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Author
Publisher
Krause Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A collection of short essays discussing various elements of the sound recording industry, and how to navigate the world of record collecting, this book also includes multiple discographies of the most valuable recordings in various genres and collecting areas.
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This volume is a compendium of beautiful recording and playback equipment and at the same time an engaging, comprehensive history of sound recording. Organized chronologically, it showcases specially commissioned photography of the beautiful, iconic and rarely seen objects contained within the diverse collections of the EMI Archive Trust. Recording equipment, playback devices, catalogues, artist files, records, master tapes, radios and televisions...
3) Compact disc
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The story of the compact disc is also the story of the end of physical media. It is the story of how the quest for perfection laid the grounds for the death of a great industry. For in the passage from analogue media, like records and tapes, to digital media, like CDs, something changed in the nature of media and in the relationship we have...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
The story of recorded sound--the technological developments, the humans that made them happen and their impact on society, from the phonograph to LPs, EPs and the recent resurgence of vinyl. In Into the Groove, vinyl collector and music buff Jonathan Scott dissects a mind-blowing feat that we all take for granted today--the domestication of sound. Thomas Edison's phonograph, the first device that could both record and reproduce sound, represented...
Author
Publisher
Ice Cube Pess, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Cellomaster Pablo Casals and 'King of the Delta Blues' Robert Johnson recorded iconic albums the very same week in history. Late November 1936. In Spain, Pablo was dealing with an erupting World War II. While in America's 'Jim Crow' South, Robert was dealing with racism and the 'Great Depression.' For both, their music was their motivation. Pablo recorded Bach's Classic Suites at Abbey Road Studios in London, while Robert recorded his 'classic' Blues...
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In our increasingly digital world, audiophiles know that the real recording is on vinyl. That's why sales of vinyl continue to soar. Mike Evans offers a sumptuous visual celebration of this medium's fascinating history and triumphant rebirth. From weighty 78s to feisty 45s, from eccentric EPs to legendary LPs, he brings vinyl recordings off the shelves and out of the crate."--provided by publisher.
7) The beginner's guide to vinyl: how to build, maintain, and experience a music collection in analog
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
ACC Editions
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In 2015, vinyl sales in the US increased by 30% - a raise for the tenth year in succession - and 1.29 million vinyl albums were sold in the UK in 2014, the first time the million mark has been surpassed since 1996. Vinyl, once thought to be a dying market, is now facing a major revival. Pop culture writer and historian Jennifer Otter Bickerdike interviews some of our most iconic artists, including hip-hop stars, Indie legends, DJs, producers, album...
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