V-disc

The V-Discs or V Discs - abbreviation of Victory Discs - were the discs recorded during the Second world war, starting from 1943, on the initiative of the Department of the War American and intended for the soldiers then on the face (for the " moral of the troupes"). These discs were presented in the form of 78 turns of 30 cm. The repertory was very varied: song, music of dance, jazz, classical music. Some contained titles already published previously by great labels, but much were new recordings made for the occasion. For example, of many meetings of jazz were organized for the " V Disks".

After the war and until in 1948, of the " V Discs" were still published. In all, 905 discs were produced and approximately 4 million specimens sent on the various faces. These discs were not to be marketed and, in 1949, all the matrices were destroyed. Theoretically, even the specimens in circulation were to be destroyed. FBI and the Provost Marshal' S Office were even sometimes elected for searchings and destruction.

Of course, majority of the specimens of " V disks" in circulation not having been destroyed, of many discs were quickly republished in editions more or less " pirates". Currently of many labels republish legally these recordings, testimonys often enthralling of the music of the time.

The " destruction" " V Discs" were in any event theoretical: the Bibliothèque of the Congress of Washington has the entirety of the " V Discs" published between 1943 and 1948.

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