Mark Coleman

Playback: From the Victrola to MP3, 100 Years of Music, Machines and Money

Buch

Playback is the first book to place the fascinating history of sound reproduction within its larger social, economic, and cultural context-and includes appearances by everyone from Thomas Edison to Enrico Caruso to Dick Clark to Grandmaster Flash to Napster CEO Shawn Fanning. In a narrative that begins with Edison's cylinder and ends with digital music, the ubiquitous iPod, and the file-sharing wars, this is a history we have all experienced in one way or another. From the Victrola, the 78, the 45, and the 33 1/3 to the 8-track, cassette, compact disc, DAT, and MP3, the story of Playback is also the story of music, and the music business in t… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-306-81390-0
EAN: 9780306813900
Produktnummer: 9074873
Verlag: Da Capo Pr Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 249 S.
Masse: H22.1 cm x B13.8 cm x D1.8 cm 367 g
Gewicht: 367

Über den Autor

Mark Coleman is a journalist who has written for Rolling Stone, Details, New York Newsday, the Village Voice, and Mojo, among others. He was a contributor to The Rolling Stone Album Guide and lives in New York City.