Marco,

In the second John Peel picture you posted, the deck on the left is a Gates, but the one on the right is a BBC modified Garrard 301 as used in the BBC RP2/1 dual deck unit, amongst others - see below.

http://www.btinternet.com/~roger.bec...ms/grams_3.htm

Now what wouldn't I give for one of those?!