CONTENTS
| FOREWORD |
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| Before the Phonograph |
Warren Rex Isom |
656 |
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| SECTION I / HISTORICAL |
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| 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 |
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| SECTION II / TECHNOLOGY |
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| 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: |
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| 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 |
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| SECTION III / THE INDUSTRY |
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| 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 |
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| SECTION IV / INNOVATIONS |
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| 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 |
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| SECTION V / THOSE WHO CREATE |
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| 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 |
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| THE WHITE HOUSE RECORD LIBRARY |
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898 |
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| REVIEW OF SOCIETY’S SUSTAINING MEMBERS |
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958 |
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| ABOUT THE AUTHORS |
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974 |
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| THE AES: Its Function and Development |
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988 |