Murphy, Gareth. <br/><br/>
Cowboys and indies :  the epic history of the record industry / 
Gareth Murphy. 
 - First edition. 
 - xiii, 382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-364) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781250043375 1250043379 9781466841741 1466841745 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014008591 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sound recording industry--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML 3790  / .M665 2014