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Beat Mining with the Vinyl Hoover

Duration:: 45 minutes

First broadcast:: Saturday 28 March 2009

Broadcaster Toby Amies digs into the archives to discover the value and significance of old vinyl.

He uncovers a network of dealers and buyers, supplying a community of 'crate diggers' and 'beat miners' and a world in which samples from records bought for a few pence in a car boot sale can provide the basis for a million-selling hit.

BBC Radio 4Sat 28 Mar 2009 20:00 BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4Mon 30 Mar 2009 15:00 BBC Radio 4

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