[78-L] YMCA War Prisoners Aid American Radio Series for U.S.POWs in Germany

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Milan Milovanovic" <milanpmilovanovic4 at gmail.com>
> BTW, what masters (stampers) of such recordings were destroyed - V-Discs?
> Only?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
>> You are mixing several things together.  V-Discs and Armed Forces Radio
>> Network are two entirely different and totally separate projects.
>> V-discs were made for the soldiers themselves, shipped directly to their
>> facilities, and played and handled by the soldiers.  They were not meant
>> for broadcast, even by AFRS.  The AFRS recordings and broadcasts were
>> aired on radio stations and similar facilities, and were not in the
>> hands of the individual soldiers.  AFRS also had a music library service
>> that contained music meant for putting together broadcasts at the
>> individual facilities, but they were not V-Discs. I forget if the German
>> language Glenn Miller broadcasts were for AFN, AFRS, BBC European
>> Service or Voice of America, but they were not V-Discs.
>>
In fact, V-Discs were specifically exempted from royalties due on them;
based on that fact, there was substantial question as to whether it was
legal for post-WWII civilians to own and/or play them...?!

Steven C. Barr