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Author Laird, Ross.

Title Sound beginnings : the early record industry in Australia / Ross Laird
Published Sydney : Currency Press, 1999

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 MELB  338.4778149 Lai/Sbt  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Foreword / Warren Fahey -- Introduction -- 1. Prehistory -- 2. The distressing effects of syncopation -- 3. Pemberton Billing and World Record -- 4. Brunswick -- 5. His Master's Voice (HMV) -- 6. Columbia -- 7. Parlophone -- 8. Vocalion -- 9. Unbreakable Records -- 10. 'Dumping' : the 1927 Tariff Board inquiry -- 11. Phonograph vs. Wireless -- 12. Clifford Industries -- 13. The Depression and the formation of EMI -- 14. The end of the beginning -- Appendices. Statistics -- Record lables available in Australia before 1934
Summary History of the early Australian recording industry
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-356) and index
Subject Music trade -- Australia -- History.
Music trade -- Australia.
Sound recording industry -- Australia -- History.
Sound recording industry -- Australia.
LC no. 00304979
ISBN 0868195790
Other Titles Early record industry in Australia