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With Thomas Edison's invention of the phonograph, the beautiful music that was the preserve of the wealthy became a mass-produced consumer good, cheap enough to be available to all. In 1877 Edison dreamed that one day there would be a talking machine in every home. America on Record: A History of Recorded Sound, first published in 2006, provides a history of sound recording from the first thin sheet of tinfoil that was manipulated into retaining sound to the home recordings of rappers in the 1980s and the high-tech studios of the 1990s. This book examines the important technical developments of acoustic, electric, and digital sound reproduction while outlining the cultural impact of recorded music and movies. This second edition updates the story, describing the digital revolution of sound recording with the rise of computers, Napster, DVD, MP3, and iPod.

Music --- Phonograph --- Sound recordings --- 534.85 --- 78 <73> --- 534.85 Sound recording and reproduction --- Sound recording and reproduction --- Gramophone --- Graphophone --- Record players --- Speaking-machines --- Talking-machines --- Sound --- 78 <73> Muziek--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Muziek--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- History and criticism --- Recording and reproducing --- Equipment and supplies --- Phonograph. --- History and criticism.

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"In Equipping James Bond, Andre Millard provides readers with a hundred-year history of espionage technology through the lens of Ian Fleming's James Bond character and the gadgets integrated into both his novels and films. This book takes a wide-ranging look at factual (as well as fictional) technology, starting with the beginning of military aviation spanning through the contemporary threat of computer hacking. Millard views the fictional James Bond universe--and its wide popularity throughout the twentieth century--as evidence for both popular Whiggish perceptions of technological development as well as the borderline apocalyptic fear of technology's potential threats. As technology developed in the twentieth century, Millard contends, so did the gadgets of the James Bond universe--Bond and his adversaries evolved alongside rapidly developing technology. According to Millard, Bond, Ian Fleming, and the global fandom of the James Bond novels and films were simultaneously enthusiastic about triumphant perceptions of growth and technology and fearful of their potential ramifications"--

Espionage --- Covert operations (Espionage) --- Operations, Undercover (Espionage) --- Spying --- Undercover operations (Espionage) --- Intelligence service --- Spies --- Technological innovations. --- Bond, James