“Always Gallant Polka” by Charles Daab 1913
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 Published On Apr 15, 2024

“Always Gallant Polka” by Charles Daab 1913
Xylophone with Orchestra
Edison Blue Amberol 1854

The UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive states this record is played by Albert Benzler. The record end shows "Daab" which is Charles Daab. I believe it is actually Daab and not Benzler. Benzler did record this song in 1908, but had already left Edison by 1913 when this record was made.

UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive:
https://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/de...

Charles Daab from pas.org:
When Albert Benzler decided to leave Edison in 1908, he recommended that his friend Charles Daab should audition for the job. Daab signed an agreement with Edison as a xylophone and bells recording artist on July 2, 1910. He quickly made three xylophone and two bells recordings on Edison two-minute wax cylinders. The Gerhardt Collection includes recordings in both the Gold Moulded Wax and Blue Amberol formats.

In 1916, the same year a new group of xylophone players joined the Edison stable to replace Charles Daab, he recorded the duet Marriage Bells, featuring John F. Burckhardt on bells. With William Dorn, he recorded a xylophone duet, the “So So” Polka. Dorn would record one more solo a year later, and Burckhardt produced two more bells solos and a few piano solos for Edison as a member of the studio staff. Dorn was with Edison between 1916 and 1917, and Burckhardt recorded for Edison between 1916 and 1919.

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