The vinyl countdown
Subtitle: the album from LP to iPod and back again
By: Travis Elborough
Publisher: Soft Skull Press; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Brooklyn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9781593762377
Subjects: Popular music; Music; Sound recordings; Social aspects; Discography; History
Other titles: Album from LP to iPod and back again
Notes: "First published in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton ... as Long player goodbye"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-429) and index.
Table of contents: title: Speed wars; title: Four Seasons on two sides; title: Cunning linguists and extended pleasures; title: Blowing hot and cold; title: To be Frank; title: And now for something completely different; title: Beat less; title: Pop goes pop!; title: Stacks of tracks; title: Back to the future; title: God bless you Lester Bangs and the greatest album every made; title: Take up thy stereo and walk, man.