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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 > > > > >