Comments on: Dial-a-Disc

By: Glenn A

Glenn A — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:53:15 +0000

Now then, Richard, you probably cost Labour that election by your use of premium rate phone services funded through their funds. Just hope Neil Kinnock doesn’t find out who led to a massive increase in their phone bill in 1987 that could have been spent on campaigning, or who didn’t win them votes in a marginal seat because they were listening to premium rate phone lines instead of canvassing.

By: Richard Shaw-Wright

Richard Shaw-Wright — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:20:13 +0000

This, the cricket scores, and numerous other BT services managed to run up a big ‘phone bill one quarter in 1987. Luckily for me, but not Neil Kinnock’s funds, it was on the second line installed for the grandly titled ‘Labour Party Committee Rooms’ (my front room) for the General Election. So, thanks, Mr. Kinnock. And we got to ride around in the car with the big megaphone.

By: Richard Davies

Richard Davies — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:40:19 +0000

BT used to advertise this & many other services like this on the back of the phone book in the mid 1985s.

By: Woodsy

Woodsy — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:54:11 +0000

I remember listening to Dreadlock Holiday on Dial-A-Disc and, being the tight sod that I was, decided I would record it down the phone using one of those little microphones you sometimes got with a hi-fi system, and pressing it right against the receiver.

But of course I had no idea when the song had ended, so my recording had all these little silences throughout, where I’d pull the mic away to listen to see if the song had ended, and then quickly press it back to the receiver again. And as for the quality….

I also remember that if you dialled from a pay phone you got about 10 secs of the song free. Seem to remember listening to Boys Keep Swinging like this, until I’d heard it all the way through, with people outside the phone box, banging on the glass!