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Random Rarities 13

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Random Rarities 13

41 old time radio show recordings
(total playtime 18 hours, 32 min)
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Adolph Zukor
Phil Harris Alice Faye
Frank Fontaine
Dick PowellNorman Paris TrioAlice Reinhart of Life Can Be Beautiful

Adolph Zukor's Silver Jubilee Hosted By Jack Benny. Paramount Pictures got its start when Adolph Zukor, owner of a string of Nickelodeons in New York, created Famous Players Film Company in 1912. Through a series of partnerships, Zukor managed to retain control and eventually built one of the highest grossing movie companies in the world. Zukor's 25th Anniversary is celebrated with appearances from Paramount greats, but old time radio fans will appreciate hearing master of ceremonites Jack Benny being Jack Benny without the benefit of the Jack Benny Players. Have you seen Carole Lombard?

The Air Force Hour. 1950 military news and recruiting program presented over the Mutual Network, the Air Force Hour presents a number of musical numbers from the Crew Chiefs, The Air Force Band and the Singing Sergeants. Featuring all-Air Force personnel playing, singing, and reporting, the program originates from different Air Force Bases around the country, providing the latest news and programs from our Air Force. A current Air Force story is part of the program, such as the culture shock faced by French Cadets taking primary flight training in Texas.

The Army Air Force Party took place on June 31, 1947, the night before Air Force Day. The party celebrates fortieth anniversary of the formation of the Aeronautical Division of the Army Signal Corp in 1907, the first military organization to use Heavier-than-air aviation. The show was broadcast on ABC and features a great selection of swing music.

America Calling, Salute to Greece was organized by Samuel Goldwyn for the Greek Relief Effort. Almost every star in Hollywood showed up for the gala broadcast from Grauman's Chinese Theater. WWII began when the Italian Army invaded from Albania at the end of October 1940. The Greek Army was able to push the invaders back across the border, but in April the Germans stepped in, using paratroops to occupy Greece and Yugoslavia. The America Calling Program was broadcast over two major networks featuring the biggest names in the film industry to drum up financial support for the Greek resistance fighters. The show was co-hosted by Jack Benny and Bob Hope.

The Army Hour was a weekly report from the War Department to the American people, broadcast over NBC. The program was originally conceived as a recruiting program but became a reporting tool during the War. Weekly progress of the war effort is presented along with a showcase of various War Department programs. On this episode,  we learn about the movies that our troops get to see and how they are delivered.

The Fitch Band Wagon would become the vehicle for Phil Harris and Alice Faye to get into situation comedy, but before that it was a swinging musical variety and comedy program.

The Battle of the Bands is a familiar format, bringing several acts together for the audience to enjoy. This one from Balboa, California, features Charlie Barnet, Woody Herman and Stan Kenton with "the State of Jazz" in 1949.

Beyond Victory was produced during WWII by the World Wide Radio Foundation of Boston. The program looks forward toward the post-War world while the results of the conflict were still within doubt. Somewhat propagandist, it asserts the world will be better off once nations throw off the yoke of Axis Slavery.

California Caravans brought a series of literary stories based in California under the sponsorship of the California Physicians Service. This one is "How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar".

The 1965 Christmas Seal Campaign of 1965 feature songs from the immortal Eydie Gorme.

The Citizens Committee on Displaced Persons sought to sway public opinion toward welcoming "displaced pilgrims", European Jews who had escaped the Holocaust and were seeking United States Citizenship.

The FBI in Action tells the story of the investigation based on several seemingly unrelated details to turn up a forger, bigamist and conman.

The Frank Fountaine Show features a guest appearance from Ann Sheridan. Frank is late getting to the studio because he was looking at the family scrapbook. It turns out that Frank has "cowboy blood" in his background.

The Friendly Five Foot Notes gives us footwear, fashion, music and aviation news from 1932.

