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ORIGINAL VINTAGE WW2 V DISC RECORD HOAGY CARMICHAEL "STARDUST" B/W CARMEN CAVALLARO "DANCING IN THE DARK" #536

ORIGINAL VINTAGE WW2 V-DISC 78 rpm 12 INCH PHONOGRAPH RECORD MADE WITH A MIXTURE OF VINYLITE AND FORMVAR FOR ADDED DURABILITY. THIS RECORD IS IN WORN BUT ACCEPTABLE PLAYING CONDITION. MADE FOR THE TROOPS DURING WORLD WAR 2 AND INTO THE LATE 1940's. AFTER THE WAR ENDED ALL AUDIO MASTERS AND STAMPERS WERE DISTROYED. LEFTOVER V-DISCS AT BASES AND ON SHIPS WERE DISCARDED. PLEASE VIEW IMAGES OF ACTUAL ITEM WITH MAGNIFIER FOR ARTISTS AND SONG TITLES, AND ASK QUESTIONS.

V-Disc (V for Victory) was a record label that produced music for U.S. military forces between 1943 and 1949, pressed on 12-inch 78 rpm phonograph discs. Most V-Disc records were pressed on a mixture of Vinylite and Formvar, making it much easier to dispatch records without breakage. The V-Disc label came about as a way to boost morale among the fighting forces. A strike by the American Federation of Musicians over royalty payments from the major record labels meant an agreement that the V-Disc records were not to be sold commercially. The V-Disc project meant the forces could hear newly recorded music they would not otherwise hear due to the strike, and these included big band, swing, jazz and marches, often by famous performers who sometimes also put spoken greetings into the recordings. After the war ended Audio masters were destroyed. Leftover V-Discs at bases and on ships were discarded. On some occasions, the FBI and Provost Marshal's Office confiscated and destroyed V-Discs that servicemen had smuggled home as part of the agreement with the American Federation of Musicians.

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