The Vinyl Countdown # 671

The Chipmunks, Chipmunk Punk (1980)

We’ve all, I’m sure, done that thing of playing records at the wrong speed – for a giggle. I was hooked on that when I was a kid. The S==L==O==W sound of a 45 played at 33, and the zippy-quick-funny sound of the opposite, a 33 played at 45. And then Alvin & The Chipmunks came along and it became a funny thing to do, to…