Description:

The music of a generation, preserved for generations yet to come. It’s the Big Bands, live and on the air, presented in this exciting Radio Archives collection. Dance music “remotes” from ballrooms, hotels, and nightspots were a regular feature of late-night radio programming. Originally aired live, these rare broadcasts preserve the music of the era with a fresh spontaneity that explodes past the confines of the more familiar (and often abridged) studio recordings of the time. Some of the broadcasts in this set come from network transcriptions, while others originate from the Armed Forces Radio Service, but what all of these programs share is the fun and excitement of a uniquely American form of popular music: singing, swinging, and danceable musical entertainment.