America on Record: A History of Recorded Sound

by Andre Millard

Book Overview

With Thomas Edison's invention of the phonograph, the beautiful music which was the preserve of the wealthy became a mass-produced consumer good - a sound recording - cheap enough to be available to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521475562
• ISBN13: 9780521475563
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 425 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The best I've found of its type.

Mr. Millard has done an extraordinary job of documenting the recording industry from Edison's invention of the phonograph to the present day. He integrates the social, technical and business issues into an easy-to-read, almost "unputdownable" form. Parallels in broadcasting and motion pictures are given the necessary coverage as well. To a student of recorded sound, the references and bibliography are invaluable.