| Format | 4 Audio CD |
| Ordering Number | FA5718 |
| Barcode | 3561302571829 |
| label | Fremeaux & Associes |
| Release date | 11/8/2018 |
| salesrank | 351 |
Pressed between 1943 and 1949, V Discs (or Victory Discs) boosted the morale of U.S. soldiers at the warfront and kept them up to date with the latest music from home. They were freely distributed but forbidden for sale, and the FBI would even have powers to destroy all copies in circulation at war’s end. Every great artist of the period made a patriotic gesture, and the records contained every genre: jazz, classical, pop, blues and folk. Jazz was fashionable then and took the lion’s share; it became an emblem for the liberators of Europe before spreading across the world. This 4CD set compiled by Jean-Baptiste Mersiol is a portrait in sound of American music trends during World War II, but it also reserves surprises in the form of some fantastic treasures, like the very first version of Louis Prima’s international standard, “Just A Gigolo”, and messages to the troops sent by the artists themselves. Patrick FRÉMEAUX
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- 1.Bea Wain With Orchestra: Put your arms around me honey
- 2.Benny Goodman And His Orchestra: Sing, sing, sing, pt 1&208:42
- 3.Bing Crosby: You are my sunshine02:17
- 4.Arturo Toscanini And The Nbc Symphony: Stars and stripes forever03:18
- 5.The Goldman Band: Our director02:19
- 6.Duke Ellington And His Orchestra: Mood indigo03:07
- 7.Kay Kyser And His Orchestra: Victory polka01:59
- 8.Earl Robinson: The house i live in03:49
- 9.Don Redman And His Orchestra: Pistol packkin' mama03:32
- 10.Stokowski And The Philadelphia Orchestra: Clair de lune05:52
- 11.Frank Sinatra: You've got a hold on me02:32
- 12.Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Rock daniel02:34
- 13.Robinson Carson: Message + the charms of the city ain't fer me02:07
- 14.Woody Herman And His Orchestra: By the river of the roses02:52
- 15.Bing Crosby: Darling, je vous aime beaucoup02:09
- 16.Carmen Miranda: When i love, i love02:24
- 17.Count Basie And His Orchestra: Yeah man02:44
- 18.Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra: Message + flyin home09:26
- 19.Les Brown And His Orchestra: Mexican hot dance03:09
- 20.Glenn Miller And His Orchestra: Sleepy town train03:07
- 21.Rubinstein Arthur: Ritual fire dance03:25
- 22.Benny Goodman Trio: Poor butterfly02:18
- 23.Harry James And His Orchestra: Sharp as a tack01:53
- Total:01:15:35
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- 1.Bill Gale: Gypsy polka02:47
- 2.Gramercy Five: Special delivery stomp02:42
- 3.Jo Stafford: When our hearts were young and gay03:10
- 4.Johnny Mercer: Strip polka02:56
- 5.Charlie Spivak And His Orchestra: White christmas02:43
- 6.Louis Prima And His Orchestra: Message + robin hood04:23
- 7.Claude Lucas And His Orchestra: Miss you01:30
- 8.Benny Carter And His Orchestra: Sleep02:59
- 9.Cab Calloway: Foo a little ballyhoo03:05
- 10.The United States Army Air Forces Band: American doughboy03:12
- 11.Peggy Lee And Her Band: Ain't goin no place03:00
- 12.Ella Fitzgerald With The Ink Spots: Into each life03:10
- 13.Alec Templeton: Alec templeton impressions04:13
- 14.The Deep River Boys: Walkin' in the light02:57
- 15.Aaftac Symphonette: Minuetto03:14
- 16.The Usaaf Band: Caribbean fantasy04:57
- 17.V-disc All Star Jam Session: Rosetta04:43
- 18.Frank Sinatra: I begged her03:03
- 19.Rise Stevens: Love has wings02:34
- 20.The Andrew Sisters: Corns for my country02:51
- 21.Charioteers: Cancel the flowers02:48
- 22.334th Army Service Forces Orchestra: Message + lonesome road03:23
- 23.The Three Suns: It's dawn again03:46
- 24.The Mills Brothers: Cielito lindo01:50
- Total:01:15:56
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- 1.Marcelle Denya: Plaisir d'amour03:53
- 2.The Andrew Sisters: Red river valley02:24
- 3.Louis Armstrong And The V-disc All Stars: I'm confessin' that i love you03:22
- 4.Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra: Message + no name live05:25
- 5.James Harris: September in the rain03:18
- 6.Red Mckenzie And The V-disc All Stars: Can't talk it over03:52
- 7.Spike Jones And His City Slickers: Blue danube03:32
- 8.The Les Paul Trio: How high the moon02:12
- 9.Louis Prima And His Orchestra: Just a gigolo (i ain't got nobody)04:27
- 10.Bob Crosby And His V-disc Bob Cats: It's a long way to tipperary03:57
- 11.Frank Sinatra: Homesick, that's all03:16
- 12.Ella Fitzgerald And Her Special Servers: I'll always be in love with you04:26
- 13.Sam Donahue And The Navy Dance Band: Lst party04:24
- 14.Jimmy Mundy: The shrimp man03:04
- 15.The V-disc Jumpers: Love is just around the corner04:46
- 16.Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra: Ave maria02:21
- 17.Stan Kenton And His Orchestra: Ride on02:24
- 18.The Three Jesters: I had a hat01:40
- 19.Art Tatum: Message + she's funny that way04:17
- 20.Igor Strawinsky & The New York Philharmonic Orchestra: Circus polka03:47
- 21.The Les Paul Trio: All of me02:55
- 22.The Three Suns: Crazy rhythm01:28
- Total:01:15:10
more CD 4
- 1.Carol Brice: Come to the fair02:26
- 2.Duke Ellington And His Orchestra: Message + frankie & johnnie, pt 1&207:22
- 3.Lena Horne: Message + mad about the boy02:00
- 4.Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra: Drop me off in harlem01:55
- 5.Nelson Eddy: Silent night01:12
- 6.Les Brown And His Orchestra: Devil, devil, devil03:18
- 7.Peggy Lee & Les Paul Trio: Get the blues when it rains03:27
- 8.Buddy Rich And His Orchestra: Quiet riot04:12
- 9.Duke Ellington And His Orchestra: I'm checkin' out, goom-bye01:57
- 10.Ella Fitzgerald And Her V-disc Boys: I'll see you in my dreams04:09
- 11.Buddy Weed: Hate myself02:52
- 12.Catalina Sextette: Skrontch02:41
- 13.Lester Young: Lester leaps in03:06
- 14.Maurice Chevalier: Ma pomme03:01
- 15.Woody Herman And His Orchestra: Bloop bleep02:39
- 16.Woody Herman And His Orchestra: Over the rainbow03:19
- 17.Kay Kyser And His Orchestra: Woody woodpecker song02:59
- 18.Kay Starr: Message + you gotta see your mama every night03:07
- 19.Red Ingle And Natural Seven: Cigarettes, whysky and wild, wild women02:41
- 20.Victor Borge: Inflation song03:19
- 21.Frankie Carle: Chicago02:53
- 22.Raymond Scott Quintet: Three little words03:32
- 23.Randy Brooks And His Orchestra: A night at the deuces02:56
- Total:01:11:03