Playback : from the Victrola to MP3, 100 years of music, machines, and money / Mark Coleman ; text design by Jeff Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coleman, Mark, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sound recording industry--History.

Sound recording industry.

Music and technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

First Da Capo Press paperback edition.

Other Title:

From the Victrola to MP3, 100 years of music, machines, and money

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Da Capo Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""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""

Contents:

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; 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780306809842

0306809842

9780786748402

0786748400

OCLC:

827481627

Publisher Number:

2027/heb06839 hdl