Jonathan Schroeder Vinyl
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Jonathan schroeder vinyl. With designed for hi fi living. Kern professor in communications at rochester institute of technology. In designed for hi fi living janet borgerson and jonathan schroeder listen to and look at these vinyl lps scouring the cover art and the liner notes and find that these albums offered a guide for aspirational americans who yearned to be modern in postwar consumer culture. Jonathan schroeder is the william a.
The vinyl lp in midcentury america janet borgerson and jonathan schroeder examine an era in the 50s and 60s when the lp served a variety of purposes. Borgerson and schroeder contend that midcentury record albums offered compelling visions for incorporating style home and travel into mainstream american society. He is the co author of designed for hi fi living. Jonathan schroeder and janet borgerson are a creative team that write about brands design and vinyl.
Designed for hi fi living. Jonathan schroeder is the william a. Consumption markets culture. Vintage vinyl can tell us about cold war tensions and cultural diplomacy usapp american politics and policy blog.
Kern professor of communications at rochester institute of technology. As vinyl has enjoyed a surprising comeback lately. Schroeder jonathan e ed. The vinyl lp in midcentury america a new book with northern michigan ties shines a light on the answer.
The vinyl lp in midcentury america mit. The vinyl lp in midcentury america we show how record albums of the 1950s and 1960s provided an optimistic vision of the united states and helped form a notion of the nation s future in the aftermath of world war ii. Keinan anat et al. An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product or album the term can refer to either the printed paperboard covers typically used to package sets of 10 in 25 cm and 12 in 30 cm 78 rpm records single and sets of 12 in 30 cm lps sets of 45 rpm records either in several connected sleeves or a box or the front facing panel of a cd.
The artwork and the liner notes tell interesting stories said designed for hi fi living co author jonathan schroeder. Their book designed for hi fi living offers a view of this vision a way to illustrate the role of the vinyl lp in developing contemporary american consumer culture.