[78-L] Dates on AFRS transcriptions

[David Lennick]

That's odd, because I HAVE the Kapell-Rodzinski Rhapsody on AFRS (and on 
V-Disc)..they must have split the concert. I think there was half a Mahler 
Symphony on the same set of discs. I sent Richard Rodzinski a copy, since he 
didn't have this program.

dl

joe at salerno.com wrote:
> 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