Travis Elborough
The long-player goodbye
the album from vinyl to iPod and back again
Gedrukt boek
Since the arrival of the long-playing record in 1948, the album has provided the soundtrack to our lives. Exploration of the way in which particular albums are deeply embedded in cultural history, revered as works of art or so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible. Musical movements have come and gone but the album has been constant. Now in the age of the iPod, when we can download an infinite number of single tracks and need never listen to a whole album ever again, does the concept of an album still mean anything?
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