The Hunters is an audition program for a CBS anthology. It was going to be about hunting the "most dangerous game of all- man".

Johnny Nighthawk was a freelance pilot who just wants to make his own way, but finds crooks and bad guys in the way at every turn.

Jack Sharkey and Joe Louis met in the ring at Yankee Stadium on Aug 18, 1936. Louis was on the comeback trail after getting knocked out the first time he met Max Schmeling.

Lady Esther Serenade was the cosmetic company's musical radio advertising before Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre.

Life Can Be Beautiful is a classic CBS Soap Opera with a plug for Spic and Span, heavy organ music, and lots of secrets and jealousy.

Maxwell Coffee Time presents a musical program hosted by Meredith Wilson.

The Midday Merry Go Round comes to us from Knoxville with lots of country music.

Midnighters Club was an interview program from Pittsburgh in the early 1950's. This edition features Dick Powell (who got his showbiz start in Pittsburgh radio) around the time the Richard Diamond show was starting.

Music Ala Mode was transcribed from New York for the men and women of the Armed Forces and featured the Norman Paris Trio with Broadway star Miss Kyle McDonald.

Navy Hoe Down was a syndicated 15 minute program from the Navy and Naval Reserve Recruiting Service. The best Country and Western Music (both kinds of music) appear on the show, including Truck Drivin' Man Dave Dudley.

The NBC War Bond Parade was an all out effort to raise money and awareness of the Fourth War Loan drive. Stars from all over NBC's lineup take part.

Letters from Home and Abroad is a propaganda program broadcast during the later part of the War over WNYC. The show used discussions, dramas and letters from our fighting men to encourage support for the creation of the United Nations.

The News Comes To Life, sponsored by R.G. Dun Cigars, created dramas base on the previous week's news. Emmett Dalton, last surviving member of the Dalton Gang who attempted to rob two banks at once in Coffeyville, Kansas, passed away the week before this broadcast.

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    The old radio show "The Lady Esther Serenade" ran for 10 years on both the NBC Red and Blue Networks and even the CBS network. Many orchestras were heard during those ten years. Chief, among them, Wayne King, the waltz king. In later years, Ted Fio Rito's orchestra and Guy Lombardo's orchestra were featured. For years Lady Esther and spokeswoman Bess Johnson were heard sponsoring the Screen Guild Theatre.

