All Consuming - Vinyl and Turntables
Much has been written of Vinyl’s resurgence - it’s the format that refuses to die, electrifying fans young and old across the decades. But, we’ve often forgotten about the Lennon to vinyl’s McCartney - the venerable turntable.
In this episode of All Consuming, hosts Charlotte Williams and Amit Katwala get into the groove to find out why turntables just keep spinning us around. We unearth the history of recorded sound, including the French invention that drew audio waveforms and predated Edison’s phonograph and get up to date with the latest stats on vinyl’s revival.
Amit meets Audiophile researcher Marc Pearlmann to consider the claims that vinyl on high end turntables “sounds better” than CDs, we check in with Wolverhampton record store owner Claire Howell, meet veteran turntable manufacturer Roy Gandy and Charlotte gets a lesson in DJ-ing from a very special guest...
Producer: James Tindale
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4
Published on Thursday, 8th September 2022.
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