“Deck went extremely wrong – fixed it+ cured Rumble & scratchy sound”
Weirdly, I do remember this…
The deck started making every record played on it sound as if it had underlying african rhythms. Which is fine if you’re David Byrne, but no good if you’re a 16-year-old teenager listening to the Edgar Broughton Band or Tonto’s Expanding Headband.
I lifted up the rubber mat, removed the platter and discovered that a ‘u-clip’ had come free from one of the (I believe) two flywheels underneath. A few moments spent carefully trying to pry the thing back on gave me the necessary solution.
Scary what I CAN remember isn’t it?
Excerpts from a 70's Teenage Rock Opera 