“The Experimental Talking Clock was recorded circa 1878 by inventor Frank Lambert. It was long thought to be the world’s oldest playable sound recording and is listed in both the Guinness Book of World Records and The Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound as such; however, an older phonautogram recording from 1857 by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville was reproduced for the first time in 2008 with the aid of modern technology.”

“It is still the oldest recording that can be played back with its own mechanism, without the involvement of digital technology.”

“Mark Katz, a professor at the Peabody Conservatory of Music at The Johns Hopkins University, discussed his book, “Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music. ”

According to Katz, who teaches in the Department of Musicology at the Peabody, there is more to sound recording than just recording sound. Not just a tool for the preservation of music, the technology is a catalyst for change.”

“The inside secrets of Michael Jackson’s greatest records by the Grammy-winning engineer, Bruce Swedien who captured and enhanced their sound.”

I enjoyed reading it but must say that I am a Michael Jackson fan since I was a kid so I am kind of biased.

There are a lot of pictures and stories from “the good old days” in the book.

We can read what equipment was used and gain some inside information but it is not a “how to make your next record sound like Thriller” type of book.

All in all, I had a good time reading it and what more can you expect?

AMAZON