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Year
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Artist
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Answer
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1908
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Cuarteto Coculense
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The Very First Mariachi Recordings
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1931
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Boswell Sisters
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It's the Girl
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1932
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musical soundtrack
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Show Boat
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1938
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musical soundtrack
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Cradle Will Rock
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1940
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musical soundtrack
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Porgy and Bess
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1943
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musical soundtrack
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Oklahoma!
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1943
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musical soundtrack
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Othello
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1945
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Victor Jory
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Tubby the Tuba
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1946
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Travis Merle
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Folk Songs of the Hills
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1946
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Harry Partch and Gate 5 Ensemble
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U.S. Highball
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1947
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Ray Bolger
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The Churkendoose
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1949
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musical soundtrack
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Kiss Me, Kate
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1949
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musical soundtrack
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South Pacific
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1950
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musical soundtrack
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Guys & Dolls
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1951
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musical soundtrack
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Streetcar Named Desire
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1953
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Professor Longhair
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Tipitina
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1954
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Art Blakey
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A Night at Birdland (vols. 1 and 2)
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1954
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Frank Sinatra
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Songs for Young Lovers
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1955
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Tuskegee Institute Choir
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Tuskegee Institute Choir Sings Spirituals
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1956
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Thelonious Monk
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Brilliant Corners
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1956
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Harry Belafonte
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Calypso
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1956
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Duke Ellington
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Ellington at Newport
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1956
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musical soundtrack
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My Fair Lady
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1956
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Sonny Rollins
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Saxophone Colossus
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1957
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Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente
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Descargas: Cuban Jam Session in Miniature
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1957
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musical soundtrack
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West Side Story
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1958
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Tito Puente
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Dance Mania
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1958
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Edgard Varese
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Poem Electronique
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1958
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TV soundtrack
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Theme from "Peter Gunn"
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1958
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Eastman Wind Ensemble
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Winds in Hi-Fi
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1959
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John Fahey
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Blind Joe Death
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1959
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John Coltrane
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Giant Steps
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1959
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Marty Robbins
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Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
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1959
|
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musical soundtrack
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Gypsy
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1959
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Miles Davis
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Kind of Blue
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1959
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Mormon Tabernacle Choir
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Messiah
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1959
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Charles Mingus
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Mingus Ah-Um
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1959
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Ornette Coleman
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The Shape of Jazz to Come
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1959
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Dave Brubeck Quartet
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Time Out
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1959
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Ray Charles
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What'd I Say
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1960
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Michael Babatunde Olatunji
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Drums of Passion
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1960
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Wes Montgomery
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Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
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1960
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Joan Baez
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Joan Baez
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1960
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Clarence Ashley's
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Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's
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1960
|
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Mance Lipscomb
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Texas Sharecropper and Songster
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1960
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The Shirelles
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Tonight's the Night
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1960
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Max Roach
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We Insist!
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1961
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Judy Garland
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Judy at Carnegie Hall
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1962
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Dexter Gordon
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Go!
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1962
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Booker T and the MG's
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Green Onions
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1962
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James Cleveland
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Peace Be Still
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1963
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Benjamin Britten
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War Requiem
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1963
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Bob Dylan
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
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1963
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James Brown
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Live at the Apollo
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1963
|
|
Pete Seeger
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We Shall Overcome
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1964
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John Coltrane
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A Love Supreme
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1964
|
|
musical soundtrack
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|
Fiddler on the Roof
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1964
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
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It's My Way!
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1964
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Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band
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|
New Orleans’ Sweet Emma Barrett and Her Preservation Jazz Band
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1964
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Barbra Streisand
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People
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1964
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Lee Morgan
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Sidewinder
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1965
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Eddie Palmieri
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Azucar Pa' Ti
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1965
|
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The Vince Guaraldi Trio
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A Charlie Brown Christmas
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1965
|
|
B.B. King
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|
Live at the Regal
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|
1965
|
|
movie soundtrack
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The Sound of Music
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1966
|
|
Buck Owens
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Carnegie Hall Concert with Buck Owens
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1966
|
|
The Beach Boys
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Pet Sounds
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1966
|
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Simon and Garfunkel
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Sounds of Silence
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1966
|
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Mississippi John Hurt
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Today!
