""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Capturing Sound in the Acoustic Era: Recording Professionals and Clever Mechanics""; ""2 The Studio Electrifies: Radio, Recording, and the Birth of the Small Studio Business""; ""3 A Passion for Sound: Amateur Recordists, the Audio Engineering Society, and the Evolution of a Profession""; ""4 When High Fidelity Was New: The Studio as Instrument""; ""5 Control Men in Technological Transition: Engineering the Performance in the Age of High Fidelity""
""6 The Search for the Sound: Rhythm and Blues, Rock �n� Roll, and the Rise of the Independents""""7 Channeling Sound: Technology, Control, and Fixing It in the Mix""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Essay on Sources""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Illustrations""