Vinyl : the analogue record in the digital age / Dominik Bartmanski and Ian Woodward.

By:

Bartmanski, Dominik, 1978-

Contributor(s):

Woodward, Ian (Sociologist)

Publisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015Description: xxiii, 203 pages : illustrations ; c 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780857856180 (hardback)
0857856618 (paperback)
9780857856616 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

384 23

LOC classification:

ML1055 .B19 2015

Contents:

Vinyl as record : several lives of the 'King Format' -- Medium : handling and hearing -- Thing : qualities and entanglements -- Commodity : value and markets -- Totem : scene-making in urban spaces -- Epilogue : modern icon.

Summary: '"The last few years have seen not just a revival but a rebirth of the analogue record. Much more than merely a nostalgic craze, vinyl has become a cultural icon. While vinyl never ceased to be the key format for many music lovers and DJs, for two decades the recording industry perceived it as outdated, consigned to dusty domestic spaces and obscure record shops. Yet the seemingly obsolete vinyl has become the fastest growing medium in music sales. Using a cultural sociology framework combined with insights from material and visual culture studies, Dominik Bartmanski and Ian Woodward present vinyl as a multifaceted cultural object and explore the reasons for its persistence within technologically accelerated cultures. The book is informed by media analysis, urban ethnography and interviews with musicians, DJs, record store owners, boutique label chiefs and collectors within a range of urban centres renowned for thriving music scenes, including Melbourne, London, New York, Tokyo and Berlin"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index.

'"The last few years have seen not just a revival but a rebirth of the analogue record. Much more than merely a nostalgic craze, vinyl has become a cultural icon. While vinyl never ceased to be the key format for many music lovers and DJs, for two decades the recording industry perceived it as outdated, consigned to dusty domestic spaces and obscure record shops. Yet the seemingly obsolete vinyl has become the fastest growing medium in music sales. Using a cultural sociology framework combined with insights from material and visual culture studies, Dominik Bartmanski and Ian Woodward present vinyl as a multifaceted cultural object and explore the reasons for its persistence within technologically accelerated cultures. The book is informed by media analysis, urban ethnography and interviews with musicians, DJs, record store owners, boutique label chiefs and collectors within a range of urban centres renowned for thriving music scenes, including Melbourne, London, New York, Tokyo and Berlin"--Provided by publisher.