Author Bruce Lindsay on his enthralling new book “Shellac And Swing: A Social History of the Gramophone In Britain”, a whirlwind tour that takes in fake war recordings, Channel swimmers with portable disc-players, “pornographic wax cylinders”, the jazz and blues booms, music hall, novelty acts, the first DJ and his payola scandals and a $20,000 78 by Robert Johnson. Oh for the days when discs had titles like “Departure Of A Troop Ship” …
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shellac-Swing-History-Gramophone-Britain/dp/1781557608
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