Album Notes WORLD WAR II RADIO BROADCASTS contains uninterrupted Kraft Hall Radio programs complete with songs comedy sketches commercials and World War IInews bulletins. Also available as part of 5-CD box set WWII RADIO: LIVE RADIO BROADCASTS FROM 1943-1945 on Laserlight (15934).Personnel: Bing Crosby Bob Hope The Charioteers Marilyn Maxwell (vocals); John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra.Includes liner notes by Laurence J. Zwisohn.Digitally remastered by Robert Vosgien (CMS Digital Pasadena California).Personnel: Bing Crosby (vocals).Liner Note Author: Larry Zwisohn.Recording information: Kraft Music Hall Radio (05/14/1944/06/15/1944).Unknown Contributor Roles: Marilyn Maxwell; The Charioteers; Music Maids; Bob Hope.A fascinating historical document as well as a triumph of radio entertainment LaserLight s reissue of Bing Crosby s Armed Forces broadcasts of 1944-45 include two complete half-hour shows on each disc with an array of guest stars comedy sketches and beautiful standards. The original commercials are included just as broadcasted and the source material (which came from Crosby s own collection at his alma mater of Gonzaga University) is superb. Best of all the discs in this series are available at a budget price. Recorded on April 15 and June 15 1944 these two broadcasts include guest Bob Hope and a song list featuring Swinging on a Star The One I Love Belongs to Someone Else and Keep Those Bottles Quiet. ~ John Bush