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America on Record provides a history of sound recording, from Edison's invention of the phonograph to the home recordings of rappers in the 1980s and the high tech digital studios of the 1990s. This volume examines the important technical developments, including acoustic, electronic and digital reproduction, cylinder, 78 rpm disc, 45 rpm microgroove single, and compact disc, while outlining the cultural impact of recorded music and film dialogue. It describes jazz, blues, swing, rock, rap, and movies against the business and technological background of sound recording.

Table of Contents:
Introduction; Part I. The Acoustic Era: 1. The inventors; 2. A phonograph in every home; 3. The international industry of recorded sound; 4. The music; 5. Recorded sound in the Jazz Age; Part II. The Electrical Era: 6. The machines; 7. Competing technologies; 8. Empires of sound; 9. Swing and the mass audience; 10. High fidelity at last; 11. Rock 'n' Roll and the revolution in sound; 12. The record; 13. The studio; 14. Perfecting studio recording; 15. The cassette culture; Part III. The Digital Era: 16. The media conglomerate; 17. Into the digital era.

Review :
."..he [Millard] is thorough and blessedly succinct, covering the rapid-fire advances of the past hundred years without sacrificing the telling detail or clarifying insight." Washington Post Book World ."..[a] fine nontechnical, general introduction to the development of recorded sound....Recommended for public and academic libraries at all levels." Choice "Millard shows a particular empathy with the machinery of sound recording and reproduction, lovingly detailing the evolution of phonographic machines....He demonstrates a firm grasp of the interface between technology and business, helpfully tracing the rise of the major companies, their reorganization into Empires of Sound, ' and their most recent reincarnation as media conglomerates." American Historical Review "One of the book's strengths, however, is that it seeks to unravel the complex relationship among scientific innovation, commercial imperatives, and changing social and artistic forces...Millard is particularly compelling on the ways that the recording techniques that were developed in the adjacent entertainment fields of popular music, film, and radio influenced each other." The Journal of American History


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780521475563
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 425
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A History of Recorded Sound
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0521475562
  • Publisher Date: 27 Oct 1995
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Weight: 653 gr


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