ANTIQUE 1900 7" BERLINER 78 "KILLARNEY" G.J. GASKIN Vg

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THIS IS AN ULTRA RARE ANTIQUE BERLINER GRAMOPHONE RECORD FROM 1901

"KILLARNEY" sung by "ENGLISH TENOR" G. J. GASKIN

ACCOMPANIED BY PIANO

LONDON 1900

ONE-SIDED 7" BERLINER GRAMOPHONE RECORD

REPRODUCED IN HANNOVER

REVERSE SIDE HAS A SHARP IMPRESSION OF THE "WRITING CHERUB" LOGO

CONDITION - VG-     PLAYS WELL FOR ITS AGE LOUD AND CLEAR OVER THE BACKGROUND

There is some  edge damage which sounds during the announcement of the track

"IRISH BALLAD "KILLARNEY" SUNG BY GEORGE GASKIN"

George Jefferson Gaskin was born in Belfast, Ireland on February 16, 1863. Not much is known about his early life in Ireland or his family there. He emigrated to America in his youth where he started his musical career as a singer in churches and in early vaudeville. He was one of the first artists to actually be recorded. The commercial recording industry began in 1889 and Gaskin's first recordings were made in 1891. Allen Koenigsberg's ­Edison Cylinder Records, 1889-1912 states that Theo Wangemann, Edison's recording engineer, believed that Gaskin was only the second vocalist ever to make a commercial record. The first was probably George Johnson, a former slave who recorded only one day earlier on June 1, 1891.

In the April 1928 issue of The Gramophone, Fred Gaisberg recall's the singer's early career:

He was considered one of the greatest recordable singers in the industry. It was a tinny voice but all of his words were articulated clearly. He seemed to have the ability to convey depth and dynamics without being too soft or too loud to cause distortion. He first recorded with Edison but he also made discs with Columbia, Zon-o-phone, The Universal Phonograph Company and Berliner. He covered all genres of song including comic, operatic, Irish, sentimental, patriotic and sacred. Another nickname Gaskin used was "The Irish Thrush."

Most music historians place Gaskin as the most popular artist in the first decade of the industry. According to Joel Whitburn's book, Pop Memories 1890-1954 The History of American Popular Music, Gaskin was ranked as the top artist from 1890-1900. Two other Irish-American artists, Dan Quinn and Arthur Collins, are also included in this top ten list. He states that Gaskin had 19 #1 singles and was rated in the top 100 artists during this period. His Irish-American hits included, "Slide, Kelly, Slide", "Sweet Rosie O'Grady", "My Wild Irish Rose" and "Bedalia." His first number one hit came on December 5, 1891 with "Drill, Ye Terriers, Drill."

In 1898 Gaskin signed an agreement which made him an exclusive artist with Columbia Records. The deal lasted a year and along with his solo recordings he also made some tenor duets with John Bieling (known as Livingston on the recordings). By the end of the decade the recording industry was rapidly changing. New artists were emerging and Gaskin's popularity was fading. In 1904 he stopped recording altogether. In 1916 he made what is thought to be his final disc. It was a double-sided disc with "Come Back to Erin" on one side and "Killarney" on the other. On December 14, 1920 Gaskin died in New York.

Some of his recordings that are known to still exist are:

• "I Don’t Want to Play in Your Yard" (1895)
• "She May Have Seen Better Days" (1896)
• "Yankee Doodle" (1897)
• "It Don’t Seem Like the Same Old Smile" (1897)
• "The Best in the House is None Too Good For Reilly" (1897)
• "She Was Bred In Old Kentucky" (1898)
• "Uncle Sam, Why Are You Waiting?" (1898)
• "What is Home Without Love" (1899)
• "America" (1898)
• "Old Folks At Home" (1899)
• "While the Band is Playing Dixie" (1901)
• "When the Harvest Days Are Over" (1902)
• " I’m Wearing My Heart Away for You" (1903)
• "If A Girl Like You Loved A Boy Like Me" (1905)
• "Drill Ye Tarriers Drill" (1899)
• "Whisper your mothers name" (1896 - 1900)
• "Scanlan's Swing Song" (1896)
• "Mavourneen" (1890's)
• "Just say goodbye again" (1890's)
• "The Bassoon" (1903)
• "All coons look alike to me" (1896)
• "Killarney" (1900)
• "Sally in Our Alley" (1905)
• "After the ball" (1893)

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