The Incredible Music Machine

by Russell Miller, Roger Boar

Traces the history of the British recording industry and offers brief profiles of recording stars in the areas of opera, classical music, swing, jazz, and rock

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Russell Miller (born c. 1938) is a British journalist and author of fifteen books, including biographies of Hugh Hefner, J. Paul Getty and L. Ron Hubbard. While under contract to The Sunday Times Magazine he won four press awards and was voted Writer of the Year by the Society of British Magazine Editors.

Reviews

[Louise Culmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting history of recorded sound, from the beginning with Thomas Edison's cylinder up until 1982 (the time of the book's publication) when piracy and home taping were beginning to effect record sales. there are many lovely illustrations of popular recording artists from early stars like Enrico Caruso and nelly melba up until Kate Bush and Sheena easton.