NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY (2002-2018) – BY DATE
1853-1861 Phonautograms – Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville
1888 Israel in Egypt--August Manns, dir. 1888 (Nov.) Edison Talking Doll cylinder (Nov. 1888)
1888-1889 Edison Exhibition cylinders (Around the World on the Phonograph; The Pattison…)
1890 Fewkes, Jess Walter recordings (Passamaquoddy Indians) 1890 (circa) David Giovannoni Collection of Home Recordings on Wax Cylinder (Vernacular Recordings at University of California—SB) 1890 (circa) The Lord’s Prayer/Twinkle Twinkle Little Star—Emile Berliner recordings
1893 Benjamin Ives Gilman Collection Recorded at the 1893 World’s Columbia Exposition at Chicago c. 1896 Laughing Song—George W. Johnson
1897 Stars and Stripes Forever—Military Band
1898 Gypsy Love Song—Eugene Cowles 1898 Honolulu Cake Walk—Vess Ossman
1900s Ragtime compositions—Scott Joplin 1900-1903 Mapleson, Lionel recordings of Met Opera
1901 Williams, Bert and George Walker Victor Releases c. 1901-1905 Yiddish Cylinders from the Standard Phonograph Company of NY and Thomas Lambert Co.
1903 Canzone del Porter—Edouard de Reszke
1904 Uncle Josh and the Insurance Company—Cal Stewart
1906 Casey at the Bat—DeWolf Hopper 1906 Washington, Booker T. 1895 Atlanta Exposition Speech 1906 You’re a Grand Ole Rag [Flag]—Billy Murray
1907 Vesti la guibba—Enrico Caruso 1907-1910 Densmore, Frances Chippewa/Ojibwe cylinder collection
1908 No News, or What Killed the Dog—Nat M. Wills 1908 Take Me Out to the Ballgame – Edward Meeker
1909 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot—Fisk Jubilee Singers
1911 Let Me Call You Sweetheart—Peerless Quartet 1911 Some of These Days—Sophie Tucker 1911-1914 Recordings of Ishi
1912 Come Down Ma Evenin’ Star--Lillian Russell 1912 Lovey’s Trinidad String Band
1913 Dream Melody Intermezzo: Naughty Marietta—Victor Herbert and His Orchestra
1913-Apr. 4 Fon der Choope (From the Wedding)—Abe Elekrig’s Yidishe Orchestra
1914 Castles in Europe One-Step—Europe’s Society Orchestra 1914 Memphis Blues—Victory Military Band
1915 Recordings of Ishi, the Last Yahi Indian – Ishi 1915 They Didn’t Believe Me—Harry Macdonough and Alice Green
1916 Il mio Tesoro from Don Giovani—John McCormack
1917 Bubble Book 1917 Listen to the Lambs—Hampton Quartette 1917 Over There—Nora Bayes 1917-1924 Heifetz, Jascha acoustic recordings for Victor
1918 After You’ve Gone—Marion Harris 1918 Tiger Rag—Original Dixieland Jazz Band
1920 Crazy Blues—Mamie Smith 1920 Swanee—Al Jolson 1920s Johnson, Guy B. cylinder recordings of African-American music
1921 Cross of Gold—William Jennings Bryan 1921 My Man/Second Hand Rose—Fanny Brice
1922 Arkansaw Traveler/Sallie Gooden—Eck Robertson 1922 Boys of the Lough/Humours of Ennistymon--Michael Coleman 1922 OKeh Laughing Record 1922-June Ory’s Creole Trombone—Kid Ory
1923 Down-Hearted Blues—Bessie Smith 1923 Lift Every Voice--Manhattan Harmony Four (single) 1923 See See Rider Blues—Gertrude “Ma” Rainey 1923 Wild Cat Blues—Clarence Williams Blue Five 1923-April 5 Canal Street Blues—King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band 1923-Sept. 12 Armistice Day Broadcast—Woodrow Wilson
1924 Rhapsody in Blue—George Gershwin/Paul Whiteman Orchestra 1924-Sept. 14 National Defense Test
1925 Adeste Fidles—Associated Glee Clubs of America 1925 Charleston—The Golden Gate Orchestra 1925-March 4 Coolidge, Calvin—inauguration of 1925-March 14 First Transatlantic radio broadcast 1925-1928 Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings—Louis Armstrong
