America on Record: A History of Recorded SoundCambridge University Press, 2005 M12 5 - 457 páginas With Thomas Edison's invention of the phonograph, the beautiful music that was the preserve of the wealthy became a mass-produced consumer good, cheap enough to be available to all. In 1877 Edison dreamed that one day there would be a talking machine in every home. America on Record: A History of Recorded Sound provides a history of sound recording from the first thin sheet of tinfoil that was manipulated into retaining sound to the home recordings of rappers in the 1980s and the high-tech studios of the 1990s. This book examines the important technical developments of acoustic, electric, and digital sound reproduction while outlining the cultural impact of recorded music and movies. This second edition brings the story up to date, describing the digital revolution of sound recording with the rise of computers, Napster, DVD, MP3, and iPod. |
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
The acoustic | 15 |
The inventors 17 73688 | 17 |
A phonograph in every home | 43 |
The international industry of recorded sound | 65 |
The music | 80 |
Recorded sound in the Jazz Age | 96 |
The electrical | 113 |
The record | 244 |
The studio | 258 |
Perfecting studio recording | 285 |
The cassette culture | 313 |
The digital | 329 |
The media conglomerates | 331 |
Into the digital era | 346 |
Consolidation and connectivity in the digital era | 367 |
The machines | 115 |
Competing technologies | 136 |
Empires of sound | 158 |
Swing and the mass audience | 176 |
High fidelity at last | 189 |
Rocknroll and the revolution in music | 223 |
Abbreviations used in the notes | 409 |
Notes | 410 |
Select discography | 437 |
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