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Cowboys and Indies - The Epic History of the Record Industry (Paperback, Main)
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Cowboys and Indies - The Epic History of the Record Industry (Paperback, Main)
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Loot Price R322
Discovery Miles 3 220
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COWBOYS AND INDIES is the story of the 'record men' - the mavericks
and moguls who have shaped the music industry from the first sound
machines of the 1850s through to today's digital streams. Men like
John Hammond, who discovered Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan and Leonard
Cohen; Sam Phillips and Berry Gordy, founders of the Sun and Motown
labels; Chris Blackwell, who brought Bob Marley and reggae music
into the mainstream; Geoff Travis who built Rough Trade and
launched The Smiths; or genre-busting producer Rick Rubin, who
recorded Run DMC, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Johnny Cash. Gareth
Murphy has drawn on more than 100 interviews with music business
legends, as well as extensive archive research, to bring us the
behind-the-scenes stories of how music gets made and sold. He
explains, too, how the industry undergoes regular seismic changes.
We may think the digital revolution is a big deal, but in the 1920s
the arrival of radio and the Wall Street Crash wiped out 95 per
cent of record sales. But, as we all know, you can't stop the music
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