Table of Contents

Introduction: An Improbable Stew
1. Before the Workshop: Beeps, Bloops, and a Battle for the Nation’s Identity
2. “Vive Le Workshop!”
3. “Time Beat” and the Soul of a Machine
4. Way Out and Catchy! Doctor Who, and a New Era for the Workshop
5. Fragile Ribbons of Iron: A Chapter about Tape
6. Around the Office
7. The Art of Making Something from Nothing
8. Goons, Singing Dogs, and Chirping Percolators
9. The World as Their Instrument
10. The Impact of the Radiophonic Workshop
11. Team Tape versus Team Synth
12. The End, and a New Appreciation
Acknowledgments
Notes

Promotional Information

Tells the story of how an anonymous group of overworked and under-budgeted BBC employees pioneered electronic sounds and shaped the music of the 20th century

About the Author

William L. Weir lives in Connecticut and writes regularly about music and the history of music technology. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Slate, The Boston Globe, Hartford Courant, and other publications.

Reviews

This book is a concise history of the Radiophonic Workshop and to some extent a history of electronic music
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