America on Record
A History of Recorded Sound
- Author: Millard, A. J.
Book
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Contents
- Preface; 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 music;
- 12. The record;
- 13. The studio;
- 14. Perfecting studio recording;
- 15. The cassette culture;
- Part III . The Digital Era:
- 16. The media conglomerates;
- 17. Into the digital era;
- 18. Consolidation and connectivity in the digital era.