High Fidelity - A Century of Recorded Song. Episode 12

High Fidelity - A Century of Recorded Song

High Fidelity - A Century of Recorded Song with Jack L and Julie Feeney is a 26 part radio series. The series is a sound-map of recorded song from Thomas Edison to the iPod from Tin Pan Alley to X Factor. Episode 12 Taping the 50s Magnetic tape a legacy of wartime invention changed everything in sound and music recording. We hear from author Greg Milner about the story of sound and how tape recording gave us high fidelity portable recorders and the era of studio production. We hear the voices of Elvis Presley Johnny Cash and the story of Sun Recording Studios and Sam Phillips.