1926 Black Bottom Stomp—Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers 1926 Fascinating Rhythm—Fred and Adele Astaire/George Gershwin 1926 Tanec Pid Werbamy/Dance Under the Willows—Pawlo Humeniuk
1927 Blue Yodel (T for Texas)—Jimmie Rodgers 1927 Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground – Blind Willie Johnson 1927 Singin’ the Blues—Frankie Trumbuer and His Orchestra 1927 Stardust—Hoagy Carmichael 1927 Victor Talking Machine/Bristol Sessions 1927; 1930 El Mainsero (The Peanut Vendor) 1927-Jan. 7 First official transatlantic telephone conversation 1927-June 11 Lindbergh’s arrival in Washington, DC
1928 Allons a Lafayette—Joseph Falcon 1928 Black Snake Moan/Match Box Blues--Blind Lemon Jefferson 1928 Standing Rock Preservation Recordings 1928 Statesboro Blues—Blind Willie McTell
1928 Wildwood Flower—Carter Family 1928-Dec. 31/1929-Jan 30 Casta Diva
1929 Ain’t Misbehavin’—Fats Waller 1929 Cajun-Creole Columbia releases 1929 Gregorio Cortez—Trovadores Regionales 1929 Lamento Borincano—Canario y Su Gropo 1929 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor 1929 Pony Blues—Charley Patton 1929 Puttin’ on the Ritz—Harry Richman (single) 1929-Oct. 21 Light’s Golden Jubilee 1929-1939 Melville Jacobs Collection of Native Americans from the American Northwest
1930 Beethoven’s Egmon Overture—Modesto High School Band 1930 Night Life—Mary Lou Williams 1930 Standing on Top of the World—Mississippi Sheiks 1930 Ten Cents a Dance—Ruth Etting
1930-July Suncook Town Tragedy—Mabel Wilso Tatro 1930s-1980s Highlander Center
1931 It’s the Girl--The Boswell Sisters 1931-Oct. 18 Bacon, Beans and Limousines—Will Rogers 1931-1932 Bell Labs experiments
1932 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime—Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee (both versions) 1932 Rosina Cohen from the Lorenzo D. Turner Collection 1932 Show Boat 1932-1935 Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas—Artur Schnabel 1932-1975 Voices from the Days of Slavery (American Folklife Center Collection)
1933 Goodnight, Irene—Lead Belly 1933 Stormy Weather—Ethel Waters 1933-1944 Fireside Chats—FDR 1933-1956 Harvard Vocarium
1934 If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again—Thomas A. Dorsey 1934 Mal Hombre – Lydia Mendoza 1934 Tumbling Tumbleweeds – Sons of the Pioneers 1934 You’re the Top—Cole Porter 1934-1949 New Music Quarterly recordings
1935 Ivory Billed Woodpecker 1935 I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart—Patsy Montana 1935-Feb. 23 Every Man a King—Huey P. Long 1935-Mar. 9 Tristan und Isolde—Met Opera 1935-July 20 Gang Busters
1936 He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands—Marian Anderson 1936 Wabash Cannonball—Roy Acuff 1936-1937 Complete Recordings—Robert Johnson
1937 Lomax Kentucky Recordings: Bonaparte’s Retreat 1937 One O’Clock Jump—Count Basie and His Orchestra 1937-Apr. 11 Fall of the City (Columbia Workshop) 1937-May 6 Hindenburg (Crash of the Hindenburg) 1937-June 4 Vic and Sade: Decoration Day
1937-Dec. 17 Lone Ranger (Osage Bank Robbery)
