360 SOUND :: The Columbia RecordsStory [book + USB]:: Columbia:: $249.99:: This decadent set, detailing the captivating history of Columbia Records from the advent of the phonograph to the present, is a history lesson on recorded music. With two weighty photo-laden tomes (historian Sean Wilentz's gargantuan coffee-table book and rock critic Dave Marsh's breezier book-length essay) and a USB containing 263 Columbia tracks, from Al Jolson to Adele, selected by Marsh.
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