Off the record
Subtitle: the technology and culture of sound recording in America
By: David Morton
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780813527468; 9780813527475
Subjects: Sound; Geluidsregistratie; Techniek; Sound recording industry; Schallaufzeichnung; Case studies; Geschichte; Schallaufzeichnungsgerät; Recording and reproducing; Culturele aspecten
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: High culture, high fidelity, and the making of recordings in the American record industry; title: The end of the "canned music" debate in American broadcasting; title: "Girls or machine?": gender, labor, office dictation, and the failure of recording culture; title: The message on the answering machine: recording and interpersonal communication; title: The tape recorder, home entertainment, and the roots of American recording culture.