Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index.
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Introduction : opening tracks -- Managing the recording process and rethinking the recording bans. Buried under the fecundity of his own creations : the first strike of the American Federation of Musicians ; Counterreform and resignation : the second strike of the American Federation of Musicians -- Production, reproduction, and the case of My fair lady. Which voice best becomes the property? stitching the intertext of My fair lady ; Listening to my My fair lady : versioning and the recorded music object -- Stereo, hi-fi, and the modern pleasures of easy listening. A tale of two ears : the concert hall aesthetic and stereo ; Space, the pliable frontier : stereo as the new spatial palette of audio -- Conclusion : the flip side (and a few concluding thoughts).
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In Making Easy Listening, Tim J. Anderson analyzes the period between the Second World War and the mid-1960s that saw the American music industry engaged in a fundamental transformation in how music was produced and experienced. Anderson presents a social and cultural history of musical production that aims to understand how recording technologies influence musicians', as well as listeners', lives.
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Title
Making easy listening.
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0816645183
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Popular culture-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Sound recording industry-- United States-- History.
Sound recordings-- Production and direction-- United States.