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Jedi,
171

Jefferson, “Blind” Lemon,
6
,
59
,
128

Jobs, Steve,
161

John, Elton,
115
,
157

John Wesley Harding
(Bob Dylan),
97
,
208

Johnson, Eldridge,
14

Johnston, Bob,
96

Jolly Roger label,
51
(fig.),
52
(fig.),
55
–7,
59
–62,
128
,
173
,
209

Joplin, Janis,
101
,
139

Jung Cat Records,
64
(fig.),
78
.
See also
Rose, Boris

Jungle Inn,
39

Kaminstein, Abraham,
119
–20,
124

Kane, Chuck,
114
–6

Kanon, Herbert,
121

Kasha King label,
78

Kastenmeier, Robert,
147

Kazaa,
202

Keith organization,
28

Keith, Toby,
8

“Kentucky Babe” (Adam Geibel),
19
,
20

Kessler, Jack (also Jack Fine),
139
–40,
153

Kessler, Julius,
139
,
153

Khomeini, Ayatollah,
182

Kid Capri,
167
,
170

King Crimson,
158

Kippel, Les,
157

Kirby, Jack Temple,
217

Kirkeby, Ed,
59

Kittredge, Albert,
29

Kollock, Peter,
159
–60

Kolodin, Irving,
76

Kool and the Gang,
6

Kool Herc,
164
–5,
168

Koven, Donald,
85
–6,
108
,
136

Kraftwerk,
166

Kraut,
151

Kulcsar, Roy,
141

Kum Back
(The Beatles),
105

Kustom Records,
153

L Brothers,
164

La Traviata
(Verdi),
76

LaFarge, John,
29

LARTA (Latin American Record and Tape Association),
140
–1

Lavine, Abigail,
82

Lear, Bill,
83
–5

Led Zeppelin,
114
,
208

Lee Bee Discs label,
78

Leeds and Caitlin,
17
–8

Leeds, Arthur,
136
–7

Lefkowitz, Louis,
112
,
127
,
129
,
140
–1

Leibell, Vincent,
46

Lennon, John,
105

Lessig, Lawrence,
204
,
213

Let It Be
(The Beatles),
105

Lettermen,
124
–5

Levine, Sherrie,
206

Levy, Morris,
133

Lewis, Meade Lux,
41
,
53
–4,
56

liberalism,
81
,
194
–5

Lil Wayne,
208

Limewire,
86
,
200
,
207
,
215

Limited Editions label,
59

Little White Wonder
(Bob Dylan),
102

live performance

bootlegging of,
4
,
6
,
117
,163–5,
206

in early radio programming,
44
–6,
64
,
67

and the Grateful Dead,
157
–8,
160

and Patti Smith,
106
,
155
(fig.)

See also
Rubber Dubber label; mixtapes

LIVEr Than You’ll Ever Be
(Rolling Stones),
96
,
113

lobbying,
26
,
118
,
125
–6,
138
,
140
,
191
–3,
195

Lockhart, Leonard,
139
–40

Lofton, Cripple Clarence,
54
,
56

Lomax, Alan,
39
,
52
–3

Long Island,
130
,
141
,
143
–4,
164

“The Long Tail” (Chris Anderson),
209

Los Angeles Press
,
110

Lovebug Starski,
167

Lowery, David,
8

LOX,
170

LP record.
See
vinyl record

Lubar, Harvey,
157
–8

Lucrezia Borgia
,
77

Madonna,
196

Mafia,
5
,
35
,
110
,
142

Magnetic Recorders Company,
69

magnetic recording,
6
,
41
–2,
63
–71,
73
,
81
–9,
94
–5,
133
,
135
,
210

on tape,
4
,
11
,
38
,
62
,
121
,
210

on wire,
7
,
66
–8,
70
,
83
,
89

Magnetophon recorder,
68
–9

Malcolm X,
104

Manuel, Peter,
177
,
186
–7

Mapleson, Lionel,
75
,
96
,
204

Marcus, Greil,
96

Marshall, Lee,
5
,
154
,
205

Marshall, Thurgood,
138

Marx, Karl,
103

A Masked Ball
(Verdi),
76

mass reproduction,
4
–5,
207

Matthews, Brander,
22
,
27

Mayall, John,
98

McCaghy, Charles,
106
,
117
,
142

McCartney, Paul,
104
–5

McCuen, Brad,
59
,
62

McGraw, Tim,
208

Meltzer, Sam,
57

Mercury label,
80
,
181
.
See also Capitol Records v. Mercury
(1955)

Metallica,
176

Method Man,
170

Metropolitan Opera House (New York),
75
,
96

Metropolitan Opera,
74
,
76
,
119
,
125
.
See also Metropolitan Opera v. Wagner-Nichols
(1950)

Metropolitan Opera v. Wagner-Nichols
(1950),
37
,
48
–50,
56
,
73
,
80
,
123
,
126
,
137

