The ancients and the jukebox phenomenon
Inventing the music industry
Cylinders, discs, and vision
A consumer business or a business technology?
"A&R" : artists and repertoire
Speaking of money, and the jukebox
Sound, quality, and topicality
A popular product and a consumer market
A&R in the early years : styles and genres
Of places, performers, and songs
Type, style, genre, tempo
Immigration and recordings
Culture swing : the ethnic recordings
Images, music, and the inevitable transition