Sound recording : the life story of a technology / David L. Morton, Jr.

By:

Morton, David, 1964-

Series: Greenwood technographiesPublication details: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2004.Description: xv, 215 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0313330905 (alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

621.389/3 22

LOC classification:

TK7881.4 .M674 2004

Summary: Publisher description: How did one of the great inventions of the 19th century-- Thomas Edison's phonograph--eventually lead to one of the most culturally and economically significant technologies of the 20th and 21st centuries? Sound Recording tells that story, tracing the history of the business boom and the cultural revolution begun by Edison's invention. Ever since, recorded sound has been all around us-- not just in reproducing and playing popular music, but also in more mundane areas, such as office dictation machines, radio and television programs, and even telephone answering machines. Just as the styles of music has evolved over the years, the formats on which this music was played have changed as well --from 78s to LPs, from LPs to cassette tapes, from cassettes to CDs--not to mention lesser-known innovations in the motion picture and television industries. The quest for better sound was one of the drivers of technological change, but so too were business strategies, patent battles, and a host of other factors.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	TK7881.4 .M674 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039000750777

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-205) and index.

Publisher description: How did one of the great inventions of the 19th century-- Thomas Edison's phonograph--eventually lead to one of the most culturally and economically significant technologies of the 20th and 21st centuries? Sound Recording tells that story, tracing the history of the business boom and the cultural revolution begun by Edison's invention. Ever since, recorded sound has been all around us-- not just in reproducing and playing popular music, but also in more mundane areas, such as office dictation machines, radio and television programs, and even telephone answering machines. Just as the styles of music has evolved over the years, the formats on which this music was played have changed as well --from 78s to LPs, from LPs to cassette tapes, from cassettes to CDs--not to mention lesser-known innovations in the motion picture and television industries. The quest for better sound was one of the drivers of technological change, but so too were business strategies, patent battles, and a host of other factors.