X-ray audio

"In a culture where the recording industry was ruthlessly controlled by the state, music-mad bootleggers discovered an extraordinary alternative means of reproduction: they repurposed used x-ray film as the base for records of forbidden songs."—from back cover.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 158 pages

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