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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. 

Should this prove to be a popular torrent, I will do all 15 cdr's worth. 
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. 

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.



Volumes 2 & 3

Volume 2    (Disc 2)
Two shows
Show 444A

Marty Robbins - We'll work it out somehow
Tex Ritter - Green Grow The Lilacs
Skeeter Davis - The End Of The World
Hank Locklin - Please Help Me I'm Falling
Jim Ed Brown - Kiss Me
Doc Winters - Kiss Me
Marion Worth - I Can't Help It
Ray Pillow - Ride, Ride, Ride
Marty Robbins - The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot

Show 444B

Marty Robbins - Running Gun
Tex Ritter - Boll Weevil
The Osbourne Brothers - The Kind Of Woman I Got
Marty Robbins - El Passo
Marion Worth - Your Good Gorl's Gonna Go Bad
Tex Ritter - Hillbilly Heaven
Marty Robins - I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You

Volume 3    (Disc 3)
Show 108A

Ernest Tubb - Thanks A Lot
Leroy Van Dyke - The Auctioneer
Marrion Worth - The French Song
Willma Lee & Stoney Cooper - I Couldn't Care Less
The Glasser Brothers- A Girl Like You
Tex Ritter - I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven
Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn - Mr & Mrs. Used To Be
Wilburn Brothers - Making Plans

Show 108B

Ernest Tubb - Journey's End
Jimmy C. Newman - You're Still On My Mind
June Carter - I Want You Again
Tex Ritter - Green Grow The Lilacs
Ernest Tubb - Accidentally On Purpose
Willburn Brothers - I'm Gonna Tie One On Tonight
Margie Bowes - Overnight
Ernest Tubb & The Willburn Brothers - Hey, Mr. Bluebird
Jimmy C. Neuman - Land Of The Rising Son

Show 437B

Ernest Tubb - Thanks A Lot
Charlie Louvin - Off And On
Dottie West - What's Come Over My Baby?
Ernest Tubb - You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry
Tex Ritter - Hillbilly Heaven
Wilburn Brothers - Just To Be Where You Are
Ernest Tubb - Yesterday's Winner Is A Looser Today