Might make one wonder about the other books on their tech history list.
On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 4:31 PM Gary A. Galo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Johns Hopkins University Press, no less! Obviously sound recording history
> is not their specialty, or they would not have embarrassed themselves like
> this.
>
> Best,
> Gary
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Clark Johnsen
> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2019 4:10 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] [EXTERNAL] [ARSCLIST] Book Review: "Sound
> Recording" by David L. Morton Jr.
>
> In his bio, it says the guy has a PhD in history of technology. Shameful,
> or what?
>
> Partly/mostly I’d blame the editor/publisher for (needlessly) rushing to
> print. They probably conceived that they needed to fill a gap and so pulled
> this hapless fellow in.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 1:35 PM Gary A. Galo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for those comments, Ron. I think you were very generous in giving
> > it 3 stars on Amazon!
> >
> > Best,
> > Gary
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:
> > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ron Roscoe
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2019 12:20 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] [ARSCLIST] Book Review: "Sound Recording" by David L.
> > Morton Jr.
> >
> > Folks;
> >
> >
> >
> > I started reading Stephanie Bonjack's article "The Importance of LPs in a
> > Digital World" in the Fall 2018 ARSC Journal and when I got to the end of
> > the
> > second paragraph and read that "the LP with its larger diameter" [than
> the
> > 78]
> > and also "the 78 which could only hold up to four minutes per side", I
> > wondered
> > where she got this incorrect information. The Endnote cited David L.
> > Morton's
> > book "Sound Recording, The Life Story of a Technology".
> >
> >
> >
> > Folks, this book is full of errors! The 78 records were issued primarily
> > in
> > both 10" and 12" diameters, just like LP's are/were! LPs did not come
> in a
> > larger diameter. And, I believe the 12" 78 could hold 4.5 minutes per
> > side.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have written a review of the first ~100 pages of this book on Amazon,
> > you can
> > read it here:
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.amazon.com/review/R33PN2EA7AQX1W/ref=pe_1098610_137716200_cm_rv_eml_
> > rv0_rv
> > <
> https://www.amazon.com/review/R33PN2EA7AQX1W/ref=pe_1098610_137716200_cm_rv_eml_rv0_rv
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The 9 major errors I found in the first 100 pages were enough to convince
> > me not
> > to read further.
> >
> >
> >
> > It's really a shame that such a promising book is so full of incorrect
> > information. I hope the author can issue a second edition with more
> > attention
> > to these problems.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Byron [Ron] Roscoe
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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