An LP of my show
The idea put forward by the man who came to my dressing-room at the Player's Theater was a little more realistic; he only wanted to record my speaking voice. . .The stage manager and I rushed straight from MacDougal Street to a nearby recording studio. This differed from the room in Denmark Street in that this time I and the microphone were in a larger room filled with conscripted listeners.
The occasion was an ordeal because, by the time the record was complete, it was well after midnight and I had been speaking for four-and-a-half hours but the evening was made worthwhile by my discovery that in the audience was Miss Comden.
When the record was released in England, to promote it I was whirled round Britain by a member of the staff of EMI. I asked him what the three mysterious letters meant and he replied, 'Every man for 'Imself'
The occasion was an ordeal because, by the time the record was complete, it was well after midnight and I had been speaking for four-and-a-half hours but the evening was made worthwhile by my discovery that in the audience was Miss Comden.
When the record was released in England, to promote it I was whirled round Britain by a member of the staff of EMI. I asked him what the three mysterious letters meant and he replied, 'Every man for 'Imself'