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The "V" stands for "Victory" although Vincent said the "V" stood for "Vincent". [2] The V-Disc program ended in 1949. [1] Audio masters and stampers were destroyed. Leftover V-Discs at bases and on ships were discarded. On some occasions, the FBI and the Provost Marshal's Office confiscated and destroyed V-Discs that servicemen had smuggled ...
The strike did not affect musicians performing on live radio shows, in concerts, or, after October 27, 1943, on special recordings made by the record companies for V-Discs for distribution to the armed forces fighting World War II, because V-Discs were not available for sale to the general public. However, the union did frequently threaten to ...
The two-CD set contains recordings from V-Discs that were sent to troops during World War II. The V-Discs were the only recordings that the musician's union allowed Sinatra to record during the session musicians strike between 1942 and 1944 and he took full advantage, knowing that although the records would not be sold, it would keep him in the ...
1944 release by Glenn Miller and the AAFTC Orchestra as V-Disc No. 201A, October, 1944. "Moon Dreams" is a 1942 jazz and pop song composed by Chummy MacGregor and Johnny Mercer. The song was first recorded by Martha Tilton on Capitol Records. Glenn Miller recorded the song for V-Disc release in 1944 with the Army Air Force Band. [1]
The final two tracks of the set, numbers 22 and 23 of disc ten, are from the Esquire Award Winners Concert at the Metropolitan Opera, broadcast and recorded on V-Discs for distribution to servicemen overseas during World War II. Holiday had won top female jazz vocalist for 1943, and became the first African American woman to sing at the Met.
The existence of this recording was not known until a vinyl disc was offered for sale on an internet auction site in 2018. In superb recorded sound, this discovery is a real treasure and completes the recordings available of the three works in which Ferrier sang at the 1950 Vienna Bach Festival.
"Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)" is a 1943 song written by Ruth Lowe, Paul Mann, and Stephan Weiss. Frank Sinatra first recorded the song for commercial release by Columbia Records on May 1, 1945, having previously recorded it for a V-Disc and his radio show on May 24, 1944.
Louis Prima and His Orchestra recorded the song in June 1944 for Majestic Records (catalog No. 7128). [6] Perry Como sang the sang on his Chesterfield Supper Club broadcast in January 1945 and the recording was placed on a V-Disc for the Armed Forces (V-Disc Record Number A-410-B ( Navy N-190-B.). [7]