Well. I've got the scripts and a few tracks but not the whole shows.

Some of you may know that each December, Anton Garcia-Fernandez puts together a podcast with him and me discussing a Bing Crosby topic. This year Anton also brought in Jason Liddiard and Ken Crossland to discuss Bing's year in 1954 and how it turned out to be a significant milestone for him. I found the discussion absolutely fascinating and if you would like to see it, go to https://youtu.be/kaF3OTKLz4E 

This is a superb in-depth presentation looking at Bing's jazz singing. Running to nearly two hours, the jazz society members were obviously really impressed and hopefully will now appreciate Bing's jazz credentials. . Our thanks to Jason for putting this together. An awful lot of work went into it.

There's a lot on the BING magazine website already, including this.

A History of V-Discs
At the depth of World War II — July 31, 1942 — The American Federation of Musicians, headed by James C. Petrillo, went on strike to seek royalties from the record companies to finance an unemployment fund to compensate musicians who lost work because of competition from recorded music. The strike dragged on for more than a year, drastically reducing the production of new commercial recordings. Bing Crosby, for example, recorded no songs for commercial release during the first year of the strike.
The strike also cut off the supply of new recordings to the troops overseas. Robert Vincent, a sound engineer and a lieutenant assigned to the radio section of the Army Special Services Division, approached the War Department with the idea of recording music especially for the troops. He received approval from Washington in July 1943 and was transferred to the music section of Army Special Services, where the V-Disc program developed.
Vincent set up shop at Third Avenue and East 42nd Street in New York City. His first order of business was to secure the blessings, including waiver of all fees and royalties, from recording companies and unions, including the striking American Federation of Musicians. To get these waivers the Army assured the unions that V-Discs would be for use of military personal only and would not be available commercially. Moreover, the unions were promised that V-Discs would not be declared military surplus but would be destroyed, along with the masters, when no longer of use to the armed forces.
Next Vincent had to secure a name for the project — something more attractive than “Special Services Recordings.” A secretary suggested V-Discs, the “V” standing for Victory as well as Vincent.
The first V-Discs were shipped Oct. 1, 1943, from the RCA Victor pressing plant in Camden, New Jersey. The initial shipment included 1,780 boxes each containing 30 reco

Many thanks Jeremy, It could be June 1965 and I'll continue my research.

The International Club Crosby duly held its first online meeting on Sunday and a recording was made and has been put on YouTube by Anton Garcia-Fernandez. YouTube asked for certain songs to be omitted from the recording and there is an occasional jump in Part One here and there where we have had to cut bits. Part Two will be uploaded soon if YouTube will accept certain changes. Those wishing to join the ICC should contact Perry Huntoon at phuntoon38@gmail.com. Meanwhile part one can be viewed here.
International Club Crosby Online Meeting - September 3, 2023 - Part 1: Malcolm Macfarlane on Bing - YouTube
 

Hi Jim,

The American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming has the Trotter collection. By coincidence there will be an article about the collection in the next BING magazine. We are working with a researcher there at the moment. I'll leave others to try and answer the rest of your questions.

 

Just to let you know how the experiment went. Sound between us was very good, playing songs from Spotify was excellent. Sharing videos was not so good with the sound not synchronising with the picture. Jason is doing further research and we'll do another trial next week.

September 17–19, 1928. Monday–Wednesday. The trio’s next venue is Keith’s at Toledo, Ohio, where it is said that the theater manager rings the curtain down in their faces following an off-color joke.

Looks like it was October 9, 1932.

Glad you enjoyed it Ron. I like the idea of a call in feature and perhaps Anton will investigate this. Bing had some ill health in the early 60s which slowed him down and I think the time it took to film Stagecoach may have dimmed his enthusiasm for films too. As you say, he didn't want the commitment of a regular TV show. He had so many other other interests apart from showbusiness. 

The winter edition of BING magazine has been sent to the printers and will be available in November.
http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/BING192.html

July 1, 1976 Thursday. Bing and family plus Rosemary Clooney are guests of the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace. Prince Philip spends an hour talking to Bing at a drinks party in the 1844 Room and the Queen unexpectedly joins the gathering as well.