Into the Groove: The Story of Sound from Tin Foil to Vinyl

by Jonathan Scott

Book Overview

The story of recorded sound - the technological developments, the humans that made them happen and their impact on society, from the phonograph to LPs, EPs and the recent resurgence of vinyl.

In Into the Groove, vinyl collector and music buff Jonathan Scott dissects a mind-blowing feat that we all take for granted today--the domestication of sound. Thomas Edison's phonograph, the first device that could both record and reproduce...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472979826
• ISBN13: 9781472979827
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury SIGMA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.6"