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1966
|
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The Who
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The Who Sings My Generation
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1966
|
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Ella Jenkins
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You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song
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1967
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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Are You Experienced
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1967
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Albert King
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Born Under a Bad Sign
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1967
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The Doors
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The Doors
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1967
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Love
|
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Forever Changes
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1967
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Steve Reich
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New Sounds in Electronic Music
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1967
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The Beatles
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|
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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1967
|
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Morton Subotnick
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Silver Apples of the Moon
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1967
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Jefferson Airplane
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Surrealistic Pillow
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1967
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|
The Velvet Underground
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The Velvet Underground and Nico
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1968
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Johnny Cash
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|
At Folsom Prison
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|
1968
|
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Big Brother and the Holding Company
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|
Cheap Thrills
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|
1968
|
|
musical soundtrack
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Hair
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|
1968
|
|
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
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|
We're Only In It for the Money
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|
1969
|
|
The Band
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|
The Band
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|
1969
|
|
Chicago
|
|
Chicago Transit Authority
|
|
1969
|
|
Dusty Springfield
|
|
Dusty in Memphis
|
|
1969
|
|
Eubie Blake
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|
Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake
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|
1969
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|
Sly and the Family Stone
|
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Stand!
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|
1969
|
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Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
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|
Trout Mask Replica
|
|
1970
|
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Santana
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Abraxas
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|
1970
|
|
Miles Davis
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|
Bitches Brew
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|
1970
|
|
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
|
|
Déjà Vu
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|
1971
|
|
The Allman Brothers Band
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|
The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East
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|
1971
|
|
Milton Babbitt
|
|
Philomel
|
|
1971
|
|
Isaac Hayes
|
|
Shaft
|
|
1971
|
|
Carole King
|
|
Tapestry
|
|
1971
|
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Marvin Gaye
|
|
What's Going On
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|
1972
|
|
New York Strings Quartet
|
|
Black Angels
|
|
1972
|
|
Joni Mitchell
|
|
For the Roses
|
|
1972
|
|
movie soundtrack
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|
The Harder They Come
|
|
1972
|
|
Ola Belle Reed
|
|
Ola Belle Reed
|
|
1972
|
|
Larry Norman
|
|
Only Visiting This Planet
|
|
1972
|
|
David Bowie
|
|
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
|
|
1972
|
|
