TY - BOOK AU - Barry,Robert TI - Compact disc T2 - Object lessons SN - 9781501348518 (paperback) AV - ML 1055 B281c 2020 U1 - 780.26/6 PY - 2020/// CY - New York PB - Bloomsbury Academic KW - Compact discs KW - History KW - Discos compactos KW - Historia KW - Sound recordings KW - Grabaciones sonoras KW - Sound KW - Recording and reproducing KW - Sonido KW - Grabación y reproducción N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The Little Disc -- The Faithful Disc -- The Wounded Disc -- The Undead Disc N2 - "The compact disc promised to be the perfect medium for recorded sound, but it presaged the end of physical media for good. Its history shows that the materiality of media can never simply be wished away."-- ER -