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Oral history of recorded sound

100 interviews with people involved in all areas of the recording industry: artists, engineers, managers, producers, musicians, record company personnel, wildlife recordists, journalists and broadcaster, including accounts of the work of pioneers such as Fred Gaisberg (who first recorded Caruso), Cecil Watts (pioneer of direct cut disc recording), Alan Blumlein (microphones), Arthur Haddy ("father of hi-fi"), and Berliner. More.

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Adamson, Peter
Alder, Chris
Aldous, Donald
Aldred, John
Askew, Anthony
Attenborough, David
Bicknell, David
Bilyard, Alan
Bishop, Christopher
Blumlein, Simon
Borwick, John
Boyle, Nicholas
Burkowitz, Peter
Carroll, Jim
Chinnery, Derek
Cooper, Eric
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