Referring to legendary, late
British radio DJ John Peel, the case of the man playing vinyl at the wrong
speed (ie. 33rpm at 45rpm or vice versa). The Peel Precedent is often invoked by DJs to excuse their own mistakes. Traditionally, there were three possible outcomes of such a mishap:
1. Peelie would stop the track about 30 seconds in, fluff a jocular apology and then play the track again at the correct
speed
2. Peelie would let the track run to its conclusion, then admit his error (or ignorance - a lot of his vinyl had no indication of the correct
speed) while arguing that it sounded good at the wrong
speed anyway
3. In rare cases, Peelie would let the track run to its conclusion, argue that it sounded great at the wrong
speed anyway, and then play the whole track again at the correct rpm, inviting listeners to draw their own conclusions with regard to its quality.