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Grand Ol' Opry

Armed Forces Radio Transcriptions



A friend who's Father works for WSM suprised me with a rare batch of Transcripts
of radio shows recorded and pressed to Disc and sent abroad to
Armed Forces radio for rebroadcast to the soldiers at war.

These were drawn from the original aluminum stampers and shellac discs
The quality is not by any means stellar. The raveges of time are obvious in certain
places. What you do get are rare performances of the hits of the day by artists of the day.


There are 2 - 3 shows per cdr. All are from center stage of the Rhyman Auditorium, The Grand Ol' Opry.... live from Music City, Nashville Tennessee.


I have been researching these all day and find no indication that they ever were released comercially at any time. The performances by Hank Snow are NOT the Thesaurus Transcripts that have been released by Bear Family records.

My guess would be (Along with research done on Volume 1 by 71whit ) that these recordings by virtue of song release date are all circa the Viet Nam era. That's about as close as it can be guessed, other than it was a Saturday night....


Here we go, step back in time to being a lonely soldier on foreign soil serving his country, and tuning in the radio to hear a little bit of home.



DISC 10
Show 241 A&B

Roy Drusky - Peel Me A Nanner
Willis Brothers - Bible On The Table
Lonzo And Oscar - Take Them Cold Feet Off My Back
Connie Smith - If I Talk To Him
Roy Drusky - Strangers
Mother Maybelle Carter - Lover's Farewell
Willis Brothers - Give Me Forty Acres
Lonzo & Oscar - The Bicycle Song
Roy Drusky - Anymore
Roy Drusky - White Lightning Express
Jim & Jesse - Better Time's A Comin'
June Carter - Comedy And Dogs
Curly Fox - (Unknown)
Roy Drusly - (Unknown)
Red Shelton - Lonesome Road Blues
Jim & Jesse - It's A Long Way To The Top

DISC 11
Show 16 A&B
Don Gibson- Oh Lonesome Me
Willis Brothers - Truck Drivers Queen
Bill Monroe - Can't You Hear Me Callin'?
Curly Fox - Johnson's Old Gray Mule (Simon Slick)
Don Gibson - Lonely Street
Cousin Jody - Dear Joan
Curly Fox - Fifty Years Ago
Don Gibson - A Stranger To Me
Willis Brothers - If I Can Help Somebody
Bill Monroe - Somebody Touched Me
Don Gibson - Who Cares For Me?
Don Gibson - I Can't Stop Lovin' You
Fruit Jar Drinkers - Old Joe Clark