Tom Moon’s list is populated with many of the usual suspects amongst pop, rock, country, R&B, hip-hop, and blues. However, this list is more diverse than the average best-of-all-time list with ample representation amongst other genres including folk, musicals, jazz, classical, gospel, and world music.
The list is primarily albums but occasionally includes a classic song. In addition, the list comes out to more than 1000 albums because he included some collections where more than one album was consolidated onto a single CD. The list is presented here alphabetically by artist, as in the book.
Note: the book cites the year when recordings were released, but I have tried to list titles by the earliest dates of the recordings or compositions. For example, Moon may include a classical recording that was performed by an artist in the 2000s, but the original date of the composition goes back to the 1800s. In such cases, I have listed the work as by the composer and included the original date for when the work was first published or performed. In the event of compilations, I have tried to include the years covered by the set.
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A
- Abba Gold: Greatest Hits (compilation: 1974-82, released 1992)
- Dimi Mint Abba Moorish Music from Mauritania (1990)
- Muhal Richard Abrams Blu Blu Blu (1991)
- AC/DC Back in Black (1980)
- John Adams (composer) Harmonielehre for Orchestra (1984)
- John Adams (composer) Death of Klinghoffer (2004)
- Johnny Adams Real Me: Sings Doc Pomus (1991)
- Ryan Adams Heartbreaker (2000)
- Cannonball Adderley Live at the Lighthouse (1960)
- King Sunny Adé The Best of the Classic Years (2003)
- Aerosmith Toys in the Attic (1975)
- Mahmoud Ahmed Éthiopiques Vol 7: Erè Mèla Mèla (1975)
- Air Air Lore (1979)
- Arthur Alexander The Ultimate… (1993)
- Mose Allison Allison Wonderland: Anthology (compilation: 1957, released 1994)
- The Allman Brothers At Fillmore East (live, 1971)
- The Almanac Singers Their Complete General Recordings (1941)
- Los Amigos Invisibles Arepa 3000: A Venezuelan Journey Into Space (2000)
- Albert Ammons & Leade Lux Lewis First Day (1939)
- Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (compilation: 1985-1992, released 1992)
- Fiona Apple When the Pawn… (1999)
- Arcade Fire Neon Bible (2007)
- Louis Armstrong The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (box set: 1925-28, released 2000)
- Arrested Development 3 Years, 5 Months, & 2 Days in the Life of… (1992)
- The Art Ensemble of Chicago Urban Bushmen (1981)
- Fred Astaire Steppin' Out: Astaire Sings (1953)
- Chet Atkins & Les Paul Chester and Lester (1976)
- Albert Ayler Spiritual Unity (1964)
B
- Eric B & Rakim Paid in Full (1987)
- Baby Huey & The Babysitters Story: Living Legend (1971)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) Cello Suite No. 1 (1719)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) Sonatas and Partitas for Violin (1720)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) Brandenburg Concertos (composed 1719-21)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) Cello Suite No. 2 (1723)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) Goldberg Variations (1741)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (1742)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) Mass in B Minor (composed 1733-49)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) Volume 1 (performed by Sergio Fiorentino, 1998)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) Cantatas (performed by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, 2003)
- Bad Brains I Against I (1986)
- Erykah Badu Mama’s Gun (2000)
- Joan Baez Joan Baez (1960)
- Anita Baker Rapture (1986)
- Chet Baker Let's Get Lost: The Best of Chet Baker Sings (1989)
- The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music Vols. 1 & 2 (1965)
- Hank Ballard & the Midnighters Singin' & Swingin' (1959)
- The Band The Band (1969)
- Samuel Barber (composer) Adagio for Strings (1936)
- Ray Barretto Barretto Power (1972)
- Béla Bartók (composer) The String Quartets (6) (composed 1908-1939)
- Béla Bartók (composer) Concerto for Orchestra (1944)
- Béla Bartók (composer) Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major (1945)
- Cecilia Bartoli The Vivaldi Album (1999)
- Count Basie Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955)
- Count Basie The Complete Decca Recordings (compilation: 1937-1939, released 1992)
- Waldemar Bastos Pretaluz (1998)
- Batacumbele Con un Poco de Songo (1989)
- Bauhaus In the Flat Field (1980)
- The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966)
- Billy Bean Trio: Rediscovered (1961)
- Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique (1989)
- The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night (soundtrack, 1964)
- The Beatles Rubber Soul (1965)
- The Beatles Revolver (1966)
- The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
- The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
- The Beatles Abbey Road (1969)
- The Beau Brummels Triangle (1967)
- Sidney Bechet Ken Burns: Jazz (2000)
