[78-L] Armed Forces Records, was Three Little Messerschmitts

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Tue Oct 11 06:49:52 PDT 2011


Interesting, wonder if it's microgroove? That label would date from about 
1952-3, given the songs on it.

dl

On 10/11/2011 9:29 AM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> What a great find, Mike!
>
> If you look at
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejs4Of5nZXg
>
> you will see an "Armed Forces Records" label scan. This is an entirely
> new label to me. It is not a V-Disc or a Red White and Blue record.
>
> It is also 33&  a third rpm. Duration apx. 8.5 minnits
>
> What's the deal on this? Is it somehow related to the RW&B series? (my
> understanding is that RW&B morphed into the AFRS).
>
> joe salerno
>
> On 10/10/2011 12:10 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
>> This is hysterical!  It is a V-Disc called "Three Little Messerschmitts"
>> and it is based on the old comedy routine The Three Trees.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3GJvz6gDE0&feature=share
>>
>> V-Disc 343A (VP 954) The United States Army Air Forces Band
>>     Narration: S/Sgt Glenn Darwin
>>
>> Somebody by the handle of vdiscdaddy has posted over a thousand V-disc
>> sides on YouTube, and from hearing some of them and looking at the label
>> pictures, they seem to be in great shape.
>>
>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>>


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