1938 Begin the Beguine—Artie Shaw and His Orchestra 1938 Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen—The Andrews Sisters 1938 Boas Interview with Chief Dan Cranmer 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert—Benny Goodman 1938 Cradle Will Rock 1938 Fascinating Rhythm--Sol Hoopii 1938 John the Revelator—Golden Gate Quartet 1938 Mahler Symphony—Bruno Walter 1938 Morton, Jelly Roll (interviews by Alan Lomax) 1938 When You Wish Upon a Star—Cliff Edwards 1938-May 11 Adventures of Robin Hood 1938-June 22 Louis-Schmeling Fight 1938-Oct. 6 Who’s on First—Abbott and Costello 1938-Oct. 30 War of the Worlds (Orson Welles) 1938-Nov. 5 Adagio for Strings—Toscanini/NBC 1938-Nov. 11 God Bless America—Kate Smith
1939 Body and Soul—Coleman Hawkins 1939 If I Didn’t Care—The Ink Spots 1939 In the Mood—Glenn Miller and His Orchestra 1939 Lomax, John and Ruby Southern States tour 1939 Over the Rainbow—Judy Garland (single) 1939 O Que e que a Bahiana tem—Carmen Miranda 1939 Peter and the Wolf 1939 Strange Fruit—Billie Holiday c. 1939 Bach Six Cello Suites—Pablo Casals 1939-Apr. 9 Anderson, Marian: recital at the Lincoln Memorial 1939-Sept. 21 WJSV day of broadcasting 1939-Oct. 14 Grand Ole Opry
1940 Bartok, Bela and Joseph Szigeti @ the LOC 1940 New San Antonio Rose—Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys 1940 Rite of Spring 1940 Sweet Lorraine—Art Tatum 1940 Tom Dooley—Frank Proffitt 1940 Were You There—Roland Hayes 1940 You Are My Sunshine—Jimmie Davis 1940; 1942 Porgy and Bess 1940-1942 Blanton-Webster era recordings—Duke Ellington 1940-1950 Beethoven String Quartets—Budapest Quartet 1940-Mar. 4 Fibber McGee and Molly 1940-Sept. 21 Murrow, Edward R.: recordings from London 1940-Sept. 24 Carousel of American Music
1941 Talking Union – The Almanac Singers 1941-May 8 America’s Town Meeting of the Air 1941-Oct. 5 World Series Game Four (NY vs. Brooklyn) 1941-Dec. 8 Roosevelt, Franklin D.: Address to Congress 1941-Dec. 15 We Hold These Truths (Norman Corwin)
1942 Native Brazilian Music 1942 White Christmas—Bing Crosby 1942-May 10 Wings Over Jordan 1942-July 7 Command Performance
1943 Artistry in Rhythm—Stan Kenton 1943 Oklahoma! 1943 Othello 1943 Straighten Up and Fly Right—Nat “King” Cole 1943-Jan 25 Mary Margaret McBride (Zora Neale Hurston) 1943-Apr. 25 Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23, B-flat minor 1943-May 25 Suspense: Sorry, Wrong Number--Agnes Moorehead 1943-July 23 Goldbergs, The: Sammy Going Away to the Army 1943-Nov. 14 New York Philharmonic debut by Leonard Bernstein
1944 Accentuate the Positive--Johnny Mercer 1944 Down by the Riverside—Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1944 Hottest Women’s Band of the 1940s--International Sweethearts of Rhythm (released: 1984) 1944 This Land Is Your Land—Woody Guthrie 1944 Uncle Sam Blues 1944-June 5-6 D-Day Broadcast—George Hicks 1944-June 6 Eisenhower: D-Day radio address 1944-July 2 Jazz at the Philharmonic -- Nat “King” Cole, Les Paul et. al. 1944-July 20-Aug. 11 LOC Marine corps Combat Field Recordings
1945 Caldonia—Louis Jordan
1945 Ko Ko—Charlie Parker, et.al. 1945 LaGuardia reading the comics 1945 Tubby the Tuba 1945-Apr. 14 Radio Coverage of the Funeral of President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1945-Oct. 7 Fred Allen Show 1945-Apr. 25-June 26, 1945 Proceedings of the UN Conference
1946 Folk Songs of the Hills—Merle Travis 1946 Jole Blon—Harry Choates 1946 US Highball—Harry Partch 1946-Mar. 5 Sinews of Peace—Winston Churchill
1947 Bach B-Minor Mass—Robert Shaw Chorale 1947 Blue Moon of Kentucky—Bill Monroe 1947 Call It Stormy Monday…--T-Bone Walker 1947 Churkendoose 1947 Four Saints in Three Acts 1947 Four Seasons—Louis Kaufman, et.al. 1947 Harvard address on the Marshall Plan—George C. Marshall (6/5/47) 1947 Hula Medley--Gabby Pahinui 1947 Manteca—Dizzy Gillespie 1947 Just Because—Frank Yankovic and His Yanks 1947-March 25 Indians for Indians
