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Long-Player Goodbye
eBook
ISBN/EAN: 9781444714609
Umbreit-Nr.: 3383726
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 480 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 11.06.2009
Auflage: 1/2009
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
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- For nearly 60 years, since the arrival of the long-playing record in 1948, the album has provided the soundtrack to our lives. Our record collections, even if they're on CD, or these days, an iPod, are personal treasure, revealing our loves, errors of jugdement and lapses in taste. Self-confessed music obsessive, Travis Elborough, explores the way in which particular albums are deeply embedded in cultural history, revered as works of art or so ubiqitous as to be almost invisible. But in the age of the iPod, when we can download an infinite number of single tracks and need never listen to a whole album ever again, does the concept of an album still mean anything? THE LONG-PLAYER GOODBYE is a brilliant piece of popular history and a celebration of the joy of records. If you've ever had a favourite album, you'll love Travis Elborough's warm and witty take on how vinyl changed our world.