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    41 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00. Total playtime 18 hours, 32 min
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    1. 41 shows - total playtime 18 hours 32 minutes
    2. Adolph Zukors Silver Jubilee 370107 Host Jack Benny.mp3
    3. Air Force Hour 500603 Triumph Of Old Glory.mp3
    4. Air Force Hour 500610 June Is Bustin Out All Over.mp3
    5. Air Force Party 470631 40th Anniv Of Army Air.mp3
    6. America Calling 410208 Sp 1o2 Salute To Greece.mp3
    7. America Calling 410208 Sp 2o2 Salute To Greece.mp3
    8. Army Hour 440326 Soldiers See Movies.mp3
    9. Bandwagon 390930 0303.mp3
    10. Bandwagon 410601 144 Freddy Martin Orch..mp3
    11. Bandwagon 421220 W Chico Marx Orchestra.mp3
    12. Battle Bands 490730 Charlie Barnet W.Herman S.Kenton.mp3
    13. Battle Of Bands 490730 Barnet, Herman, Kent.mp3
    14. Beyond Victory 431200 Tehran Conference.mp3
    15. Beyond Victory 440101 France In World Of Tomorrow.mp3
    16. Californiacaravan 471221 Howsantacametosimpsonsbar.mp3
    17. Christmas Seals 651200 Edye Gorme.mp3
    18. Citizens Committee Displaced Persons 490100 Plymouth Rock.mp3
    19. Citizens Committee Displaced Persons 490200 Delayed Pilgrims.mp3
    20. Fbi In Action 19000000 Section 8 Wgy.mp3
    21. Frank Fontaine Show 520720 07 Ann Sheridan.mp3
    22. Friendly Five Footnotes 301002 05 Its Girl.mp3
    23. Friendly Five Footnotes 301009 06 I Idolize My Babys Eyes.mp3
    24. Friendly Five Footnotes 301023 08 Oh That Kiss.mp3
    25. Friendly Five Footnotes 301106 10 I Know That You Know.mp3
    26. Hunters 481129 Take Ballistics Audition.mp3
    27. Johnny Nighthawk Ming Lama [h Duff].mp3
    28. Khj Aircheck Sharkey 360818 Louismarch Of Time.mp3
    29. Lady Esther Serenade 420209 W Freddie Martin.mp3
    30. Life Can Be Beautiful471107 Close Investigation.mp3
    31. Maxwell House Coffee Time 460508.mp3
    32. Maxwell House Coffee Time 460613.mp3
    33. Midday Merry Goround 40000x Smile.mp3
    34. Midnighters Club 500000 Dick Powell.mp3
    35. Music La Mode 000000 527 Its Wonderful.mp3
    36. Navy Hoedown 000000 Truck Drivin Son Of Gun.mp3
    37. Navy Hoedown 000000 Two Dollars In Jukebox 6448.mp3
    38. Nbc War Bond Parade 440307 6444.mp3
    39. News Comes To Life 370721 00x Dalton Gang.mp3
    40. News Letters From Home Abroad 450413 Man In Street.mp3
    41. News Letters From Home Abroad 450420 Shocking News Week.mp3
    42. News Letters From Home Abroad 450427 SF Conference.mp3
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    1. 41 shows - total playtime 18 hours 32 minutes
    2. Adolph Zukors Silver Jubilee 370107 Host Jack Benny.mp3
    3. Air Force Hour 500603 Triumph Of Old Glory.mp3
    4. Air Force Hour 500610 June Is Bustin Out All Over.mp3
    5. Air Force Party 470631 40th Anniv Of Army Air.mp3
    6. America Calling 410208 Sp 1o2 Salute To Greece.mp3
    7. America Calling 410208 Sp 2o2 Salute To Greece.mp3
    8. Army Hour 440326 Soldiers See Movies.mp3
    9. Bandwagon 390930 0303.mp3
    10. Bandwagon 410601 144 Freddy Martin Orch..mp3
    11. Bandwagon 421220 W Chico Marx Orchestra.mp3
    12. Battle Bands 490730 Charlie Barnet W.Herman S.Kenton.mp3
    13. Battle Of Bands 490730 Barnet, Herman, Kent.mp3
    14. Beyond Victory 431200 Tehran Conference.mp3
    15. Beyond Victory 440101 France In World Of Tomorrow.mp3
    16. Californiacaravan 471221 Howsantacametosimpsonsbar.mp3
    17. Christmas Seals 651200 Edye Gorme.mp3
    18. Citizens Committee Displaced Persons 490100 Plymouth Rock.mp3
    19. Citizens Committee Displaced Persons 490200 Delayed Pilgrims.mp3
    20. Fbi In Action 19000000 Section 8 Wgy.mp3
    21. Frank Fontaine Show 520720 07 Ann Sheridan.mp3
    22. Friendly Five Footnotes 301002 05 Its Girl.mp3
    23. Friendly Five Footnotes 301009 06 I Idolize My Babys Eyes.mp3
    24. Friendly Five Footnotes 301023 08 Oh That Kiss.mp3
    25. Friendly Five Footnotes 301106 10 I Know That You Know.mp3
    26. Hunters 481129 Take Ballistics Audition.mp3
    27. Johnny Nighthawk Ming Lama [h Duff].mp3
    28. Khj Aircheck Sharkey 360818 Louismarch Of Time.mp3
    29. Lady Esther Serenade 420209 W Freddie Martin.mp3
    30. Life Can Be Beautiful471107 Close Investigation.mp3
    31. Maxwell House Coffee Time 460508.mp3
    32. Maxwell House Coffee Time 460613.mp3
    33. Midday Merry Goround 40000x Smile.mp3
    34. Midnighters Club 500000 Dick Powell.mp3
    35. Music La Mode 000000 527 Its Wonderful.mp3
    36. Navy Hoedown 000000 Truck Drivin Son Of Gun.mp3
    37. Navy Hoedown 000000 Two Dollars In Jukebox 6448.mp3
    38. Nbc War Bond Parade 440307 6444.mp3
    39. News Comes To Life 370721 00x Dalton Gang.mp3
    40. News Letters From Home Abroad 450413 Man In Street.mp3
    41. News Letters From Home Abroad 450420 Shocking News Week.mp3
    42. News Letters From Home Abroad 450427 SF Conference.mp3
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    41 recordings on 21 Audio CDs. Total playtime 17 hours, 21 min
    41 recordings on 21 Audio CDs
    total playtime 17 hours, 21 min

