Sound recording : the life story of a technology /

Sound recording : the life story of a technology /

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Author / Creator:	Morton, David, 1964- author.
Edition:	Johns Hopkins paperbacks edition.
Imprint:	Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Description:	xiii, 215 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Greenwood technographies Greenwood technographies.
Subject:	Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- History. Sound recording industry -- History. Sound -- Recording and reproducing. Sound recording industry. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7247333

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ISBN:	0801883989 9780801883989
Notes:	Nbl-05 fil. "First published in 2004 by Greenwood Press.--Title page verso. "Published in an edited paperback edition by arrangement with Greenwood Publishing Group."--Title page verso. "Glossary": pages 197-199. Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205) and index.
Summary:	How did one of the great inventions of the nineteenth century, Thomas Edison's phonograph, eventually lead to one of the most culturally and economically significant technologies of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries? Sound Recording traces the history of the business boom and the cultural revolution that Edison's invention made possible. Recorded sound has pervaded nearly every facet of modern life: not just popular music, but also mundane office dictation machines, radio and television programs, and even telephone answering machines. Just as styles of music have evolved, so too have the formats through which sound has been captured, from 78s to LPs, LPs to cassette tapes, tapes to CDs, and on to electronic formats. The quest for better sound has certainly driven technological change, but according to David L. Morton, so have business strategies, patent battles, and a host of other factors.

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