The Recording Angel: Music, Records and Culture from Aristotle to Zappa
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First published in 1987 and now considered a classic, The Recording Angelcharts the ways in which the phonograph and its cousins have transformed our culture. In a new Afterword, Evan Eisenberg shows how digital technology, file trading, and other recent developments are acceleratingor reversingthese trends. Influential and provocative, The Recording Angel is required reading for anyone who cares about the effect recording has hadand will haveon our experience of music.
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