The Twilight Turntable
The Twilight Turntable is dedicated to reviving the lost art of listening. Join us as we explore a world of late-night long players. No screens, no books - just the cover and sleeve notes for company.
Please try listening.
Episodes
30 episodes
Dummy
It's Episode 30, which means role reversal time. Paul offers up Portishead's Mercury Music Prize winner from 1994. The album is often credited with popularising trip hop, a term the band apparently hated. What will Tone make of the filmic sound...
Jesus of Cool
Tone brings Nick Lowe's 1978 box of tricks to the Turntable. Effortless pop sensibility. Biting criticism of the music industry. The occasional gruesome lyric. What will Paul make of this musical smorgasbord?To find out, please try liste...
Never for Ever
Tone slips Kate Bush's 1980 LP on to the Turntable. How will Paul receive the Fairlight-inspired work? What schoolday memories will the album evoke for Tone? What will the pair of them make of Kate's legendary 1979 BBC special?For the an...
Floodland
It's all gone rather dark at The Twilight Turntable as Tone offers the Sisters of Mercy for Paul's consideration. Is Andrew Eldritch an admirable musician or "Gary the Goth"? Are we to take him seriously or is the joke on us? Who or what is Dok...
3 + 3
Steve Pringle joins Tone and Paul at the Turntable, bringing with him the Isley Brothers' 1973 album. Tales of lazy, hazy days and a glass of something nice; a relatively unheralded guitar hero; the Isleys as a family business; close harmonies;...
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Odessey and Oracle
"Like a warm summer breeze", the Zombies' 1968 album blows through The Turntable. The pinnacle of a turbulent career? Something of a forgotten classic from a band that had already run its course? To find out...please try listening.
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The Nylon Curtain
Tone offers up Billy Joel's 1982 album for Paul's consideration. But is he Billy the Balladeer? One of the finest and most under-rated song-writers of the twentieth century? Or a really good John Lennon tribute act? To find out, please try list...
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For Your Pleasure
To kick off the new year, Tone asks Paul to consider Roxy Music's 'retro-futurist' classic from 1973. Is it - as Morrissey has suggested - "the only truly great British album"? Or a triumph of process over product? Please try listening to find ...
Dare
The estimable Ian Forth of Sombrero Fallout fame joins Tone and Paul at the Turntable. What will Paul make of The Human League's transition to a more commercial sound? What effect did the departure of two founding band members have? And what on...
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Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout's founder and bassist Martin McAloon joins Tone and Paul at the Turntable. Incredible technical insight. First-hand accounts of the recording process. Tales of minibar-dwelling musicians.How will the lads react to the prese...
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The Last Rotation of Earth
B.C. Camplight arrives at the Turntable. What on earth will Tone make of it?Please (oh please) try listening.
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Slade in Flame
Slade - the biggest-selling singles act of the '70s in the UK - were also film stars. What will Paul make of this sound track album? How did the band's quest to conquer the USA turn out? And what's Tone's celebrity connection this time?P...
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Come Find Yourself
Tone brings his showbiz friends - charming New York gangsters Fun Lovin' Criminals - to the Turntable. It's a tale of DATs, gats and hats.Stick 'em up, punks, and...please try listening.
Surrealistic Pillow
Tone slips Jefferson Airplane's psychedelic classic onto the Turntable. And although Paul "wasn't there in '67, man", he willingly dives down the rabbit hole.Turn on, tune in and...please try listening.
I Remember Yesterday
Disco didn't suck. And the Turntable welcomed its first guest to prove it. Paul Burke was THERE (by which we mean Wembley Market). Tone and (regular) Paul were giddy with excitement.Please try listening.
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Different Light
The Peterson sisters, Steele and Hoffs grace the Turntable. Tone relives his mid-80s discovery of The Bangles and Paul learns there was much more to their music than the singles. But did the band's peak coincide with the beginning of the end?
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Excitable Boy
If tales of werewolves, firearms and psychopaths are your thing, this might be right up your alley. Tone brings Warren Zevon to the Turntable. Will Paul be an excitable boy?
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Paranoid
Rock on! Tone brings Birmingham's favourite metal sons to the Turntable. Will Paul be spooked, thrilled, delighted or busy thinking about Spinal Tap.Please try listening (and turn it up to 11).
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Into The Gap
The coolest band in town circa 1984 or as 80s as Carol Decker holding a Rubik's cube? Tone brings Thompson Twins to the Turntable and explains his long-held theory as to why they were denied a Number 1 single.Please try listening.
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The Sin of Pride
"One of the great lost albums," says Tone. Does Paul agree? Were The Undertones victims of circumstance and an unwillingness to write what the fans wanted? And does the music stand the test of time?As ever, for the answers to some, all o...
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OK Computer
The Turntable flips on its head as Paul asks Tony to consider Radiohead's seminal 1997 album.Prepare for angst, turmoil and profound emotional upheaval. And that's just Tony.Please try listening.
The Liberty of Norton Folgate
Tony introduces Paul to a barrel-load of jack-a-napes and ne'er-do-wells in the shape of Madness's 2009 album. But how will it fare at the Turntable?Please try listening to find out.
Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins
The endlessly fascinating Mael brothers grace the Turntable. What WOULD they do if they owned the BBC? When WILL they get to sing My Way? And what exactly is their beef with Pet Shop Boys?Join Tony and Paul to see how much they enjoyed a...
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