Solid Gold
Popular Record Industry
Seiten
2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-53327-1 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-53327-1 (ISBN)
This book follows the progress of a record through production, marketing, and distribution, and shows how a mistake made at any point can mean its doom. Denisoff suggests that a drastic shift in the demographic makeup of the pop music audience during the sixties has resulted in a broader listening public.
More than 90 record companies release over 9,000 pop records each year a staggering total of 52,000 songs. Each one competes for the gold record, the recording industry's symbol of success that certifies $1 million worth of records have been sold. Solid Gold explains why, for each record that succeeds, countless others fail. This book follows the progress of a record through production, marketing, and distribution, and shows how a mistake made at any point can mean its doom. Denisoff suggests that a drastic shift in the demographic makeup of the pop music audience during the sixties has resulted in a broader listening public, including fans at every level of society.
More than 90 record companies release over 9,000 pop records each year a staggering total of 52,000 songs. Each one competes for the gold record, the recording industry's symbol of success that certifies $1 million worth of records have been sold. Solid Gold explains why, for each record that succeeds, countless others fail. This book follows the progress of a record through production, marketing, and distribution, and shows how a mistake made at any point can mean its doom. Denisoff suggests that a drastic shift in the demographic makeup of the pop music audience during the sixties has resulted in a broader listening public, including fans at every level of society.
R. Serge Denisoff (1939-1994) founded and was editor of the Journal of Popular Music and Society. He is the author of many books, including Inside MTV, Sing a Song of Social Significance, and Solid Gold: The Popular Record Industry.
1 WHAT IS POPULAR MUSIC: A SILLY QUESTION? 2 IN THE GROOVES: THE PERFORMER 3 THE VINYL CRAP GAME: THE RECORD COMPANIES 4 THE COP OUT: INSIDE THE RECORD COMPANY 5 THE GATEKEEPERS OF RADIO 6 PROZINES AND FANZINES 7 "THE STREET," JOHN SINCLAIR AND THE INDUSTRY 8 THE CENSORS: THE RADICAL RIGHT AND THE FCC 9 THE FOLKS OUT THERE
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.06.2019 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 1090 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-53327-0 / 1138533270 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-53327-1 / 9781138533271 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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