Cover
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: From material culture to the materials of culture
1. Sheen: Early stories and circulation of shellac
2. Crackle: Assembling the record
3. Mirrors: Phono-fetishism and intersensory visions
4. Detonations: Shellac at war
5. Shards: Waste, obsolescence, and contemporary remediations
Conclusion: Sonic sculptures
Bibliography
Index
List of illustrations
Figure 1: Shellac window display, India House, London, 1936. Author's picture. National Archives, UK.

Figure 2: Back of an oval mirror of black shellac, decorated with seated woman and cherub in front of a castle, nineteenth century. Science Museum Group Collection © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Figure 3: Industrial drawing of a gramophone record press designed by the Manchester firm Francis Shaw & Co. Author's collection.
Figure 4: 'Le gramophone' ('The gramophone'), wood engraving by Jean-Émile Laboureur, c. 1918-1921. Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Figure 5: Seven Chakras (Twice), Chris Dorsett, graphite over digital scans of recordings, 2011 © Chris Dorsett.