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

Autor Jonathan Scott
en Limba Engleză Hardback – mar 2023
'By mixing lo-fi charm into hi-fi science Into the Groove captures all the wonder and absurdity of its subject, jumping and skipping with real analogue delight.' - Sunday TimesThe story of recorded sound - the technological developments, the people that made them happen and the impact they had on society - from the earliest inventions via the phonograph to LPs, EPs and the recent resurgence of vinyl.While Thomas Edison's phonograph, the first device that could both record and reproduce sound, represented an important turning point in the story of recorded sound, it was really only the tip of the iceberg, and came after decades of invention, tinkering and experiment. Into the Groove tells the story of the birth of recorded sound, from the earliest serious attempts in the 1850s all the way up to the recent vinyl resurgence. This book celebrates the ingenuity, rivalries and science of the modulated groove.Vinyl collector and music buff Jonathan Scott dissects a mind-blowing feat that we all take for granted today - the domestication of sound. He examines the first attempts to record and reproduce sounds, the origin of the phonograph, and the development of commercial shellac discs. Later he moves through the fascinating story of the LP record, from the rise of electric recording to the fall of 7-inch vinyl, the competing speed and format wars, and an epilogue that takes the story up to the present-day return of vinyl to vogue. Into the Groove is the story of the science of sound - the technological developments, the humans that made them happen and the impact they had on society.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472979827
ISBN-10: 1472979826
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sigma
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Uncovers previously unknown facts, strange circumstances and forgotten narratives in the story of sound

Notă biografică

Jonathan Scott is a music journalist who has been collecting vinyl since he was seven years old. He's written about weird, rare and collectable records for Record Collector, has edited books about Prince, Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead, and has written about Nirvana, The Venga Boys and lots of others in between. Jonathan's first book, The Vinyl Frontier, told the story of NASA's 'golden record' on the Voyager missions.

Cuprins

ForewordOne: The EndTwo: The BeginningThree: OddballsFour: Telegraphs and TelephonesFive: The Barb of a FeatherSix: The First PhonographSeven: Fade AwayEight: The Volta LabNine: Edison ReturnsTen: Performers and ProducersEleven: Crossing ContinentsTwelve: Berliner, Johnson, Seaman and JonesThirteen: Coin Slots and Record ShopsFourteen: Tunes and Tone TestsFifteen: Studios, Scouts and EngineersSixteen: The Electrical EraSeventeen: The Coming of the 33

Recenzii

By mixing lo-fi charm into hi-fi science Into the Groove captures all the wonder and absurdity of its subject, jumping and skipping with real analogue delight.
An attentive, expository account of how records came to be.
A thoroughly entertaining history of how sound recordings evolved ... The tone is light and the narrative engaging. Within these pages is a lot of humor. an excellent, absorbing book.
An audio geek's delight, this engrossing history of music and voice recording is as wide-ranging and thorough as one could want . Scott spins a history told with near-perfect pitch.
A very detailed and well researched history of the gramophone. [Scott] writes in a non-technical way but fully explains how sound recording has evolved.
Enjoyable . Scott has an eye for detail . music lovers will want to take this one for a spin.
Scott excels in explaining the connections between innovators and their various epiphanies and lawsuits without ever losing focus of recordings' end users: the listener . A perfect fit for music lovers who've always wondered how a recorded performance reaches their ears.
A thoroughly entertaining history of how sound recordings evolved... excellent, absorbing book.
This is the book music lovers will want this summer.
In Into the Groove, Scott spins a remarkably dulcet history of sound recording from its genesis to the present day.
This is an interesting look at a specific part of music history.
Into the Groove is a thorough exploration of the sound revolution that brought music to the masses. Jonathan Scott contributes a wealth of valuable information that will engage audiophiles everywhere. A winning book of history mixed with pop culture.
This is the book music lovers will want this summer, by the water or by the speakers.
Scott's writing is engaging. And there is no dearth of nuggets that even the least engineering-minded individual will take from his narrative... Ultimately, for anyone who loves music, Into the Groove is an essential document.
This book will fascinate both novices and knowledgeable readers.One comes away from this volume with an appreciation of how technological change/innovation occurs in an economy that is dominated by profit making and by the inquisitiveness of individuals.