Cowboys and Indies

by Gareth Murphy

Book Overview

Cowboys and Indies is nothing less than the first definitive history of the recording industry on both sides of the Atlantic.

From the invention of the earliest known sound-recording device in 1850s Paris to the CD crash and digital boom today, author and industry insider Gareth Murphy takes readers on an immensely entertaining and encyclopedic ride through the many cataclysmic musical, cultural, and technological changes that shaped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250043379
• ISBN13: 9781250043375
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.7"