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The art of sound : a visual history for audiophiles / Terry Burrows in collaboration with EMI Archive Trust.

By: Burrows, Terry [author.]Contributor(s): EMI Archive Trust [associated with work.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2017Description: 349 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 26 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780500519288 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- History | Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Equipment and supplies -- History | Technology | TechnologyDDC classification: 621.3'893'09 Summary: This spectacular volume is a compendium of beautiful recording and playback equipment and at the same time an engaging, comprehensive history of sound recording. Organised chronologically, it showcases specially commissioned photography of the beautiful, iconic and rarely seen objects contained within the diverse collections of the EMI Archive Trust. Recording equipment, playback devices, catalogues, artist files, records, master tapes, radios and televisions are all here, accompanied by detailed specifications and intriguing archival photographs.

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Includes index.

This spectacular volume is a compendium of beautiful recording and playback equipment and at the same time an engaging, comprehensive history of sound recording. Organised chronologically, it showcases specially commissioned photography of the beautiful, iconic and rarely seen objects contained within the diverse collections of the EMI Archive Trust. Recording equipment, playback devices, catalogues, artist files, records, master tapes, radios and televisions are all here, accompanied by detailed specifications and intriguing archival photographs.

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