Episode 97 – 7.11.21

PLAYLIST 97 uploads Nov 7, 2021

and it’s 74% vinyl friendly. Not bad.

The Jive Turntable.

Roughly £140 for this bright and breezy set up, so don’t expect wonders. ‘Entry level’, I think they call it… and that set of button controls reminds me of some remote/zapper used for the TV… or something else I can’t quite place.

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Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop.

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Lyric of Playlist 97…

Mr Wrobbel! The prize is yours.

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00.00

(Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983 Episode #1 for info.

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00.41

NEW ORDER – Isolation (John Peel session, ’98) – In Session, CD only – Strange Fruit – 2004

A worthy companion to the original version, I remember this and the other tracks on the session it comes from were wrapped around conversation between Peel and the band. Their first ever meeting? A nice touch, whatever.

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03.21

SEA FEVER – De Facto (The Carlton Club, Manchester) – Youtube only – 2021

Based in Manchester and including the two ‘newer’ members of New Order, this groovily rushes along.