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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 12
Show 176 A&B

Wilburn Brothers - I Had One Too Many
Grandpa Jones - Are You From Dixie?
Dave Dudley - Six Days On The Road
Don Bailey - Strangers
Wilburn Brothers - Making Plans
J.P. Mayton - My Heart's Daily Reminder
Grandpa Jones - Stepping Out Kind
Don Baley - What's He Doin' In My World?
Wilburn Brothers - I Don't Care
Don Helms - Stealin' Home
Wilburn Brothers - I'm A Gonna Tie One On Tonight
Marion Worth - Begging Of You
Roger Miller - King Of The Road
Jerry Wallace - You're Driving You Out Of My Mind
Jerry Wallace - There She Goes
Wilburn Brothers - I've Got A Tiger By The Tail
Dave Dudley - Two Six Packs Away
Crook Brothers - Eight Of January

Disc 13
Show 174
Willie Nelson - Mr. Record Man
Bill Monroe & Peter Rowan - Shady Grove
Dittie West - Practice Makes Perfect
Curly Fox - Listen To The Mocking Bird
Willie Nelson - In My Own Particular Way
Wade Ray - Two Of The Usual
Dottie West - In It's Own Little Way
Bill Monroe - True Life Blues
Willie Nelson - The Last Letter
Willie Nelson - Hello Walls
Skeeter Davis - Dear John
Bobby Lord - Take A Bucket To The Well
Fruit Jar Drinkers - Fiddle Tune
Wade Ray - Heart Of A Clown
Willie Nelson - Touch Me
Bobby Lord - Fields Of Green Corn
Cousin Jody - Dobro Time