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Recording History - The British Record Industry, 1888 - 1931 (Hardcover, New)
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Recording History - The British Record Industry, 1888 - 1931 (Hardcover, New)
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In Recording History, Peter Martland uses a range of archival
sources to trace the genesis and early development of the British
record industry from1888 to 1931. A work of economic and cultural
history that draws on a vast range of quantitative data, it surveys
the commercial and business activities of the British record
industry like no other work of recording history has before.
Martland s study charts the successes and failures of this industry
and its impact on domestic entertainment. Showcasing its many
colorful pioneers from both sides of the Atlantic, Recording
History is first and foremost an account of The Gramophone Company
Ltd, a precursor to today s recording giant EMI, and then the most
important British record company active from the late 19th century
until the end of the second decade of the twentieth century.
Martland s history spans the years from the original inventors
through industrial and market formation and final take-off
including the riveting battle in recording formats. Special
attention is given to the impact of the First World War and the
that followed in its wake. Scholars of recording history will find
in Martland s study the story of the development of the recording
studio, of the artists who made the first records (from which some
like Italian opera tenor Enrico Caruso earned a fortune), and the
change records wrought in the relationship between performer and
audience, transforming the reception and appreciation of musical
culture. Filling a much-needed gap in scholarship, Recording
History documents the beginnings of the end of the contemporary
international record industry."
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