Y V DISC 78 RECORDS WWII 1945 BOX RARE ANDREWS BOOGIE

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FROM 1945:

  Y V - DISKS

 ALL SERVICES DISCS

WW II ARMY ISSUE

 14 DISCS + ORIGINAL BOX

NO DISC (# 520)

NO MUSIC BOOK

NO LYRIC FOLDERS

NO NEEDLES

* E+ (1EDGE CHIP) – Excellent Condition

* ORIGINAL BOX – With Mailing Label  

* CONTENTS LABEL – Side Of Box

FEATURING:

• DUKE ELLINGTON and his ORCHESTRA
• PAUL WHITEMAN and his ORCHESTRA
• OSCAR LEVANT
• HARRY JAMES and his ORCHESTRA
• CHARLIE SPIVAK and his ORCHESTRA
• BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET
• WOODY HERMAN and his ORCHESTRA
• FRANK SINATRA with XAVIER CUGAT and his ORCHESTRA
• MORTON GOULD and his ORCHESTRA
• CAPTAIN GLENN MILLER and the 418th AAF BAND
• 1 / c MUS. SAM DONAHUE and the NAVY DANCE BAND
• GEORGE PAXTON and his ORCHESTRA
• RANDY BROOKS and his ORCHESTRA
• MILDRED BAILEY
• MARTHA TILTON and her V - DISC PLAY - FELLOWS
• LOUIS PRIMA and his ORCHESTRA
• BING CROSBY
• MILLS BROTHERS 
• ANDREW SISTERS
• MITCHELL AYRES and his ORCHESTRA
• T SGT. JACK LEONARD and his V - DISC FRIENDS
• PEARL BAILEY
• RED McKENSIE and the V - DISC ALL STARS
• MACHITO and his AFRO - CUBANS
• COLEMAN HAWKINS' SWING FOUR
• JOHNNY BOTHWELL and his ORCHESTRA
• DANNY KAYE 
• THE PAGE CAVANAUGH TRIO 

V - DISC:

V-Disc ("V" for Victory) was a morale-boosting initiative involving the production of several series of recordings during theWorld War II era by special arrangement between the United States government and various private U.S. record companies. The records were produced for the use of United States military personnel overseas. Many popular singers, big bands andorchestras of the era recorded special V-Disc records. These 12-inch, vinyl 78 rpm gramophone recordings were created for the army between October 1943 and May 1949. Navy discs were released between July 1944 and September 1945. Twelve inch discs were used because, when 136 grooves per inch were used, they could hold up to six and a half minutes of music.

Army V-discs were issued in series A-Z, AA-ZZ and AAA-FFF. Navy V-discs were issued in series A-N.

The V-Disc project actually began in June 1941, six months before the United States' involvement in World War II, when Captain Howard Bronson was assigned to the Army's Recreation and Welfare Section as a musical advisor. Bronson suggested the troops might appreciate a series of records featuring military band music, inspirational records that could motivate soldiers and improve morale. By 1942, the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) sent 16-inch, 33 rpm vinyl transcription discs to the troops from eight sources: special recording sessions, concerts, recitals, radio broadcasts, film sound tracks and commercial records.

Meanwhile, the American Federation of Musicians, under the leadership of James Caesar Petrillo, were involved in a major recording strike against the four major record companies. This continued until the intervention of recording pioneer George Robert Vincent, who was at that point a lieutenant. On October 27, 1943, Vincent convinced Petrillo to allow his union musicians to record sides for the military, as long as the records were not offered for purchase in the United States. From that moment on, artists who wanted to record now had an outlet for their productivity — as well as a guaranteed, receptive, enthusiastic worldwide audience of soldiers, sailors and airmen.

The V-Discs were an instant hit overseas. Soldiers who were tired of hearing the same old recordings were treated to new and special releases from the top bands of the day. And such a varied selection - big band hits, some swing music, classical performances from the top symphonies, a little jazz here and there, even some marching music to keep Major Bronson happy. Radio networks sent airchecks and live feeds to V-Disc headquarters in New York. Some movie studios sent rehearsal feeds from the latest Hollywood motion pictures to V-Disc. Artists gathered at several V-Disc recording sessions in theaters around New York and Los Angeles, including CBS Playhouse No. 3 (currently the Ed Sullivan Theater),NBC Studio 8H (the current home of Saturday Night Live), and CBS Playhouse No. 4 (reborn in the 1970s as Studio 54). V-Discs were pressed by major civilian record companies like RCA Victor and Columbia Records.

Many V-Discs contained spoken-word introductions by bandleaders and artists, wishing good luck and prayers for the soldiers overseas, and their hopes for a swift and safe return. Glenn Miller, for instance, introduced V-Disc 65A, issued in December, 1943, with the following message: "This is Captain Glenn Miller speaking for the Army Air Force's Training Command Orchestra and we hope that you soldiers of the Allied forces enjoy these V-Discs that we're making just for you." V-Discs also featured one-of-a-kind performances, as artists who were not shackled by restrictive record company contracts could now perform special versions of the 1940s' most popular hits.