    Random Rarities 13 Disc A001

    1. Air Force Party 470631 40th Anniv Of Army Air
    2. Johnny Nighthawk Ming Lama [h Duff]

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A002

    1. Midday Merry Goround 40000x Smile

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A003

    1. Music La Mode 000000 527 Its Wonderful
    2. Navy Hoedown 000000 Truck Drivin Son Of Gun
    3. Navy Hoedown 000000 Two Dollars In Jukebox 6448
    4. Fbi In Action 19000000 Section 8 Wgy

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A004

    1. Friendly Five Footnotes 301002 05 Its Girl
    2. Friendly Five Footnotes 301009 06 I Idolize My Babys Eyes
    3. Friendly Five Footnotes 301023 08 Oh That Kiss
    4. Friendly Five Footnotes 301106 10 I Know That You Know

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A005

    1. Khj Aircheck Sharkey 360818 Louismarch Of Time

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A006

    1. News Comes To Life 370721 00x Dalton Gang

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A007

    1. Bandwagon 390930 0303

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A008

    1. America Calling 410208 Sp 1o2 Salute To Greece

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A009

    1. America Calling 410208 Sp 2o2 Salute To Greece
    2. Bandwagon 410601 144 Freddy Martin Orch.

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A010

    1. Lady Esther Serenade 420209 W Freddie Martin
    2. Bandwagon 421220 W Chico Marx Orchestra

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A011

    1. Beyond Victory 431200 Tehran Conference
    2. Beyond Victory 440101 France In World Of Tomorrow

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A012

    1. Nbc War Bond Parade 440307 6444

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A013

    1. Army Hour 440326 Soldiers See Movies
    2. News Letters From Home Abroad 450413 Man In Street
    3. News Letters From Home Abroad 450420 Shocking News Week

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A014

    1. News Letters From Home Abroad 450427 SF Conference
    2. Maxwell House Coffee Time 460508

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A015

    1. Maxwell House Coffee Time 460613
    2. Life Can Be Beautiful471107 Close Investigation

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A016

    1. Californiacaravan 471221 Howsantacametosimpsonsbar
    2. Hunters 481129 Take Ballistics Audition
    3. Citizens Committee Displaced Persons 490100 Plymouth Rock

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A017

    1. Citizens Committee Displaced Persons 490200 Delayed Pilgrims

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A018

    1. Battle Bands 490730 Charlie Barnet W.Herman S.Kenton

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A019

    1. Battle Of Bands 490730 Barnet, Herman, Kent
    2. Midnighters Club 500000 Dick Powell

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A020

    1. Air Force Hour 500603 Triumph Of Old Glory
    2. Air Force Hour 500610 June Is Bustin Out All Over

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    Random Rarities 13 Disc A021

    1. Frank Fontaine Show 520720 07 Ann Sheridan
    2. Christmas Seals 651200 Edye Gorme

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