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The provenance of these recordings is unclear. All fifteen discs are without paper labels. The lacquer stock is an unusual type with a red centre and the B-side is blank, without any lacquer coating. They appear to be a wartime jazz concert recording, probably made in Italy for an audience of American and New Zealand soldiers. Performers include Jack Benny, Wini Shaw, Anna Lee and Larry Adler. Two very short reject cuts with the voice of Arch Curry indicate that these discs may have been made by, or given to, the Mobile recording unit. Some parts are not held in collection.
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D10347 sa-d-10347-pm Orch with vocal [part] 2 [unidentified performers, contains a fragment of a reject take of Arch Curry announcing Italy has fallen]
D10348 sa-d-10348-pm Orch only, pt 3 [The old jippy tummy - instrumental written by band]
D10349 sa-d-1039-pm Pt 6 [Jack] Benny [MC greets NZ friends and allies]
D10350 sa-d-10350-pm Pt 6 [Jack] Benny
D10351 sa-d-10351-pm Pt 7 [Jack] Benny
D10352 sa-d-10352-pm Pt 8 [Jack] Benny
D10353 sa-d-10353-pm Pt 9 Winnie Shaw
D10354 sa-d-10354-pm Pt 10 Winnie Shaw
D10355 sa-d-10355-pm Pt 11, Anne Lee - Benny Humour
D10356 sa-d-10356-pm Pt 12, Lee - Benny
D10357 sa-d-10357-pm Pt 13
D10358 sa-d-10358-pm Pt 19 Larry Adler
D10359 sa-d-10359-pm Pt 21[Larry Adler contd. + duet with Benny]
D10360 sa-d-10360-pm Pt 22
D10361 sa-d-10361-pm Pt 22 [closing remarks from British officer]
D10362 sa-d-10362-pm Pt 25 [audience sing God save the King]