DON BRADMAN.
MAKES GRAMOPHONE RECORDS. (ffSWin MtBSS ASSOCIATION—iV BLICTHIC 'MUCOSAS H—CO rrxtaro.) . : . ; LONDON, September 18.Don Br admit n, free of the cares- oi cricket, surprised the Columbia Gramophone Company by arriving at the Petty France- studios VJith a music case and announcing that he proposed to-make a pianoforte dance record."Forthwith he sat down at the piano and 'made a highly successful record from an iinprovision on two popular .tunes, first, "An Old-fashioned - Locket," and second, "Our Bungalow of Dreams." . This., is not precisely what the company expected, so Bradman was asked to say something about cricket. He sat down and wrote a brief talk u P on the game, which he spoke, completing the record in five minutes? He then hurried to Thurston to see Walter Lindrum and Claude Falkiner. He grefeted Lindrum with; "Hullo, Walter,'' Lindrum replying with "Hullo, Don, J was just too late -to see you bat." To which Don replied, '"l'm finishing, as you are beginning."
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20038, 20 September 1930, Page 15
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