"He Laid Away a Suit of Gray" sung by George J. Gaskin

"He Laid Away a Suit of Gray" was recorded by George J. Gaskin on a Columbia brown wax cylinder in 1901.

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[victrolaman]

I don't believe I have ever heard Gaskin's voice so loud and clear on one of these ancient old Cylinder Records. Great Post !

Victrolaman

[EdisonSquirrel]

@victrolaman Thank you!

[victrolaman]

@EdisonSquirrel The Interesting thing about Gaskin, is that he stopped recording around 1905, and is not heard on record again until 1916, when Pathe, trying to gain a share of the U.S. Market, brought him back to the recording horn one last time, and he recorded his two last sides, "Killarney" & "Come Back to Erin" on Pathe Freres Record #65327. I recently found this elusive final Gaskin disc, and will feature it at some point, on my Youtube Channel.

[EdisonSquirrel]

@victrolaman I look forward to hearing Gaskins' last recordings. Gaskins' 1916 records are the anachronstic equivalent of Billy Murray's Bluebird records from 1941with Harry's Tavern Band.

[MusicBoxBoy]

Wonderful clear recording of an early brown wax cylinder. Thanks for sharing this, Rocky!

[EdisonSquirrel]

Thank you Doug! I only wish that brown wax cylinders were as easy to come by as the black wax and the Blue Amberols.

[horarwgt]

Gaskin, known as "The Silver-Voiced Irish Tenor," was born in Belfast and became one of the leading pioneer recording artists of the 1890s -- scoring 31 hits (mostly #1s!) -- between 1891 and 1904. This, though, is not one of them. George died around 1920.

[rordorica]

a very very well conservated record , congratulations!, and the phonograph itself without variations in the speed, one of this days , I´ll get an Edison Standar capable to play 2 & 4 minute records.

[m134mr]

good old cylinders - beats those berliner discs anyday! fantastic sound

[VictrolaJazz]

Wonderful record!