Broadsword56 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Got this cheaply on Amazon -- it's fascinating counterpropaganda that Miller recorded in German, in Nov-Dec 1944, and was broadcast by the Allies to the German troops just around the time of the Bulge and just before Miller's own disappearance over the English Channel. I wouldn't care to listen to it during combat, but it makes atmospheric listening while modding, mapping, setting up forces, etc. I also looked to see whether anybody turned Axis Sally's broadcasts from Germany. Apparently only a few odd clips survived. https://www.amazon.com/Wehrmacht-Hour-MILLER-GLENN-AMERICAN/dp/B0013XZ3NM/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1472147092&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=the+wehrmach+hour 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I suppose the closest the other side got to this was "Charlie and his Orchestra", although most of their stuff that I've heard was aimed at us Limeys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Hey Broadsword, how's it going? Have you checked the Old Time Radio website, the one that sells CDs ( sorry, can't provde the link, arm.) I bought an Axis Sally broadcasts CD several years ago. They have a ton of other WWII broadcasts, Edward R. Murrow and other news shows, music, etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Found it https://www.otrcat.com/p/axis-sally-german-propaganda 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinkin Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Thanks for that. My wife enjoys the classic movie about Miller. She got a kick out of learning a bit more about the band leader. Her parents played those songs all the time. The guy was very significant to that generation's "going out" and having a good time when they were not working there butts off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Despite his popularity, Glenn couldn't really swing hard. I'd prefer to send my men into the Hurtgen and Ardenne with Basie's "Jumping at the Woodside" blaring from their radios. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword56 Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 Also jazzing it up at this time, in Paris, was Django Reinhardt, playing his signature hot gypsy jazz guitar. He somehow survived the German occupation and played the clubs all during that time, even as much jazz was officially outlawed and Gypsies were being rounded up (some think he must have had a secret German protector somewhere who made sure he could keep working). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 And it would be nice to think that some "Tommies" had 78's of the sides that he and The Hot Club had cut for Decca in London in 1938 and 1939. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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