Posted by Adam Quinan on October 16, 2003 at 00:54:44 from 66.185.85.76 user Adam.
In Reply to: Re: Books or Records was Desert Island, was The Shipping Forecast (British Isles) posted by Jon on October 15, 2003 at 21:07:43:
Of course when Desert Island Discs was first broadcast, the discs rotated at 78 rpm and could be played on a clockwork gramophone. A friend of mine has a collection of three or four and it is interesting to hear what passed for high fidelity in 1930!