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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartmanski, Dominik, 1978- author.

Woodward, Ian (Sociologist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sound recordings--Social aspects.

Sound recordings.

Sound recording industry.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 203 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

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never ceased to be the key format for many music lovers and DJs, for two decades the recording industry perceived it as outdated, consigned to dusty domestic spaces and obscure record shops.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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0857856618

9780857856180

0857856189

9780857856616

OCLC:

875247663

Publisher Number:

99962362999