WWII Radio Broadcast Complete Program Sept. 9, 1943 - June 29, 1944
Album NotesWORLD WAR II RADIO BROADCASTS contains uninterrupted Kraft Hall Radio programs, complete with songs, comedy sketches, commercials and World War IInews bulletins. Also available as part of 5-CD box set WWII RADIO: LIVE RADIO BROADCASTS FROM 1943-1945 on Laserlight (15934).Personnel: Bing Crosby, The Charioteers, Marilyn Maxwell, The Music Maids (vocals); Roy Rogers, George Murphy, John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra.Includes liner notes by Laurence J. Zwisohn.Digitally remastered by Robert Vosgien (CMS Digital, Pasadena, California).Personnel: Bing Crosby (vocals).Liner Note Author: Larry Zwisohn.Recording information: Kraft Music Hall Radio (03/09/1944/06/29/1944).Unknown Contributor Roles: George Murphy ; Marilyn Maxwell; Roy Rogers ; The Charioteers; Music Maids.A fascinating historical document as well as a triumph of radio entertainment, LaserLight's reissue of Bing Crosby's Armed Forces broadcasts of 1944-45 include two complete half-hour shows on each disc, with an array of guest stars, comedy sketches, and beautiful standards. The original commercials are included just as broadcasted, and the source material (which came from Crosby's own collection at his alma mater of Gonzaga University) is superb. Best of all, the discs in this series are available at a budget price. Recorded on March 9 and June 15, 1944, these two broadcasts include guests Roy Rogers and George Murphy, and a song list featuring "Mexicali Rose," "The General Jumped at Dawn," "Bombardier" and "San Fernando Valley." ~ John Bush