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America on record : a history of recorded sound
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America on record : a history of recorded sound / Andre Millard.
ISBN
0521835151 (hardcover)
0521542812 (pbk.)
Edition
2nd ed.
Published
Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, c2005.
Physical Description
xiii, 457 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 28, 2006
Bibliography
Includes discography (p. 437-439), bibliographical references (p. 440-446), and indexes.
Contents
The acoustic era. The inventors ; A phonograph in every home ; The international industry of recorded sound ; The music ; Recorded sound in the Jazz Age
The electrical era. The machines ; Competing technologies ; Empires of sound ; Swing and the mass audience ; High fidelity at last ; Rock'n'roll and the revolution in music ; The record ; The studio ; Perfecting studio recording ; The cassette culture
The digital era. The media conglomerates ; Into the digital era ; Consolidation and connectivity in the digital era.
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