On the morning of the 17th of April this year, Radio 3 listeners heard breakfast presenter Petroc Trelawney explaining that he'd just walked into the studio and discovered an unexpected new piece of equipment. It was a vinyl record player. He didn't actually say 'how quaint!' but that was clearly what he thought, as he chortled and condescended over this piece of outmoded, antiquated technology. The turntable was there, of course, for Record Store Day, and was duly put to use on Saturday morning, when a special edition of Radio 3's 'CD Review' ignored its usual boundaries and played some classical vinyl releases.
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