[ARSCLIST] Jack Benny Transcription Discs

[Sammy Jones <sjones69@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please excuse the cross posting, but I think this may be of interest to
members of both groups...

In a recent internet auction I won a set of lacquer ETs of a Jack Benny
Program from November 7, 1948.  There were several episodes for sale, but I
only won one.  The discs have KFI/Earl C. Anthony labels, and the episode is
broken up into three parts that overlap with each other.  

I don't think these are NBC reference recordings or recordings for Benny or
the sponsor because they have KFI labels.  As I understand it, KFI was not
owned by NBC, so would not be in the business of recording shows for NBC.

Ken Greenwald mentioned some time back that KFI would record the Benny show
off the line and play it back for late-night broadcast in Los Angeles.  Are
these discs the result of that practice?  Would a separate set of recordings
have been made by Radio Recorders for Jack's personal archive and perhaps
American Tobacco's files?

Here are the matrix numbers:

Part 1 - 02662 F S1 p
Part 2 - 02662 F S2 p
Part 3 - 02662 F S1 p (part 3 is on the reverse of part 1)

Can anybody decode what these matrix numbers mean?  I assume "S1" and "S2"
refer to sides 1 and 2.

Finally, was the network repeat Benny show being played from ET or still
performed live at this point?

Sammy Jones