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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 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 ...
The 1942–1944 musicians' strike remains the longest strike in entertainment history. 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 ...
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 Real Complete Columbia Years V-Discs is a 2003 compilation album by the American singer Frank Sinatra. The 3-CD compilation includes four transcription discs pressed for Armed Forces Radio Service but not released on The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The V-Discs. The first album is also included in this collection.
"Full Moon and Empty Arms" (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ted Mossman, Buddy Kaye) - 3:13 " Oh! What It Seemed to Be " ( George David Weiss , Bernie Benjamin, Frank Carle) - 2:59
The only exception to the musicians' strike or ban was for V-Discs after October 27, 1943, which were distributed to the American Armed Forces and not sold commercially. Two versions of "Goodbye, Sue" were produced: one using a vocal chorus for backup commercially issued by RCA Victor and another made in 1944, with full orchestral accompaniment ...
The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943–1952 is a four-disc box set by the American singer Frank Sinatra, released on Legacy Records in 1995, catalogue C4K-64681. Initial release was in a book-style edition; a later edition was reissued in 1998 with a standard jewel case package and given a different catalogue number, C4K-65620.