John Ward. John’s radio station. Large collection of music. Getting set up, 1998, and broadcast continuously since then. Early experience of recorded music (1940s). Funded by returning bottles. 78s, 45s, LPs at 33 RPM. CDs. Vinyl compared to 78s. Scratching rerecords. Valves versus transistors for music quality. Surround sound. Range of music in the collection. Nature of early recordings. Stereo. Poor quality of cassette recordings. 37 versions of Eroica.