Recording History. The British record industry, 1888-1931
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- Author(s) Martland, Peter
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2013
- Pages 361pp; illus
- Publisher Scarecrow Press
- Place Published Lanham
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly account. Draws to a great extent on a doctoral thesis on the Gramophone Co Ltd and also contains much on EMI Ltd and Victor Talking Machine Co Ltd. Much business analysis. Its contents include: 'Inventing the record industry, 1877-1903'; 'Pioneering the British record industry, 1888-1903'; 'British disc and cylinder industry, 1902-14'; 'Rise and rise of the disc record trade, 1903-14; 'The Gramophone Co Ltd, 1903-14'; 'The British branch of the Gramophone Co Ltd, 1903-14'; 'The art and business of record making, 1903-14'; 'British record industry during the First World War'; 'British record industry, 1918-31'; 'His Master's Voice, 1818-31'; 'Coming of age, 1918-31'