FIMS Publications
Lee Marshall (ed.), The International Recording Industries
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
3-15-2015
Volume
1
Issue
2
Journal
Journal of World Popular Music
First Page
211
URL with Digital Object Identifier
10.1558/jwpm.v1i2.26616
Last Page
216
Abstract
Conventional wisdom appears still to hold that “the recording industry” is currently in a mortal “crisis” on account of rampant, digitally-enabled “piracy”. While recent Anglo-American scholarship pushes against this perception, suggesting that reports of the demise of the Los Angeles-centred recording industry have been exaggerated (e.g. Marshall 2012, 2013; Meier 2013), The International Recording Industries goes considerably further. The book offers an English-speaking readership concise accounts of an extremely diverse range of national recording industry histories, institutions, conventions and prospects that further challenge mainstream Anglo-American opinion.
Notes
Review was published in Journal of Popular World Music by Equinox Publishing Ltd. and available at https://journals.equinoxpub.com/JWPM/article/view/211-216/pdf