Wartime Music Collection
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 7:36 am
The Wartime Music Collection - Create your own WW2 radio show!
While playing OOb (or any other WW2 game) I like to listen to music of the time period for the sake of immersion, or just because it's interesting to discover rare and exotic songs of the past. Not to mention that much of the music is simply terrific ... The idea of this project is to collect original music of the WW2 period for the nations covered by OOB (or any other WW2 game) in order to provide the player and music-lover with a multifaceted soundtrack. Choose the songs you like, make your own playlist(s) and fire up the game!
Main source is YouTube; for copyright reasons I will post here only links to channels, playlists and single videos. Perhaps I'll add some links for radio broadcasts and news too.
Proposals and hints are always welcome! (Please remember that we're looking exclusively for recordings from the 30s and 40s.)
This post will be updated from time to time. So stay tuned!
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Finnland
Popular and Dancing Music, Swing:
- Great YT channel, by Dallape30. Features many Finnish artists and orchestras from the 30s and 40s.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Dallape30/ ... e_view=500
- Another YT channel, by Dude3251. Wartime (and post-war) popular music.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Dude3251/videos
- Lisa Pien (Finnish version of Lily Marleen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBEFDfkRaHw
- Kaarina (Finnish version of Erika)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJbi8AaAp0g
- Singer Henry Theel (troop entertainment/cine film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiI1nrL-los
- The Harmony Sisters (troop entertainment/cine film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQBB_6O1OSs
Patriotic Songs and Propaganda:
- Molotohvin koktaili - a nice collection of Finnish propaganda songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYpUmZ7ih-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz4mIn3swD0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ALN5grqSRg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlXWWtr915o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAw2DBwtALQ
- Aseveikko (Finnish version of Ich hatt' einen Kameraden)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eVnDvTAo40
- Orvokki (Finnish version of Es war ein Edelweiss)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE-uTewAP5Q
- Mustapaitain marssi (March of the Finnish Blackshirts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ge88tCpskA
- Elämää juoksuhaudoissa (Life in Trenches)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck_BUUQODaQ
Germany
Popular and Dancing Music, Swing:
(The Nazi attitude towards Swing music was quite schizophrenic, on the one side this music was ideological suspicious, on the other side it was very poular in Germany. That led to contradictory sanctions: the Swing Youth subculture was suppressed, Swing dancing forbidden (well, sometimes at least) - while Goebbels fostered his own Swing band, Charlie and His Orchestra, for propaganda reasons. But still, there were numerous orchestras in the country playing Swing - and German Lufwaffe pilots used to tune in to Radio London soon after takeoff to listen to the latest Glen Miller tunes (source: my grandad). In 1943 the production of vinyl records was terminated and many artists and musicians were conscripted ...)
- Fantastic channel by Deutschlandsender, German pre-war and wartime dancing music, mostly swing.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Deutschlandsender/videos
Japan
(Be patient when you comb through the Japanese playlists; some of them are huge, and mostly all descriptions are in Japanese. Google Translator is your friend.
But it's worth the effort, many gems are hidden there ...)Popular and Dancing Music, Swing:
- Great YT channel, by akiraplastic5. Mostly popular music, also patriotic songs, everything from the 30s and 40s.
https://www.youtube.com/user/akiraplastic5/videos
- Niponpolydor's channel is even larger! Incredible collection of Japanese popular music of all kinds.
https://www.youtube.com/user/niponpolydor/videos
Patriotic Songs and Propaganda:
- Another very useful YT channel, by Hiro Kawanaka. Mostly wartime propaganda songs.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_kRuL ... IyQ/videos
- Senyu (the famous Japanese soldiers song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmjdUD2Vk9Q
United Kingdom
Popular and Dancing Music, Swing, Patriotic Songs:
- The Blitz Years series are a good start; among famous British artists also US orchestras. Playlist by AlbamRecords.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... SXN4p5QLvz
USA
(Ok, that's quite easy, YT is flooded with WW2 US American music of all kind. Following are just a few interesting links.)
Popular and Dancing Music, Swing, Propaganda and Patriotic Songs:
- Very nice and varied collection of US music during the war. Playlist by knd643.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... A5F0C1DB7E
Broadcasts (music and news)
- Glenn Miller & The Army Air Force Band (broadcast from February 12, 1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcnizbFzvKc
- Bob Hope Special 'Somewhere In The South Pacific' (1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2CD2MXSTTU
(To be continued.)