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'By mixing lo-fi charm into hi-fi science Into the Groove captures all the wonder and absurdity of its subject, jumping and skipping with real analogue delight.' - Sunday Times
The story of recorded sound - the technological developments, the people that made them happen and the impact they had on society - from the earliest inventions via the phonograph to LPs, EPs and the recent resurgence of vinyl.
While Thomas Edison's phonograph, the first device that could both record and reproduce sound, represented an important turning point in the story of recorded sound, it was really only the tip of the iceberg, and came after decades of invention, tinkering and experiment. Into the Groove tells the story of the birth of recorded sound, from the earliest serious attempts in the 1850s all the way up to the recent vinyl resurgence. This book celebrates the ingenuity, rivalries and science of the modulated groove.
Vinyl collector and music buff Jonathan Scott dissects a mind-blowing feat that we all take for granted today - the domestication of sound. He examines the first attempts to record and reproduce sounds, the origin of the phonograph, and the development of commercial shellac discs. Later he moves through the fascinating story of the LP record, from the rise of electric recording to the fall of 7-inch vinyl, the competing speed and format wars, and an epilogue that takes the story up to the present-day return of vinyl to vogue.
Into the Groove is the story of the science of sound - the technological developments, the humans that made them happen and the impact they had on society.
Contents
Foreword
One: The End
Two: The Beginning
Three: Oddballs
Four: Telegraphs and Telephones
Five: The Barb of a Feather
Six: The First Phonograph
Seven: Fade Away
Eight: The Volta Lab
Nine: Edison Returns
Ten: Performers and Producers
Eleven: Crossing Continents
Twelve: Berliner, Johnson, Seaman and Jones
Thirteen: Coin Slots and Record Shops
Fourteen: Tunes and Tone Tests
Fifteen: Studios, Scouts and Engineers
Sixteen: The Electrical Era
Seventeen: The Coming of the 33
