| FOREWORD | ||
| Before the Phonograph | Warren Rex Isom | 656 |
| SECTION I / HISTORICAL | ||
| Introduction: A Wonderful Invention but not a Breakthrough | Warren Rex Isom | 657 |
| Edison and his Contributions to the Record Industry | Walter L. Welch | 660 |
| Emile Berliner, Eldridge Johnson, and the Victor Talking Machine Company | Edgar Hutto, Jr. | 666 |
| SECTION II / TECHNOLOGY | ||
| Introduction: The Technology of the Record Industry-Perfection Without Notice | Warren Rex Isom | 674 |
| Microphones for Recording | Harry F. Olson | 676 |
| Loudspeakers | John Eargle | 685 |
| Studios and Studio Equipment | John Borwick | 689 |
| Magnetic Recording for Original Recordings | John T. Mullin | 696 |
| Record Manufacturing: Making the Sound for Everyone | Joseph C. Ruda | 702 |
| Record Materials: | ||
| Part I: Chemical Technology in the Edison Recording Industry | LeahS.Burt | 712 |
| Part II: Evolution of the Disc Talking Machine | Warren Rex Isom | 718 |
| Part Ill: Vinyl Compound for the Phonographic Industry | S. K. Khanna | 724 |
| The High-Fidelity Phonograph Transducer | B. B. Bauer | 729 |
| Record Changers, Turntables, and Tone Arms-A Brief Technical History | James H. Kogen | 749 |
| Electronic Home Music Reproducing Equipment | Daniel R. von Recklinghausen | 759 |
| Home Music Reproducing Equipment-Performance and Styling | M. L. Alexander | 772 |
| SECTION III / THE INDUSTRY | ||
| Introduction: Great Music for All and for All Occasions | Warren Rex Isom | 777 |
| The Graphic Arts and the Record Industry | Lewis Garlick | 779 |
| The Record Industry in the United States | Stephen Traiman | 785 |
| The Record Industry in Europe | Peter Jones | 789 |
| The Record Industry in Latin America | George M. Tavares | 795 |
| Far East-Problems and Growth Potential | Tokugen Yamamoto | 800 |
| The Recording Industry in Japan | Toshiya Inoue | 802 |
| Mechanical Sound Recording in Czechoslovakia | Jiri Struska | 809 |
| Corroboree and Other Music | Ray Darnell | 813 |
| SECTION IV / INNOVATIONS | ||
| Introduction: Before the Fine Groove and Stereo Record and Other Innovations | Warren Rex Isom | 815 |
| The LP and the Single | William S. Bachman | 821 |
| The Coming of Stereo | H. E. Roys | 824 |
| Magnetic Tape Recording- Reels, Cassettes, or Cartridges? | Oscar P. Kusisto | 828 |
| The Jukebox, the Radio and the Record | A. G. Bodoh | 836 |
| Quadraphony-A Review | J. G. Woodward | 843 |
| Electronic Music | Robert A. Moog | 855 |
| SECTION V / THOSE WHO CREATE | ||
| Introduction: The Art of Becoming a Creative Member of the Record Industry Has Become a Science | Warren Rex Isom | 862 |
| The Audio Engineer-Circa 1977: What Does He (or She) Do? | DeWitt F. Morris | 864 |
| Recording, Art of the Century? | Peter K. Burkowitz | 873 |
| The Musician and the Record | Emil L. Torick | 880 |
| The Great Artists | John F. Pfeiffer | 885 |
| Records of the Future | Thomas G. Stockham, Jr | 892 |
| 100 Years of Phonography | H.-W. Steinhausen | 896 |
| THE WHITE HOUSE RECORD LIBRARY | 898 | |
| REVIEW OF SOCIETY-S SUSTAINING MEMBERS | 958 | |
| ABOUT THE AUTHORS | 974 | |
| THE AES: Its Function and Development | 988 |
