Playback
Subtitle: From the Victrola to Mp3, 100 Years of Music, Machines, and Money
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: January 6, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780306809842
Subjects: History of engineering & technology; Music recording & reproduction; Sound Recording And Recordings; Sound Systems Engineering; Technology & Industrial Arts; Music; History & Criticism - General; Stereo & Audio Equipment; Acoustics & Sound; Recording & Reproduction; History; Music and technology; Sound recording industry
First sentence: BEFORE THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, listening to music was a tem , fleeting experience-and a rare treat.