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Coleman Mark <1957-> |
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Titolo |
Playback : from the Victrola to MP3, 100 years of music, machines, and money / / Mark Coleman ; text design by Jeff Williams |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Da Capo Press, , 2005 |
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©2005 |
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ISBN |
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0-306-80984-2 |
0-7867-4840-0 |
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Edizione |
[First Da Capo Press paperback edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (237 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sound recording industry - History |
Music and technology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CD Equals Compact Disc, Controlled Delivery, Certain Death; The Big Playback; The Rise of the Nonmusician: Dick Clark Is the Father of Puff Daddy; Chapter 1: Magic in a Tin Can; Patent Wars; Magic in a Can; The Bell Connection; Penny Arcades and Playback; Format War One: Cylinder Versus Disc; The First Dance Craze; Edison: The Long Goodbye; Cakewalk and Kangaroo Dip; Chapter 2: War on Canned Music; The Rise of Radio; The Sound of Electricity; Edison: The End; Radio Versus Records; "Canned Music"; Jukebox Music |
Dancing MachineChapter 3: Low Road to High Fidelity; World War II and Full Frequency Range Recording; Enter the LP; Groove Theory; The Long View; Battle of the Speeds; Hi-Fi at Home; Chapter 4: Ponytail Ribbons, Popsicles, and Peanut brittle; The 45 rpm Revolution; The Pancake Flippers; Transistors; Station to Station; Satellites; Chapter 5: Dreaming in Stereo; Dreaming in Stereo; The Sound of Living Stereo; Music for Heads; "I Hear a New World"; Headphone Music; Snap, Crackle, and Pop; Chapter 6: Last Dance; The Big 12-Inch Record; Riding the Rhythm; The Mix; Fever; The Crash of '79 |
Chapter 7: Adventures on Wheels of SteelThe Holy Trinity of Hip-Hop; |
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Die Mensch Maschine; The Music Machine; Defenders of the Faith; Chapter 8: Sudden Death of the Record; Zeros and Ones; CD Versus LP: Victory by Any Means Necessary; Death of the CD?; Chapter 9: Canned Music's Last Stand; Back in the Day; Opening Salvo; Napster Holds No Patents; Noble Opposition; Net of Thieves; Gnutella and Others; Napster Wraps; Hardware as Software; Software Is Nowhere; Too Little Too Late?; Aftermath; The Looming Format War; Select Bibliography; Introduction and Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three |
Chapter FourChapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""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 En"" |
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