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Jubilee
was a unique series of radio entertainment designed
for the guys and gals in the American Armed Forces during World
War II. None of the broadcasts were heard over the regular networks
in the USA.
Jubilee
was produced in Hollywood by the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS)
and the programs were transcribed on 16" vinylite discs (speed:
33 1/3 rpm) and distributed to various radio stations all over
the world.
Back
in 1985 German book-seller Norbert Ruecker
produced two hard-cover books offering a "complete"
discography of the Jubilee transcriptions. They turned out to
be a sort of a draft edition of a manuscript prepared by German
collectors Rainer E. Lotz and Ulrich
Neuert.
Bo
Scherman and I are long-time "Jubilee-fans"
and we immediately started working on a revised edition of the
Lotz-Neuert discography, based on copies of the actual transcriptions
and material found in contemporary trade magazines. Dr.
Michael Arié in Vienna assisted us with copies
of many prev. "missing" programs. I re-typed the complete
manuscript, correcting spellings and other little things I came
across.
I
contacted Mr. Ruecker and offererd our version of the
revised books, free of charge, but he had no interest in publishing
a second edition. After I found out that Greenwood Press (USA)
had folded their "Armed Forces Radio Services"-discographies
series I turned over the manuscript to Rainer Lotz. Alas,
he didn´t have any interest to published a revised edition
of the book
Herewith,
a revised version of the Jubilee discography, as handy Acrobat
documents. Feel free to contact me with additions & corrections.
Carl
A. Hällström, P. O. Box 23061, SE-750 23 Uppsala, Sweden,
dooji@swipnet.se
Bo
Scherman and I have produced a total of 10 CDs with
20 complete Jubilee programs on the "JUBILEE SHOWS"
label. Check the following link:
http://www.storyvillerecords.com/Default.aspx?tabId=2624
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