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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 reasearching 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.



Volume 6 (Disc 6)

Show 83A

Hank Snow - Southbound
Dottie West - Here Comes My Baby
The Homesteaders - I'm Leaving But I Won't Be Long
Hank Snow - I Don't Hurt Anymore
Cousin Jody - Wabash Blues
Dottie West & Jack Green - Love Is No Excuse
Stonewall Jackson - BJ The DJ
Hank Snow - Jamaica Farewell

Show 83B

Hank Snow - I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
Skeeter davis - Why Do You Weep, Dear Willow
Hugh Lewis - Take Mt Ring Off Your Finger
The Fruit Jar Drinkers - Sally Johnson
Hank Snow - Little Buddy
Skeeter Davis - End Of The World
Hank Snow - Rockin', Rollin' Ocean



Volume 7 (Disc 7)

Show 149A

LeRoy Van Dyke - Your Money
The Osborne Brothers - Cuckoo Bird
Stan Hitchcock - Looking Through A Tear Drop
LeRoy Van Dyke - Funny How Times Slips Away
Willis Brothers - I'm Gonna Buy Me A Jukebox
Cousin Jody - Television Set
Osborne Brothers - Muleskinner Blues
LeRoy Van Dyke - The Auctioneer
The Auctioneers - Panhandle Rag
LeRoy Van Dyke - Walk On By
Osborne Brothers - Take This Hammer
Cousin Jody - Wabash Cannonball
Stan Hitchcock - Ole Bad
Willis Brothers - Truck Drivers Queen
LeRoy Van Dyke - Black Cloud
LeRoy Van Dyke - Dim Dark Corner
Del Wood - Roll Out The Barrel

Show 149B

HanK Snow - I'm Movin' On
Glasser Brothers - Satisfied
Hank Snow - Born To Loose
Tex Ritter - High Noon
Roger Miller - King Of The Road
Roger Miller - Chug-A-Lug
Dottie West - Touch Me
Curly Fox - Listen To The Mocking Bird