American Armed Forces Radio No 35

American Armed Forces Radio No 34   Note: Included is a PDF file which covers the full history of the show.   AFRS MAGIC CARPET The Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) started to produce a series of edited big band commercial network sustaining broadcasts during 1945 that was named “Magic Carpet” in honour of the homecoming service personnel.   Apparently similar to the ongoing AFRS series “One Night Stand”, the “Magic Carpet” programs were 15 minutes in length rather than 30 minutes and were thus almost completely edited versions of the normal 30-minute band remotes of that era. The “One Night Stand” programs were generally made up of complete programs although they, too, included edited content with individual songs cut and pasted from different original broadcasts. There is no specific documentation as to why AFRS decided to produce a duplicate big band sustaining remote series.    AFRS “Magic Carpet” was produced from 1945 through 1948 and documentation of the series has historically been elusive and incomplete.   Magic Carpet was labeled AFRS Series R?4 in 1948. The “Magic Carpet” discs are 16-inch AFRS transcriptions. Unlike other AFRS?dubbed series from network broadcasts, there is no consistent or clear chain of custody or chronological order in the assembled AFRS transcription discs. There is also circumstantial evidence that in some instances, “Magic Carpet” and “One Night Stand” source materials were duplicated.     Disclaimer:  By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired from publicly available sources on the Internet, and my goal has been to put together a collection of every available episode where possible. I will add to these collections if I discover new episodes or if any new episodes become available. Additionally, while I tried to put together a collection that contains the best version of each episode that I could, there may be better copies of some recordings available from collectors and dealers, and I encourage you to reach out to them if you are so inclined.  If they are not in the public domain, notify me and they will be deleted.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.