Repeated Takes

Covers the recording industry, from Edison's talking tin foil of 1887 to the age of the compact disk. The book asks: what goes on in the recording industry; how... » 

Covers the recording industry, from Edison's talking tin foil of 1887 to the age of the compact disk. The book asks: what goes on in the recording industry; how does it affect the music; and do we listen to music differently from our forebears because of reproduction? «