America on record
Subtitle: a history of recorded sound
By: Andre Millard.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
Subjects: Phonograph.; Sound recordings -- United States.; Music -- United States -- History and criticism.
Description: America on Record provides a history of sound recording, from the first thin sheet of tinfoil that was manipulated into retaining sound to the home recordings of rappers in the 1980s and the high-tech digital studios of the 1990s. This book examines the important technical developments of acoustic, electric, and digital sound reproduction - including the cylinder, 78-rpm disc, 45-rpm microgroove single, LP, and CD - while outlining the cultural impact of recorded music and movies.

It describes jazz, blues, swing, rock, rap, and film dialogue against the business and technological background of sound recording.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-392), discography (p. 393-395), critical bibliography (p. 396-402), and indexes.