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Collection Details
| Collection Name: | Oral History of the Recorded Sound |
| Repository Name: | British Library. National Sound Archive [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Local Identifier: | C90 |
| URL: | http://cadensa.bl.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/5?searchdata1=C90%7B087%7D%2BAND%2BA492%7B001%7D&library=ALL |
| Dates Spanned: | 1960-2001 |
| Description: | 111 interviews with people involved in all areas of the recording industry: artists, engineers, managers, technicians, legal experts, teachers, producers, musicians, record company personnel, wildlife recordists, writers and journalists. Includes accounts of the work of pioneers such as Fred Gaisberg (who first recorded Caruso), Cecil Watts (pioneer of direct cut disc recording), Alan Blumlein (microphones), Arthur Haddy ('father of hi-fi'), and Berliner. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: | 111 |
| Broad Subjects: | Music; Industry and Labor |
| ASP Subjects: | Copyright--Sound recordings; Music trade--Great Britain; Oral history; Sound recording industry--Great Britain; United Kingdom |
| Collection Code: | OHC0002555 |