{"product_id":"playback-from-the-victrola-to-mp3-100-years-of-music-machines-and-money-paperback","title":"Playback: From the Victrola to MP3, 100 Years of Music, Machines and Money - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Coleman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, popular music resembles an alien landscape. The great common ground of 45s, LPs, and even compact discs is rapidly falling by the wayside to be replaced by binary bits of sound. In the 21st century, radical advances in music technology threaten to overshadow the music itself. Indeed, today the generations divide over how they listen to the music, not what kinds of music they enjoy.Playback is the first book to place the staggering history of sound reproduction within its larger social and cultural context. Concisely told via a narrative arc that begins with Edison's cylinder and ends with digital music, this is a history that we have all directly experienced in one way or another. From the Victrola to the 78 to the 45 to the 33 1\/3 to the 8track to the cassette to the compact disc to MP3 and beyond (not to mention everyone from Thomas Edison to Enrico Caruso to Dick Clark to Grandmaster Flash to Napster CEO Shawn Fanning), the story of Playback is also the story of music, and the music business, in the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Coleman\u003cb\u003e is a journalist who has written for \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone, Details, New York Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMojo\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He was a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone Album Guide\u003c\/i\u003e and lives in New York City.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 249\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.7 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44432228483174,"sku":"9780306813900","price":29.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ekVTL0NwbVIxZUw1VEVqVzM2Z2V3dz09.webp?v=1770303098","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/playback-from-the-victrola-to-mp3-100-years-of-music-machines-and-money-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}