1948 Boogie Chillen’—John Lee Hooker 1948 Evangeline Special/Love Bridge Waltz—Iry LeJeune 1948 I Can Hear It Now: 1933-1945—Edward R. Murrow, et.al. 1948 I’ll Fly Away—Chuck Wagon Gang (single) 1948 Ives Piano Sonata No. 2—John Kirkpatrick 1948 Move On Up a Little Higher—Mahalia Jackson 1948-Mar. 28 Jack Benny Program 1948-July 15 Truman, Harry S.: 1948 Democratic National Convention 1948
1949 Foggy Mountain Breakdown—Flatt and Scruggs 1949 Jazz Scene—various artists 1949 Kiss Me Kate (Original Cast Album) 1949 Little Engine That Could—Paul Wing 1949 Lovesick Blues—Hank Williams 1949 South Pacific—Original Broadway Cast 1949-Sept. 25/Oct. 2 Destination Freedom: A Garage in Gainesville / Execution Awaited
1950 Guys & Dolls 1950 How I Got Over—Clara Ward and the Ward Singers 1950-1954 Metcalf, Leon Collection
1951 Dust My Broom—Elmore James 1951 Peace in the Valley—Red Foley and the Sunshine Boys 1951 How High the Moon—Les Paul and Mary Ford 1951 Missa Papae Marcelli… (Palestrina) -- Roger Wagner Chorale 1951 Pictures at an Exhibition—Rafael Kubelik 1951 Streetcar Named Desire—Alex North 1951-Apr. 19 MacArthur: Old Soldiers Never Die
1952 Anthology of American Folk Music—Harry Smith 1952 Child’s Christmas in Wales, A—Dylan Thomas 1952 Chopin Polonaise (Polonaise Militaire) 1952 Hound Dog—Big Mama Thornton (single) 1952 It Wasn’t Got Who Made Honky Tonk Angels—Kitty Wells 1952 Rock Around the Clock—Bill Haley and His Comets 1952-1960 Clifton’s Crew—Pat Bonner
1953 John Brown’s Body--Tyrone Power, Judith Anderson, et.al. 1953 Let’s Go Out to the Programs—Dixie Hummingbirds 1953 My Funny Valentine—The Gerry Mulligan Quartet featuring Chet Baker 1953 The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest – Rev. C.L. Franklin 1953 Songs by Tom Lehrer—Tom Lehrer 1953 Tipitina – Professor Longhair
1954 Also Sprach Zarathustra—Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1954 Damnation of Faust 1954 Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)—The Penguins 1954 Festival of Lessons and Carols as Sung on Christmas Eve…. 1954 I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man—Muddy Waters 1954 Night at Birdland (Vol. 1 and 2)—Art Blakey 1954 Songs for Young Lovers—Frank Sinatra 1954-1955 Sun Records Sessions—Elvis Presley
1955 Art of Ruth Draper—Ruth Draper 1955 Blue Suede Shoes—Carl Perkins 1955 Bo Diddley—Bo Diddley 1955 Cry Me a River—Julie London 1955 Goldberg Variations—Glenn Gould 1955 Mort Sahl: At Sunset – Mort Sahl 1955 Sixteen Tons--Tennessee Ernie Ford 1955 Tuskegee Institute Choir Sings Spirituals 1955 Tutti Frutti—Little Richard 1955 When I Stop Dreaming—The Louvin Brothers
1956 Bell, Billy (Interviews with William “Billy” Bell--Edward Ives) 1956 Blueberry Hill—Fats Domino 1956 Brilliant Corners—Thelonious Monk 1956 Calypso—Harry Belafonte 1956 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book—Ella Fitzgerald 1956 Mack the Knife— Louis Armstrong 1956 My Fair Lady 1956 Roll Over Beethoven—Chuck Berry 1956 Saxophone Colossus-- Sonny Rollins 1956 Smokestack Lightning—Howlin’ Wolf 1956 Variations for Orchestra—Louisville Orchestra 1956 VOA Jazz Radio Broadcasts – Willis Conover
