Episode 81 – Original Upload 5.7.20

PLAYLIST 81 uploaded July 5, 2020 and is 86% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Roughly £80 to buy, so think how little it cost to make… and the quality of the parts involved?!? In other words, you’d be mad to grab one of these for anything other than slightly thrashed vinyl, a kids intro to the world […]

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Episode 80 – Original Upload 7.6.20

PLAYLIST 80 uploaded June 7, 2020 and is 81% vinyl friendly. Impressive. See through, to see what’s going on… and the first turntable in the world to have a ‘high-fidelity built-in valve phono stage‘, apparently. An Automatic Turntable MkII from Gearbox. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger […]

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Episode 79 – Original Upload 3.5.20

PLAYLIST 79 uploaded May 3, 2020 and is 96% vinyl friendly. Soooo close! Near perfect. Handcrafted, custom-restored/rebuilt vintage turntable via Artisan Fidelity. A ‘work of art’ said one review, AF’s pricing for these lads ranges from $4895 to $58,000. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. […]

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Episode 78 – Original Upload 5.4.20

PLAYLIST 78 uploaded April 5, 2020 and is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad. Russian back-in-whatever-day (‘toy’?) turntable. Cracked cover and batteries not included. Currently on eBay for £200, inc p&p from the Ukraine. Don’t all rush. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. And one […]

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Episode 77 – Original Upload 1.3.20

PLAYLIST 77 uploaded March 1, 2020 and is 97% vinyl friendly. Oh so close! Nope, it’s not some weird pressure cooker set up, it’s a turntable – $13,000’s worth (give or take) of TriangleART Signature SE turntable to you. Lyric of Playlist 77… ‘While you were calculating tears my head expired.’ Not an ideal scenario. […]

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Episode 76 – Original Upload 2.2.20

PLAYLIST 76 uploaded February 2, 2020 and is 97% vinyl friendly! Ooooh, sooooo close! A Pro-Ject VT-E BT turntable. It’s only here to represent the ‘upright camp’ but whatever any space limitations this would help with, I would never be able to get my head around looking at the arm on a moving record and […]

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Episode 75 – Original Upload 5.1.20

PLAYLIST 75 uploaded January 5, 2020 and is 88% vinyl friendly! Impressive. A Pye 1005 Achoic Stereophonic Projection System. It’s a Sixties thing. One for mate, Angus Cameron, as he grew up with one of them. Lyric of Playlist 75… It’s rare it goes to a dance track on 41 Rooms but Louie Vega and […]

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Episode 74 – Original Upload 1.12.19

PLAYLIST 74 uploaded December 1, 2019 and is 94% vinyl friendly! Near perfect Ah, memories. I used to have one of these. A Technics 1200 MK1. Lyric of Playlist 74…. Confusion in her eyes that says it all… etc. Ian C’s real life recollection makes this a no contest. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars […]

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Episode 73 – Original Upload 3.11.19

PLAYLIST 73 uploaded November 3, 2019 and is… 73% vinyl friendly! Not bad. The above? An Ion Duo Deck Digital Conversion Turntable. $99 or thereabouts. Be aware, a few of the tracks (cassette takes) are sonically challenged. Lyric of Playlist 73…. maybe belongs to Ms Armitage. Ripping it up. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars […]

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Episode 72 – Original Upload 6.10.19

PLAYLIST 72 Playlist 72 is 90% vinyl friendly! Impressive. The above courtesy of one Zach Dicklin. If you fancy knocking one up yourself. Tracks marked * have been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. Lyric of Playlist 72…Gliddy gloop gloopy, Nibby nabby nooby, La la la lo lo. You probably […]

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