Curtis Mayfield
|
|
Superfly
|
|
1972
|
|
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
|
|
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
|
|
1973
|
|
The Wailers
|
|
Burnin'
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|
1973
|
|
Pink Floyd
|
|
The Dark Side of the Moon
|
|
1973
|
|
Elton John
|
|
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
|
|
1973
|
|
Herbie Hancock
|
|
Headhunters
|
|
1973
|
|
Sarah Vaughan
|
|
Live in Japan
|
|
1973
|
|
Fred Rogers
|
|
Mister Rogers Sings: 21 Favorite Songs from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”
|
|
1974
|
|
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco
|
|
Celia & Johnny
|
|
1974
|
|
Aaron Copland
|
|
Copland Conducts Copland
|
|
1974
|
|
Linda Ronstadt
|
|
Heart like a Wheel
|
|
1974
|
|
Jackson Browne
|
|
Late for the Sky
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|
1975
|
|
Bruce Springsteen
|
|
Born to Run
|
|
1975
|
|
Patti Smith
|
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Horses
|
|
1975
|
|
Thelma Houston
|
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I've Got the Music in Me
|
|
1975
|
|
J.D Crowe & the New South
|
|
J.D Crowe & the New South
|
|
1975
|
|
Keith Jarrett
|
|
The Kӧln Concert
|
|
1975
|
|
Fania All-Stars
|
|
Live at Yankee Stadium
|
|
1975
|
|
Willie Nelson
|
|
Red Headed Stranger
|
|
1975
|
|
musical soundtrack
|
|
The Wiz
|
|
1976
|
|
ABBA
|
|
Arrival
|
|
1976
|
|
Clifton Chenier
|
|
Bogalusa Boogie
|
|
1976
|
|
Pat Metheny
|
|
Bright Size Life
|
|
1976
|
|
Steve Miller Band
|
|
Fly Like an Eagle
|
|
1976
|
|
Parliament
|
|
Mothership Connection
|
|
1976
|
|
Ramones
|
|
Ramones
|
|
1976
|
|
Stevie Wonder
|
|
Songs in the Key of Life
|
|
1976
|
|
The Eagles
|
|
Their Greatest Hits
|
|
1976
|
|
The Wild Tchoupitoulas
|
|
Wild Tchoupitoulas
|
|
1977
|
|
Steely Dan
|
|
Aja
|
|
1977
|
|
Grateful Dead
|
|
Barton Hall Concert at Cornell University
|
|
1977
|
|
Fleetwood Mac
|
|
Rumours
|
|
1977
|
|
movie soundtrack
|
|
Saturday Night Fever
|
|
1977
|
|
movie soundtrack
|
|
Star Wars
|
|
1978
|
|
The Cars
|
|
The Cars
|
|
1978
|
|
Cheap Trick
|
|
Cheap Trick at Budokan
|
|
1978
|
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Blondie
|
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Parallel Lines
|
|
1978
|
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Steve Martin
|
|
A Wild and Crazy Guy
|
|
1979
|
|
Philip Glass
|
|
Einstein on the Beach
|
|
1979
|
|
musical soundtrack
|
|
Sweeney Todd
|
|
1980
|
|
Betty Carter
|
|
The Audience with Betty Carter
|
|
1980
|
|
Talking Heads
|
|
Remain in Light
|
|
1982
|
|
Gothic Voices
|
|
A Feather on the Breath of God
|
|
1982
|
|
Michael Jackson
|
|
Thriller
|
|
1983
|
|
Cyndi Lauper
|
|
She's So Unusual
|
|
1983
|
|
The Police
|
|
Synchronicity
|
|
1984
|
|
Tina Turner
|
|
Private Dancer
|
|
1984
|
|
Prince
|
|
Purple Rain
|
|
1985
|
|
Wynton Marsalis
|
|
Black Codes
|
|
1985
|
|
Madonna
|
|
Like a Virgin
|
|
1986
|
|
Paul Simon
|
|
Graceland
|
|
1986
|
|
Metallica
|
|
Master of Puppets
|
|
1986
|
|
Run-DMC
|
|
Raising Hell
|
|
1987
|
|
Linda Ronstadt
|
|
Canciones de mi Padre
|
|
1987
|
|
U2
|
|
The Joshua Tree
|
|
1988
|
|
Sonic Youth
|
|
Daydream Nation
|
|
1988
|
|
N.W.A
|
|
Straight Outta Compton
|
|
1988
|
|
Tracy Chapman
|
|
Tracy Chapman
|
|
1989
|
|
De La Soul
|
|
3 Feet High and Rising
|
|
1989
|
|
Queen Latifah
|
|
All Hail the Queen
|
|
1989
|
|
Janet Jackson
|
|
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
|
|
1989
|
|
Bonnie Raitt
|
|
Nick of Time
|
|
1989
|
|
Robert Shaw Festival Singers
|
|
Vespers
|
|
1990
|
|
Public Enemy
|
|
Fear of a Black Planet
|
|
1990
|
|
Selena
|
|
Ven Conmigo
|
|
1991
|
|
A Tribe Called Quest
|
|
The Low End Theory
|
|
1991
|
|
Nirvana
|
|
Nevermind
|
|
1992
|
|
Dr. Dre
|
|
The Chronic
|
|
1992
|
|
Flaco Jimenez
|
|
Partners
|
|
1993
|
|
Wu-Tang Clan
|
|
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
|
|
1994
|
|
Green Day
|
|
Dookie
|
|
1994
|
|
Nas
|
|
Illmatic
|
|
1994
|
|
Mary J. Blige
|
|
My Life
|
|
1994
|
|
The Notorious B.I.G.
|
|
Ready to Die
|
|
1995
|
|
TV soundtrack
|
|
Sesame Street: All-Time Platinum Favorites
|
|
1996
|
|
TV soundtrack
|
|
The Best of Schoolhouse Rock
|
|
1996
|
|
Yo-Yo Ma
|
|
1997
|
|
musical soundtrack
|
|
Buena Vista Social Club
|
|
1997
|
|
Radiohead
|
|
OK Computer
|
|
1997
|
|
Renee Fleming
|
|
Signatures
|
|
1998
|
|
Lauryn Hill
|
|
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
|
|
1998
|
|
The Chicks
|
|
Wide Open Spaces
|
|
1999
|
|
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
|
|
Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman
|
|
2001
|
|
Jay-Z
|
|
The Blueprint
|
|
2001
|
|
Alicia Keys
|
|
Songs in A Minor
|
|
2002
|
|
Chanticleer
|
|
Our American Journey
|
|
2004
|
|
Maria Schneider
|
|
Maria Schneider’s Concert in the Garden
|
|
2006
|
|
Amy Winehouse
|
|
Back to Black
|
|
2008
|
|
Colin Currie
|
|
Percussion Concerto
|
|
2011
|
|
C418
|
|
Minecraft: Volume Alpha
|
|
2012
|
|
David Shifrin & Friends
|
|
Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra
|
|
2015
|
|
musical soundtrack
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|
Hamilton
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