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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. 
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. 


 We're in the home strech now... just these two and one more.. 16 discs of pure hillbilly heaven....  


Disc 14
Show 91
Hank Locklin - Send Me The Pillow You Dream On
Bill Monroe - Seasons Of Love
Billy Walker - Cross The Brazos At Waco
Hank Locklin - I Was Coming Home To You
Cousin Jody - Dear Joan
Dottie West - Here Comes My Baby
Hank Locklin - Danny Boy
Hank Locklin - Flyin' South
Jim & Jesse - When My Blue Moons Turns To Gold Again
Dottie West - He Called Me Baby, Baby
Allen Shelton - Sourwood Mountain
Hank Locklin - Jealous Heart
Jim & Jesse - Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes
Johnny Tillotson - Talk Back Trembling Lips
Crook Brothers - Black Mountain Rag






DISC 15
Show 239

Hank Snow - Breakfast With The Blues
Sonny James - I'll Keep Holding On
Ernest Ashworth - A Wek In The Country
Osborne Brothers - I'll Be Alright Tomorrow
Hank Snow - Tears In The Tradewinds
Southern Gentlemen - Kawliga
Sonny James - Behind The Tear 
Ernest Ashworth - The Dj Cried
Fruit Jar Drinkers - Take Me Back To Tulsa
Hank Snow - Texas Plains
Margie Bowes - Lost
Jim & Jesse - Tell Her Lies And Feed Her Candy
Hank Snow - Born To Loose
Ernest Ashworth - Talk Back Trembling Lips
Margie - Bowes - Don't You Ever Get Tired
Hank Snow - Send Me The Pillow You Dream On