The "V" stands for "Victory" although Lieutenant Vincent was quoted later to say that the "V" stood for "Vincent".

After the V-Disc program ended in 1949, the Armed Services set out to honor the original AFM request that the records not be used for commercial purposes. Original 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 home. An employee at a Los Angeles record company even did some jail time — his crime was the illegal possession of over 2500 V-Discs.

Nevertheless, the Library of Congress has a complete set of V-Discs, and the National Archives did save some of the metal stampers. Today, several compilations of V-Disc records are now commercially available on compact disc collections. V-Discs are readily available although discs from later series are scarcer than those from earlier series.

During the United States occupation of Japan, the V-Disc collection in the Service Club at the NYK (Nihon Yusen-Kaisha) office building-barracks had several discs by various artists that carried the subtitle "Fluffs at a Record Session." All of these contained tunes in full by the regular, famous American V-Disc artists. The fluffs records were unusual in that each contained some egregious error — usually in the lyrics — by the performer. Most of those were humorous and seemed to be intentional as is not unusual in recording sessions. The soldiers used to seek out the fluffs and play those first.

TRACK LISTING: 

• 516 A (VP 1478) Instrumental

         Perfume Suite (Part One) 

a: Under The Balcony

b: Strange Feeling

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

516 B (VP 1479) Instrumental

         Perfume Suite (Part Two) 

a: Dancers In Love

b: Coloratura

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

• 517 A (VP 1480) Instrumental

          Gershwin Piano Concerto (First and Third                       Movements) 

Featuring: Oscar Levant, piano

Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

517 B (VP 1483) Piano Solo

         Gershwin Piano Prelude #2 

         Gershwin Piano Prelude #3

Oscar Levant

• 518 A (VP 1477) Pretty and Swing

         September In The Rain

         920 Special

Harry James and his Orchestra

518 B (VP 1307) Swing

         You Go To My Head

Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra

• 519 A (VP 1435) Swing

         Oomph Fah Fah

         After You've Gone

Benny Goodman Sextet

519 B (VP 1466) Pretty and Swing

         I've Got The World On A String

         Yeah-Man

Woody Herman and his Orchestra

• 521 A (VP 1482) Instrumental

         Jungle Drums

         Casey Jones

Morton Gould and his Orchestra

521 B (VP 1491) Vocal

         Stars Under Your Eyes

         My Shawl

Frank Sinatra with Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra

• 522 A (VP 1444) March

         St. Louis Blues

Capt. Glenn Miller and the 418th AAF Band

522 B (VP 1478) Swing 

          Dinah

1 / c Mus. Sam Donahue and the Navy Dance Band

• 523 A (VP 1486) Pretty

         You're So Worth The Waiting For

         While You're Away

George Paxton and his Orchestra

523 B (VP 1433) Swing 

          To Beat Or Not To Beat

Randy Brooks and his Orchestra

• 524 A (VP 1441) Blues

         Downhearted Blues

Mildred Bailey

524 B (VP 1441) Vocal

         Beyond the Blue Horizon

Martha Tilton and her V Disc Play - Fellows

• 525 A (VP 1481) Novelty and Pretty

         Please Don't Squeeza Da Banana

         I'll Walk Alone

Louis Prima and his Orchestra

525 B (VP 1070) Movie Medley

          Medley From "Waikiki Wedding"

BIng Crosby

• 526 A (VP 1442) Vocal

         I Wish

         Put Another Chair At the Table

Mills Brothers

526 B (VP 1478) Vocal

         Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Andrew Sisters

• 527 A (VP 1485) Vocal

         Sleepy Time Gal

T. Sgt. Jack Leonard and his V - Disc Friends

527 B (VP 1436) Vocal

         Tired

         Fifteen Years

Pearl Bailey

• 528 A (VP 1060) Vocal

         Can't We Talk It Over

Red McKensie and the V - Disc All Stars

528 B (VP 1410) Latin

         Almendra

         Tra La La

Machito and his Afro - Cubans

• 529 A (VP 1487) Swing

          The Man I Love

Coleman Hawkins' Swing Four

529 B (VP 1438) Pretty

         The Trouble With Me Is You

         I'll Remember April

Johnny Bothwell and his Orchestra

• 530 A (VP 1484) Sweet

          Swing and Sway with Danny Kaye

530 B (VP 1420) Novelty

         When the Gooses Come Back To Massachusetts

         Shivers

The Page Cavanaugh Trio

COND. VINYL:      E+ Quiet with little play. Sleeve scuffs. 

                                     1/4" edge chip on dead wax disc # 516.

COND. SLEEVES:  All Original Brown Generic Paper Sleeved.    

COND. BOX:    Opened, has all shipping material. 

                                 Mailing label has a portion missing.                               

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