Making easy listening : material culture and postwar American recording / Tim J. Anderson.

Author/creator Anderson, Tim J.
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxliv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCommerce and mass culture series
Commerce and mass culture series. ^A964997
Contents Introduction: opening tracks -- Managing the recording process and rethinking the recording bans. Buried under the fecundity of his own creations: the first strike of the American Federation of Musicians ; Counterreform and resignation: the second strike of the American Federation of Musicians -- Production, reproduction, and the case of My fair lady. Which voice best becomes the property? stitching the intertext of My fair lady ; Listening to my My fair lady: versioning and the recorded music object -- Stereo, hi-fi, and the modern pleasures of easy listening. A tale of two ears: the concert hall aesthetic and stereo ; Space, the pliable frontier: stereo as the new spatial palette of audio -- Conclusion: the flip side (and a few concluding thoughts).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index.
LCCN 2005035679
ISBN0816645175 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816645183 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816645176
ISBN9780816645183

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML3790 .A63 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold