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Don't Write, Make a Record

Alan Dein explores how people recorded their own voices on gramophone records before the age of audio cassette. From April 2002.

Just 7" of thin vinyl connects generations, continents, lovers and the lost.

From 1935 until the coming of the cassette, anyone, anywhere in the world, from Australia to Argentina, could walk into an auto-recording booth, from the Empire State to Brighton Pier, a Cunard Liner to the NAAFI and make their own short gramophone record.

From the anonymous to the likes of Tennessee Williams, the Beats and Gracie Fields, join Alain Dein on a journey through the grooves of time and memory.

Producer: Mark Burman

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in April 2002.

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1 hour

Last on

Sun 19 May 2019 04:30

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 May 2015 08:00
  • Sat 16 May 2015 15:00
  • Sun 17 May 2015 03:00
  • Sat 18 May 2019 08:00
  • Sat 18 May 2019 16:30
  • Sun 19 May 2019 04:30