Archival Dispatch: 12 Master Broadcasts Dated Across The Navy Swings (Dave Brubeck), The Answer Man, Yankee Yarns, and Carson Robison

Batch 85 Forensic Discoveries

Batch 85 recovers and dates 12 historical broadcasts spanning modern jazz recruitment radio, mid-century listener trivia phenomena, pioneering western cowboy transcriptions, New England coastal shipwrecks, and Roaring Twenties/Thirties dance bands: Dave Brubeck Quartet playing 'Watusi Drums' and Bobby Troup on The Navy Swings (1962), 2 wartime Q&A investigations by Albert Mitchell on The Answer Man (1944, tackling skywriting techniques and Hitler's personal phone exchange), 2 rare 1936 electrical transcription discs from Carson Robison and His Buckaroos on Carson Robison and His Buckaroos, 2 authentic historical folklore narratives by Alton Hall Blackington on Yankee Yarns (1944, detailing the daring rescue of the schooner Mertie B. Crowley on Martha's Vineyard and Vermont hermits), Johnny Mercer swinging 'Running Wild' on Johnny Mercer's Music Shop (1944), and 3 pristine 1931 dance orchestra transcriptions from prolific bandleader Ben Selvin on Ben Selvin and His Orchestra.

1. The Navy Swings & The Answer Man (1944–1962)

West Coast jazz masters and wartime fact-finding broadcasting:

2. Yankee Yarns, Carson Robison, Johnny Mercer, & Ben Selvin