Cowboys and indies : the epic history of the record industry / Gareth Murphy.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250043375
  • 1250043379
  • 9781466841741
  • 1466841745
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ML 3790 .M665 2014
Contents:
Talking machines -- Judgments -- His master's voice -- Exodus -- The invisible wave -- Survivors -- Dead Sea crossing -- Homesick medicine -- Sunrise -- Lucky children -- Numbers -- The invasion -- Acts -- A slow eclipse -- Terra nova -- On black canvas -- Forbidden fruit -- Taurus -- Kings -- Psalms -- The island -- High tide -- Sources -- Sodom & Gomorrah -- Shadows -- Cyclops -- Legends -- Romans -- Lamentations -- Bubblegum forest -- Revelations.
Summary: From the invention of the earliest known sound-recording device in 1850s Paris to the CD crash and digital boom today, Murphy takes readers on an entertaining and encyclopedic ride through the many cataclysmic musical, cultural, and technological changes that shaped a century and a half of the industry.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-364) and index.

From the invention of the earliest known sound-recording device in 1850s Paris to the CD crash and digital boom today, Murphy takes readers on an entertaining and encyclopedic ride through the many cataclysmic musical, cultural, and technological changes that shaped a century and a half of the industry.

Talking machines -- Judgments -- His master's voice -- Exodus -- The invisible wave -- Survivors -- Dead Sea crossing -- Homesick medicine -- Sunrise -- Lucky children -- Numbers -- The invasion -- Acts -- A slow eclipse -- Terra nova -- On black canvas -- Forbidden fruit -- Taurus -- Kings -- Psalms -- The island -- High tide -- Sources -- Sodom & Gomorrah -- Shadows -- Cyclops -- Legends -- Romans -- Lamentations -- Bubblegum forest -- Revelations.

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