Episodes

  • The Nightfly
    Jan 30 2025

    Yes, we're gonna have a wingding! The Turntable ventures across the Atlantic for the first time as Tone offers up Donald Fagen's debut solo album post-Steely Dan.

    Sub-oceanic tunnels, hopeless romance, well-stocked nuclear bunkers and, of course, Spandex jackets. They're all there. What will Paul make of Fagen's paean to his childhood? Ooooooh, Miami!

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    51 mins
  • Rage in Eden
    Jan 16 2025

    Calling all gigolos and gigolettes! Tone brings Ultravox's 1981 album to the Turntable (no Vienna here). What will Paul make of pencil-moustachioed Ure and his chums?

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    45 mins
  • Tropical Brainstorm
    Dec 23 2024

    Kirsty MacColl is not just for Christmas.

    Tone brings Kirsty's Tropical Brainstorm to the Turntable. It's the last album she recorded. Will Paul be dancing around in his socks?

    To find out, please try listening.

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    46 mins
  • High Land, Hard Rain
    Dec 12 2024

    'The pride of East Kilbride' comes to the Turntable.

    Nostalgia, heartache, letter writing, a sense of leaving and loss. And that's just Tone as a 17-year-old.

    Will Paul fall for Roddy's romance?

    Please try listening.

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    48 mins
  • Face To Face
    Nov 27 2024

    The start of The Kinks' 'imperial period'? An overlooked classic? A stop-gap between You Really Got Me and Waterloo Sunset?

    Tone brings Face To Face to the opening night of the Turntable. What will Paul make of his first piece of homework?

    Please try listening.

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    42 mins