1957 Descargas—Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente 1957 Problems of the American Home—Billy Graham 1957 That’ll Be the Day—The Crickets 1957 West Side Story 1957 Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On—Jerry Lee Lewis 1957-Sept. 8 Giants vs. Dodgers--Vin Scully, announcer 1957-1958 Navajo Shootingway Ceremony 1957-1977 Steam locomotive recordings—O. Winston Link
1958 Dance Mania—Tito Puente 1958 La Bamba—Ritchie Valens 1958 Messiah 1958 Play of Daniel—Eugene Ormandy, et.al. 1958 Poeme Electronique—Edgard Varese 1958 Rumble—Link Wray 1958 Theme from “Peter Gunn” – Henry Mancini 1958 Tom Dooley—Kingston Trio 1958 Winds in Hi-Fi—Eastman Wind Ensemble 1958-Apr. 11 Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto, No. 1—Van Cliburn 1958-Dec. 19 President Eisenhower’s Message from Space 1958-1965 Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Complete “Ring Cycle”)
1959 Freight Train and Other North Caroline Folk Songs and Tunes—Elizabeth Cotton 1959 Giant Steps—John Coltrane 1959 Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs--Marty Robbins 1959 Gypsy 1959 Howl—Allen Ginsberg 1959 Kind of Blue—Miles Davis, et.al. 1959 Long Black Veil—Lefty Frizzell 1959 Mack the Knife—Bobby Darin 1959 Mingus Ah-Um—Charles Mingus 1959 Oh, Mary Don’t You Weep—The Swan Silvertones 1959 New York Taxi Driver—Tony Schwartz 1959 A Program of Song—Leontyne Price 1959 The Shape of Jazz to Come—Ornette Coleman 1959 Time Out—Dave Brubeck Quartet 1959 What’d I Say—Ray Charles 1959-Sept. 12 United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyffe, Alabama
1960 Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart—Bob Newhart 1960 Cathy’s Clown—The Everly Brothers 1960 Crossing Chilly Jordan—Blackwood Brothers 1960 Drums of Passion—Michael Babatuned Olatunji 1960 Incredible Jazz Guitar of…--Wes Montgomery 1960 Joan Baez--Joan Baez 1960 Rank Stranger—Stanley Brothers 1960 Texas Sharecropper and Songster—Mance Lipscomb 1960 The Twist—Chubby Checker 1960-1962 Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley’s—Doc Watson, et.al. 1960s-1970s Ali Akbar College of Music
1961 2000 Years—Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks 1961 At Last—Etta James 1961 Crazy—Patsy Cline 1961 Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)—Max Mathews 1961 Judy at Carnegie Hall—Judy Garland 1961 Stand By Me--Ben E. King 1961 Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Vo. 1: The Early Years 1961-Jan 20 Kennedy, John F. inaugural 1961-June 25 Complete Village Vanguard Recordings—Bill Evans Trio
1962 First Family—Vaughn Meader, et.al. 1962 Go—Dexter Gordon 1962 Green Onions—Booker T. and the MG’s 1962 I Left My Heart in San Francisco—Tony Bennett 1962 Peace Be Still—James Cleveland 1962-March 2 Wilt Chamberlin’s 100-point game broadcast (3/2/1962) 1962-Apr. 19-20 Faulkner, William address at West Point 1962-Sept. 29 Terkel, Studs interview with James Baldwin 1962-1966 Lawrence Ritter’s Interviews with Baseball Pioneers of the late 19th and Early 20th Century
1963 Be My Baby—Ronettes 1963 Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan—Bob Dylan 1963 Girl from Ipanema—Stan Getz, et.al. 1963 Live at the Apollo—James Brown 1963 United State Marine Band 1963 War Requiem—Benjamin Britten 1963 We Shall Overcome—Pete Seeger 1963-Aug. 28 I Have a Dream—Martin Luther King, Jr. 1963-1969 Presidential Recordings of LBJ (11/22/63-1/10/69)
