Turntable Tales - BBC R4's History of the Turntable

[Jo Sharp]

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In the first of two programmes telling the story of the record-playing turntable, Colleen Murphy spins through its early history and the dramatic take-up of this new technology in Edwardian society. It was an enthusiasm as spectacular as the computer's rise at the end of the same century and its impact on the music industry was profound.

On BBC iPlayer Radio:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b072jfcr

Part 2 on 15th March, in which Colleen will cover the recent period and the audiophile driven revival of the vinyl medium.