| Description |
xxii, 602 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [545]-579) and index. |
| Contents |
One boy's Columbia records -- Some pre-CBS history -- My mother was a phonograph -- Litigation vs. innovation -- Foxtrotting in and out of war -- Acoustic prohibition to electric depression -- Cheap but often unforgettable -- The CBS years -- Sign 'em up -- Battlegrounds -- Bedroom, boardroom -- Creation of the LP -- Midcentury -- Changing horses in midstream -- Catching up to Victor -- Curtain up -- Just before the revolution -- Silver anniversary -- Art for the label's sake -- High above Manhattan -- Music from A to Z -- Spinning wheels -- Epic out of hell -- Explosions and elegies -- Expansion and bombast -- Tokyo calling -- After CBS -- Walk down 30th street. |
| Subject |
Columbia Records, Inc. -- History.
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Sound recording industry -- History.
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| Added Title |
Columbia Records. |
| ISBN |
1560257075: $29.95 |
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9781560257073: $29.95 |
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