1964 A Love Supreme—John Coltrane 1964 Change is Gonna Come—Sam Cooke 1964 Dancing in the Street—Martha and the Vandellas 1964 I Started Out as a Child—Bill Cosby 1964 It’s My Way—Buffy Sainte-Marie (album) 1964 Mississippi Goddam—Nina Simone 1964 New Orleans’ Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band—Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band 1964 Oh, Pretty Woman—Roy Orbison 1964 People—Barbra Streisand (album) 1964 Where Did Our Love Go--The Supremes (single) 1964 You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling--The Righteous Brothers
1965 Azucar Pa’ Ti—Eddie Palmieri 1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas—Vince Guaraldi Trio 1965 Hoodoo Man Blues—Junior Wells 1965 In the Midnight Hour—Wilson Picket (single) 1965 I’ve Been Loving You Too Long—Otis Redding 1965 King Biscuit Time 1965 Live at the Regal—B.B. King 1965 My Girl—The Temptations 1968 People Get Ready—The Impressions (single) 1965 Satisfaction—Rolling Stones 1965 Sound of Music 1965 Tracks of My Tears—Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
1966 Carnegie Hall Concert with Buck Owens and His Buckaroos 1966 King James Version of the Bible—Alexander Scourby 1966 Music from the Morning of the World 1966 Pet Sounds—The Beach Boys 1966 Sounds of Silence—Simon and Garfunkel 1966 Today!—Mississippi John Hurt 1966 Who Sings My Generation—The Who 1966 You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song—Ella Jenkins
1967 Alice’s Restaurant—Arlo Guthrie 1967 Are You Experienced—Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967 Blind Joe Death – John Fahey 1967 The Doors--The Doors 1967 Forever Changes—Love 1967 New Sounds in Electronic Music 1967 Respect—Aretha Franklin 1967 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band—The Beatles 1967 Silver Apples of the Moon—Morton Subotnick 1967 Soul Man—Sam & Dave 1967 Velvet Underground and Nico—Velvet Underground and Nico
1968 At Folsom Prison—Johnny Cash 1968 Cheap Thrills—Big Brother and the Holding Company 1968 Hair 1968 Mama Tried—Merle Haggard (single) 1968 Oh Happy Day—Edwin Hawkins Singers 1968 Soul Folk in Action—Staple Singers 1968 Stand by Your Man – Tammy Wynette 1968 Switched-On Bach—Wendy Carlos 1968 We’re Only In It for The Money—Frank Zappa, et.al. 1968-Apr. 4 On the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.—Robert F. Kennedy
1969 Band, The—The Band 1969 Continental Harmony: Gregg Smith Singers Perform Music of William Billings—The Gregg Smith Singers 1969 Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake—Eubie Blake 1969 Fortunate Son—Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969 Stand!--Sly and the Family Stone 1969 Sweet Caroline—Neil Diamond 1969 Trout Mask Replica – Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band 1969-July 21 Apollo 11/Neil Armstrong
1970 Abraxas—Santana 1970 Amazing Grace--Judy Collins
1970 Coal Miner’s Daughter—Loretta Lynn 1970 Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers—Firesign Theatre 1970 Revolution Will Not Be Televised—Gil Scott-Heron 1970 Songs of the Humpback Whale – Roger Payne
1971 Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East—Allman Brothers Band 1971 All Things Considered (first ep.) 1971 American Pie—Don McLean 1971 Coat of Many Colors—Dolly Parton 1971 Let’s Stay Together – Al Green 1971 Lincoln Mayorga & Distinguished Colleagues—Lincoln Mayorga 1971 Philomel—Bethany Bear, et.al. 1971 Tapestry—Carole King 1971 Theme from “Shaft”—Isaac Hayes 1971 What’s Going On—Marvin Gaye
