Reviews for Echo and Reverb: Fabricating Space in Popular Music Recording, 1900-1960

The average rating for Echo and Reverb: Fabricating Space in Popular Music Recording, 1900-1960 based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-10-11 00:00:00 Joy Gibson An unlikely topic that I stumbled upon while looking for some titles related to the history of the phonograph. Very interesting premise - that the use of reverb and echo in recordings creates a sense of space that has much greater emotional significance than consciously perceived. Sounds like a musicological term paper, but the scope of the book and the comments make for interesting and thought-provoking reading. Not for everyone's taste, but if you have any serious interest in the history of recorded music it's an unusual and entertaining book.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-09-21 00:00:00 Tiffany White Kudos to the author for his ability to fill a book about the use of of echo and reverb in music and film. Theres a lot of fluff and opinion here that could have been edited better. The author is well versed in many styles of music and quotes some of the best music writers. A key theme of the book is the concept of spatial recording to evoke a sense of place or to enhance lyrical content. I enjoyed the Robert Johnson/Ry Cooder theory and the chapter on the commercialization of Hawaiian music.