The Recording Angel; Music, Records and Culture from Aristotle to Zappa, Second Edition

First published in 1987 and now considered a classic,The RecordingAngelcharts the ways in which the phonograph and its cousins have transformed our culture. In a new Afterword, Evan Eisenberg shows how digital technology, file trading, and other recent developments are acceleratingor reversingthese trends. Influential and provocative,The Recording Angelis required reading for anyone who cares about the effect recording has hadand will haveon our experience of music.

Evan Eisenberg’s writings on music, culture, and technology have appeared in The New Republic, The Village Voice, The New Yorker, The Nation, and other periodicals. His most recent book is The Ecology of Eden.