Meyer, J.W.,
15

Michelle, Yvette,
170

Micranots,
168

Mikva, Abner,
133
–4,
148
,
210

Military (US),
67
–8,
88

Miller, Glenn,
35

Miller, Phillip L.,
75

Minaj, Nicki,
212
–3

Mister Jelly Roll
(Jelly Roll Morton),
52
–3

Mitchell, Joni,
113

Mix Tape:
60
Minutes of Funk, The
(Funkmaster Flex),
170

mixtape

and benefits to recording industry,
173
–4,
205

and use in hip hop,
1
,
151
,
167
–71

personal use of,
151
,
204
,

DJ use of,
164
–5,
172
–3,
214

Modular Sounds,
143
–4,
191

Monogram,
29
–30

Monroe, John,
15
,
16
(fig.)

Monsanto,
190
,
192

Moore, Cason,
160

Moore, Jerry,
157
–8

Moore, Thurston,
151

Morita, Akio,
88

Morton, Jelly Roll,
39
,
52
,
55
,
119
,
200

Mossinghoff, Gerald,
191
,
195

Motorola,
84

Mozart,
76

MP3,
5
,
7
,
86
,
173
,
207
,
215
–6

MP3.com,
215

MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America),
2
,
191
,
193

Muntz, Earl “Madman,”
82
–5

Music City Distributing,
114

music publishers,
11
–2,
19
,
21
–3,
27
–9,
44
,
55
,
111
–2,
119
–20,
122
,
131
–32,
139
,
146
,
174
,
181
,
203
,
205
–6,
214

Music Publishers Association,
22
,
122

NAAL (National Academy of Arts and Letters),
22
,
27

Naghavi, Alireza Jay,
154

Nam, Ng Sui,
190

Napster,
4
,
7
–8,
86
,
200
,
202
,
214
–6

NARM (National Association of Record Merchandisers),
130

Nashville Skyline
(Bob Dylan),
97
,
110

Nashville, TN,
96
,
125
,
131

National Institutes of Health,
120

Naxos,
201

NBC v. Nance
(1974),
141

NBC,
69
,
127
,
141

neoliberalism,
211
–2

New Deal,
68
,
203

New Left,
106
–7

New Riders of the Purple Sage,
158

New York
(magazine),
95

Nicholas Nickleby
,
102

Nievera, Martin,
196

Nipper,
14
,
54
(fig.)

Nixon, Richard,
105
,
107
,
135
,
138

“No Pakistanis” (The Beatles),
105

Nolan, Peter F.,
211

Norcross Phonograph Company of New York,
14

Norelco.
See
Philips

Norris, Frank,
43

North Carolina,
96
–7,
101
,
109
,
111
,
125
,
143
–4

Notorious B.I.G.,
167

NYPD (New York City Police Department),
141
,
197

O, Michael,
100
,
103

O’Sullivan, Gilbert,
205

Oberstein, Eli,
35
–6,
76
,
87

OFC label,
59
,
60
(fig.)

Ohio Talking Machine Company,
14
,
29
–30

Oliver Ditson Company,
22

Olmstead v. United States
(1928),
67

“On the Beach” (Paragons),
165

Onion
,
206

open-source software,
161

opera.
See
classical music

Opperman, R. H.,
68

Orbison, Roy,
205

Owen, Frank,
168

Pakistan,
105
,
177
,
189
,
194
,
196
–7,
212

Palm Club label,
59
,
60
(fig.)

palming off,
31
,
49
–50,
124
,
152

Panassié, Hugues,
39
,
42

Pandora,
215
–6

Paradox Industries,
56

Paragons,
165

Paramount label,
35

Parker, Charlie,
78

Patagonia Festival,
76

Patrick and Merlin,
97
–9,
100

Pax label,
52
(fig.),
56

payola,
74
,
109
,
132
–3,
143
,
208

peer production,
160
,
202
.
See also
Grateful Dead; Deadheads

Period label,
76
–7

Perrotto, John,
144

Perry, Lee “Scratch,”
165

Pettit, Horace,
23
–6

Pettus, Jerrold H. (also Jerry Pettus),
144
,
153

Petty, Eric,
197

Philips,
72
,
84
,
87
–8,
181

Phillips, Ralph “Buddy,”
144

Phish,
5
,
163

Phoenix company,
124
–5

Phonograms Convention of 1971,
186
–7,
196

Phonoscope
,
15
,
16
(fig.),
17
(fig.)

Phonygraf label,
153

PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America),
191

piano roll,
12
,
18
–20,
23
,
27
–8,
31
,
33
,
37
,
44
,
63
,
87
,
89
,
120
,
212

Pig’s Eye label,
153

Pilpel, Harriet,
121

Pinckney, Francis,
111
–2

piracy

artist opposition to,
8
,
56
,
162
–3,
156
,
176
,
216

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