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A&R Pioneers : Architects of American Roots Music on Record /

A&R Pioneers offers the first comprehensive account of the diverse group of men and women who pioneered artists-and-repertoire (A&R) work in the early US recording industry. In the process, they helped create much of what we now think of as American roots music. Resourceful, innovative, and,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Ward, Brian, 1961- (Author), Huber, Patrick (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Defining A&R : interwar record company officials and their work
  • Finding and securing talent
  • Contracts and copyrights : the dark heart of A&R
  • Choosing songs and building repertoires
  • In the studio : creating and recording sounds
  • Post-production : defining and defying genre boundaries
  • The bottom line : selling records
  • Nowhere near total eclipse : A&R work after World War II.