1972 Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land) 1972 Class Clown—George Carlin 1972 Complete Piano Trios (Robert and Clara Schumann)—Beaux Arts Trio 1972 Evening with Groucho Marx 1972 For the Roses—Joni Mitchell 1972 Ola Belle Reed—Ola Belle Reed 1972 Old Foghorn, Kewaunee, WI (James A. Lipsky) 1972 Only Visiting This Planet—Larry Norman 1972 Superfly—Curtis Mayfield 1972 Will the Circle Be Unbroken—Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1972 Ziggy Stardust—David Bowie
1973 Burnin’—The Wailers 1973 Dark Side of the Moon—Pink Floyd 1973 Headhunters—Herbie Hancock 1973 Live in Japan—Sarah Vaughan 1973 Piano Man—Billy Joel (single) 1973 Precious Lord 1973-July 29 Music Time in Africa: Mauritania—Leo Sarkisian 1973-1990 Crescent City Living Legends Collection
1974 Copland Conducts Copland: Appalachian Spring—Aaron Copland 1974 Celia & Johnny—Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco 1974 Heart Like a Wheel—Linda Ronstadt 1974-July 6 Prairie Home Companion
1975 Born to Run—Bruce Springsteen 1975 Horses—Patti Smith 1975 Live at Yankee Stadium—Fania All-Stars 1975 Mothership Connection—Parliament 1975 Red Headed Stranger—Willie Nelson 1975 The Wiz—Original Cast Recording
1976 Bogalusa Boogie—Clifton Chenier 1976 Greatest Hits—The Eagles 1976 Songs in the Key of Life—Stevie Wonder 1976 Ramones—Ramones 1976 Treemonisha--Scott Joplin, et.al. 1976 Wild Tchoupitoulas—The Wild Tchoupitoulas 1976-1979 Reagan, Ronald (radio broadcasts)
1977 Aja – Steely Dan 1977 I Feel Love—Donna Summer 1977 Murmurs of the Earth 1977 Rumours—Fleetwood Mac 1977 Saturday Night Fever—Bee Gees, et.al. 1977 Star Wars—John Williams 1977-May 8 Barton Hall Concert at Cornell University--Grateful Dead
1978 Gambler, The—Kenny Rogers 1978 Le Freak--Chic 1978 I Will Survive--Gloria Gaynor (single) 1978 September—Earth, Wind & Fire 1978 Wanted--Richard Pryor 1978 Wild and Crazy Guy--Steve Martin 1978 You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)--Sylvester
1979 Einstein on the Beach—Phillip Glass, Robert Wilson 1979 Rapper’s Delight—Sugarhill Gang 1979 Sweeney Todd—Stephen Sondheim, et.al. 1979 We Are Family—Sister Sledge (single)
1980 The Audience with Betty Carter—Betty Carter 1980 He Stopped Loving Her Today—George Jones 1980 Remain in Light—Talking Heads
1981 Radio Free Europe—REM
1982 Message, The—Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five 1982 Thriller—Michael Jackson
1984 Footloose—Kenny Loggins 1984 Purple Rain—Prince 1984 Recordings of Asian Elephants (Katherine B. Payne) 1984 She’s So Unusual—Cyndi Lauper
1986 Graceland—Paul Simon 1986 Master of Puppets—Metallica 1986 Raising Hell—Run-DMC 1986-1994 GOPAC Audio Instruction Series – Newt Gingrich, et.al.
1987 Joshua Tree – U2 1987 Rhythm is Gonna Get You—Gloria Estefan
1988 Daydream Nation—Sonic Youth 1988 Straight Outta Compton—NWA
1989 3 Feet High and Rising – De La Soul 1989 Vespers--Robert Shaw, et.al.
1990 Fear of a Black Planet—Public Enemy 1990 Lift Every Voice and Singe--Melba Moore & Friends (single)
1991 Nevermind—Nirvana
1994 Hallelujah—Jeff Buckley
1995 Dear Mama—Tupac Shakur 1995 Sesame Street: All-Time Platinum Favorites
1996 Yo-Yo Ma Premieres—Yo-Yo Ma
1997 OK Computer—Radiohead 1997 Signatures—Renee Fleming 1997 Songs of the Old Regular Baptists—Various
1998 Best of Schoolhouse Rock 1998 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill--Lauryn Hill
1999 Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman--Colorado Symphony Orchestra; Joan Tower
2001 The Blueprint—Jay-Z