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Much has been written of Vinyl鈥檚 resurgence - it鈥檚 the format that refuses to die, electrifying fans young and old across the decades. But, we鈥檝e often forgotten about the Lennon to vinyl鈥檚 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鈥檚 phonograph and get up to date with the latest stats on vinyl鈥檚 revival.

Amit meets Audiophile researcher Marc Pearlmann to consider the claims that vinyl on high end turntables 鈥渟ounds better鈥� 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 大象传媒 Radio 4