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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 8
Show 258A

Ernest Tubb - Thanks A Lot
Charlie Louvin - Life Begins At Love
Loretta Lynn - The Home Your Tearin' Down
Glaser Brothers - A Girl lIke You
Billy Walker - Nobody But A Fool
Fruit Jar Drinkers - Blackberry Blossom
Charlie Louvin- You Finally Said Something Good
Ernest Tubb - Waltz Across Texas
Crook Brothers - Cackin' Hen

Show 258B
Ernest Tubb- I'm Looking High At A Low
Bill Monroe - I Live In The Past
Skeeter Davis - Under Your Spell Again
Glasier Brothers - Too Many Teardrops
Fruit Jar Drinkers - Nubbin' Ridge
Billy Grammer- You Love Another
Ernest Tubb - Answer The Phone

DISC 9
Show 332 A& B
Leroy Van Dyke - Big Man In A Big House
Bill Monroe - There's An Old, Old House
Bob Luman - Almost Persuaded
Curly Fox - T Model And The Train
Leroy Van Dyke -You Couldn't Get My Love Back
Hank Cochran - Going In Training
Bill Monroe - Uncle Pen
Bob Luman - Memphis
Leroy Van Dyke - The Auctioneer
Willis Brothers - Six Foot Two By Four
George hammilton IV - Anne Of A Thousand Days
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough
George hammilton IV - Abiline
Fruit Jar Drinkers - Take Me Back To Tulsa