[78-L] Dates on AFRS transcriptions

[joe@salerno.com]

Don't know about popular, but in the case of classical AFRS ET dates are 
MOSTLY correct, as far as I know. I've documented one instance in which 
they substituted material without a note on the date.

This instance was the Oct 28, 1945 performance of the Paganini Rhapsody 
with Kapell/Rodzinski/NYPS. This performance was issued on V-Discs. On 
the AFRS release of the same concert, the orchestral selections are 
there, but Kapell is nowhere to be found. For his portion they 
substituted the Strauss Burlesque with Arrau from a few weeks before. 
That additional date is not given in the run out, like anyone cared, nor 
does the announcer mention the fact that there was a different conductor 
for the Strauss on that other date, whose name I am not thinking of at 
the moment.

I have wondered if the AFRS & V-Disc producers cooperated in such 
matters to avoid redundancy in sending material to the troops, or if 
this was the decision of some conscientious program planner, or an 
accident. I've never encountered this any other instance, or known of 
some incident to check on.

Anyone else on the list know of such an occurence?

joe salerno

David Lennick wrote:
> When an AFRS transcription shows a date in the land, which other sources 
> confirm to be the original broadcast date, is it safe to assume that this may 
> have nothing to do with the actual date of cutting or dubbing? I've been 
> transferring several "Date with the Duke" programs, some of which show dates 
> and others showing "dubbed" (meaning pieced together from leftovers), but in a 
> couple of cases with dates, there are songs inserted which the band didn't play 
> till a couple of months later.
> 
> (Related question: Did the AFRS producers have a bet to see how many times they 
> could insert the execrable Kay Davis massacring "Yesterdays"? I swear I've 
> heard it six times so far. What was the deal with her anyway..did she come out 
> naked?)
> 
> dl
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