Feb 28, 2016
John Peel is playing the field recording 7" "Volume One - Shrewsbury Pumping Station - The Music of Machinery"
Optimistically sub-titled "Volume One", this 7″ 45 rpm single came out on Big Ben records in the UK in 1968. It is an unedited recording of a 19th century pumping engine, one side recorded "In The Engine Room", the other "In The Cellar". Rhythm of Machinery might have been a more apt name for the abortive series, as all that really happens is that the engines thump along at an exhilarating rate of about 15 bpm for the ten minutes or so of the disc's duration, with the odd mechanic chatting in the background, or motorbike driving past.
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