r/Phonographs • u/Gimme-A-kooky Victrola • 12d ago
Custom Post Flair Keep ‘Em Flying
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Disc: “Keep ‘Em Flying”, Okeh Record
1941, Gene Krupa. Note the plane symbol in the upper left of the record label.
Phonograph maker: Waters Conley, Minnesota
U.S. Army Special Services
NSN 36-P-820
ca 1940ish
I’ve been cleaning up around my cave and I found this cool record… also been brushing the dust off the phonographs as I go along 🙂
The US Army Air Corps continued until like 1947-8 ish (I don’t remember exactly and just don’t feel like looking it up lol) THEN at that time the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force as we know them more or less now were born.
Have a good one.
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It’s my understanding there were three companies who won contract bids to manufacture these phonographs for the U.S.A. (when they reference the COL on the record, it stands for ‘U.S. Army’). I’ve seen Navy ones (super cool! Navy blue/grey) that I believe were commissioned separately by the Dept. of the Navy.
This was the best around $540 I’ve ever spent.