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First published in 1987 and now considered a classic, The Recording Angel charts the ways in which the phonograph and its cousins have transformed our culture. In a new Afterword, Evan Eisenberg shows how digital technology, file trading, and other recent developments are acceleratingor reversingthese trends. Influential and provocative, The Recording Angel is required reading for anyone who cares about the effect recording has hadand will haveon our experience of music.

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Praise for the first edition:“Witty, perceptive, informed, and dazzlingly allusive.”—David Hamilton, The Nation

“[The Recording Angel] throws out one arresting idea after another.”—Timothy Day, author of A Century of Recorded Music

“An excellent work... Eisenberg explores so much uncharted territory... Long overdue.” —Michael Kimmelman, The Philadelphia Inquirer

“A marvelous book, unlike any other.”—Garry Giddins

-- Garry Giddins

“A work of great originality and constantly stimulating argument.”—Geoffrey O’Brien

-- Geoffrey O’Brien

“Witty, perceptive, informed, and dazzlingly allusive.”—David Hamilton, Nation





-- David Hamilton * Nation *

The Recording Angel

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    A Paperback / softback by Evan Eisenberg

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 10 June 2005
      ISBN-13 9780300099041
      978-0300099041
      ISBN-10 0300099045
      Also in:
      Music recording and reproduction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      First published in 1987 and now considered a classic, The Recording Angel charts the ways in which the phonograph and its cousins have transformed our culture. In a new Afterword, Evan Eisenberg shows how digital technology, file trading, and other recent developments are acceleratingor reversingthese trends. Influential and provocative, The Recording Angel is required reading for anyone who cares about the effect recording has hadand will haveon our experience of music.

      Trade Review
      Praise for the first edition:“Witty, perceptive, informed, and dazzlingly allusive.”—David Hamilton, The Nation

      “[The Recording Angel] throws out one arresting idea after another.”—Timothy Day, author of A Century of Recorded Music

      “An excellent work... Eisenberg explores so much uncharted territory... Long overdue.” —Michael Kimmelman, The Philadelphia Inquirer

      “A marvelous book, unlike any other.”—Garry Giddins

      -- Garry Giddins

      “A work of great originality and constantly stimulating argument.”—Geoffrey O’Brien

      -- Geoffrey O’Brien

      “Witty, perceptive, informed, and dazzlingly allusive.”—David Hamilton, Nation





      -- David Hamilton * Nation *

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