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Soundbreaking | Stories From the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music

Wed. Nov. 23 at 10pm on WKAR-HD 23.1  | Discover how distribution formats, from the LP to MP3s, have shaped our experience of music.
Final Episode | I Am My Music: From the LP to the cassette tape, the CD, and MP3, discover how the listening format of each generation determines not only how and where we listen, but also the manner in which we collect, store, and share the music we love; featuring Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead.

Soundbreaking combines unprecedented access to some of the most celebrated music artists, producers and innovators with rare archival studio footage and an extensive musical soundtrack, to deliver a wide-ranging series on the art of music recording.

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