of various popular singers c. 1940-1950's. 16" Electronic Transcription disk. 33 1/2 R.P.M.

Artists included in these disks are:
Disc 1: A Side Loius Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerland. B Side Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday
Disc 2: A Side Tommy Dorsey
Disc 3: Peggy Lee
Disc 4: Billie Holiday
Disc 5: Duke Ellington
Disc 6: Swing Classics
Disc 7: Vic Damone
Disc 8: Jimmy Dorsey
Disc 9: Louis Armstrong
Disc 10: Benny Goodman
Disc 11: Peggy Lee

Original master recording disks of a performance circulated and heard only on the Private Armed Forces Radio Service. The AFRS was known as "The Voice of Information and Education." The AFRS series of recordings include the full spectrum of American Popular Entertainment of the mid 20th Century. All forms of music are represented.

These electrical transcriptions dics, were recordings made exclusively for radio broadcasting. They were widely used during the Golden age of Radio herein, they provided material - from station-identification jingles and commercials to full-length programs - for use by local stations, affiliates of one of the radio networks. Most wartime AFRS programs were produced in Hollywood, hence the "H" designation that AFRS gave to most of its programs.

Thousands of Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) transcriptions were recorded from 1942 and thereafter. Many of these recordings were preserved in the form of the original discs.These performances were all Recorded Live at the Radio Recorders location in Hollywood during the 40s, and they were stored on-site in RR's Library-Archive.They may be unpublished beyond the original Airdate when the recording was captured. Sometime in the mid-80s, RR needed the space, so the clients were notified.These are the original historic master discs that were never picked up by the Air Force.

Good condition