[ebooks] Die Potlooddief en die engel by A. S. van Straten at Arts-Photography

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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 a century and a half of the industry.This invaluable narrative focuses especially on the game changers---the label founders; talent scouts; and legendary AR men. Murphy highlights:middot; Otto Heinemanns pioneer label Okeh; which spread blues and jazz "race" records across Americamiddot; how one man; Henry Speir; discovered nearly all the Delta blues legends (Robert Johnson; Charlie Patton; Son House; Tommy Johnson) middot; Sam Phillipss seminal work with Chess and Sun Recordsmiddot; John Hammonds discoveries (Billie Holiday; Aretha Franklin; Bob Dylan; Leonard Cohen; Bruce Springsteen) middot; the behind-the-scenes players of the British Invasionmiddot; Clive Davis; Ahmet Ertegun; David Geffen; and the corporate music machinemiddot; the Machiavellian moves of punk impresario Malcolm McLaren (Sex Pistols)middot; Chris Blackwells triumphs for Island Records (Bob Marley; U2)middot; Sylvia Robinson and Tom Silverman; the hip-hop explorers behind the Sugarhill Gang; Grandmaster Flash; and Afrika Bambaataa...and much; much more. Murphy also offers a provocative look at the future through the ruminations of such vanguard figures as Martin Mills (4AD; XL Recordings; Matador; Rough Trade) and genre-busting producer Rick Rubin (Run-D.M.C.; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Metallica; Johnny Cash).Drawing from memoirs; archives; and more than one hundred exclusive interviews with the legends of the record industry; including the founders and CEOs of Atlantic; Chrysalis; Virgin; AM; Sub Pop; and Sire; this book reveals the secret history behind the hit-making craft. Remarkable in scope and impressive in depth; Cowboys and Indies chronicles the pioneers who set the stylus on the most important labels and musical discoveries in history.