- Beck Mutations (1998)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, op. 19 (1789)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major (1797)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor (1800)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Symphony No. 1 in C Major (1800)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Symphony No. 2 in D Major (1802)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major (Kreutzer) (1803)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Symphony No. 3 in E flat (Eroica) (1804)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Symphony No. 4 in B flat major (1806)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Violin Concerto in D major (1806)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Symphony No. 5 in C minor (Fate) (1808)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale” (1808)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Piano Concerto No. 4 (1808)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major (Emperor) (1811)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 97 (Archduke) (1811)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Symphony No. 8 in F major (1812)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Symphony No. 7 in A major (1813)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Missa Solemnis in D major (1823)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Choral) (1824)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) String Quartets (16) (composed 1798-1826)
- Bix Beiderbecke Singin' the Blues, Vol. 1 (1927)
- Harry Belafonte At Carnegie Hall (1959)
- Peter Bellamy The Transports (1978)
- Belle & Sebastian If You’re Feeling Sinister (1996)
- Vincenzo Bellini (composer) Norma (1831)
- Bembeya Jazz National Syliphone Years (2004)
- Jorge Ben Africa Brasil (1976)
- Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of St Maurice & St Maur, Clervaux Salve Regina: Gregorian Chant (1958)
- Tony Bennett & Bill Evans The Tony Bennett and Bill Evans Album (1975)
- Alban Berg (composer) Wozzeck (1922)
- Alban Berg (composer) Violin Concerto (1935)
- Luciano Berio Sinfonia for Eight Voices & Orchestra (1968)
- Hector Berlioz (composer) Symphonie Fantastique (1830)
- Hector Berlioz (composer) Les Troyens (The Trojans) (1890)
- Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim (composers) West Side Story (cast album, 1957)
- Chuck Berry The Anthology (compilation: 1955-69, released 2000)
- Asha Bhosle Rough Guide to… (2003)
- Big Daddy Kane Long Live the Kane (1990)
- Big Star #1 Record (1972)
- Big Star Radio City (1974)
- Bonnie “Prince” Billy I See a Darkness (1999)
- Georges Bizet (composer) Carmen (1875)
- Björk Homogenic (1997)
- Black Flag Damaged (1981)
- Black Sabbath Paranoid (1970)
- Rubén Blades & Willie Colón Siembra (1978)
- Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Moanin' (1958)
- Bobby “Blue” Bland Two Steps from the Blues (compilation: 1956-60, released 1960)
- Paul Bley Fragments (1986)
- Blind Blake Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Guitar Fingerpicker (compilation: 1926-32, released 1984)
- Blind Boys of Alabama Spirit of the Century (2001)
- Blind Faith Blind Faith (1969)
- Blondie Parallel Lines (1978)
- Bloque Bloque (2000)
- Jerry Bock (m), Sheldon Harnick (w) (composers) Fiddler on the Roof (cast album, 1964)
- Dock Boggs His Folkway Years (compilation: 1963-68, released 1997)
- Boogie Down Productions By All Means Necessary (1988)
- Booker T & the MG's Melting Pot (1971)
- James Booker New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live! (1987)
- Lô Borges Lô Borges (1973)
- Boston Boston (1976)
- The Bothy Band Old Hag You Have Killed Me (1993)
- Boukman Eksperyans Kalfou Danjare (1992)
- David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
- Boys of the Lough Live at Passim (live, 1975)
- Johannes Brahms (composer) Symphony No. 1 in C minor (1876)
- Johannes Brahms (composer) Symphony No. 2 in D major (1877)
- Johannes Brahms (composer) Violin Concerto in D major (1879)
- Johannes Brahms (composer) Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major (1881)
- Johannes Brahms (composer) Symphony No. 3 in F major (1883)
- Johannes Brahms (composer) Symphony No. 4 (1885)
- Johannes Brahms (composer) Violin Sonatas (performed by Josef Suk/Julius Katchen, 1967)
- Johannes Brahms (composer) Sonatas for Cello & Piano Ops 38, 99 & 108 (performed by Yo-Yo Ma/Emanuel Ax, 1992)
- Johannes Brahms (composer) Lieder (performed by Bernarda Fink, 2007)
- Anthony Braxton For Alto (1968)
- Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)
- Lord Benjamin Britten (composer) Peter Grimes (1945)
- Big Bill Broonzy Young Big Bill Broonzy: 1928-1935 (compilation: 1928-35, released 1991)
- Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers Any Other Way to Go? (1988)
- Clifford Brown & Max Roach Clifford Brown and Max Roach (1954)
- James Brown Live at the Apollo Volume 1 (live, 1962)
- James Brown Sex Machine (live, 1970)
- James Brown Soul Pride: Instrumentals 1960-1969 (compilation: 1960-69, released 1993)
- Oscar Brown Jr. Sin & Soul...and Then Some (1960)
- Ruth Brown Miss Rhythm (compilation: 1949-60, released 1989)
- Jackson Browne Late for the Sky (1974)
- Max Bruch (composer) Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (1866)
- Anton Bruckner (composer) Symphony No. 7 in E major (Lyric) (1885)
- Jeff Buckley Grace (1994)
- Lord Buckley His Royal Hipness (1992)
- Tim Buckley Dream Letter: Live in London (live: 1968, released 1990)
- Buckwheat Zydeco Zydeco Party (1987)
- Buffalo Springfield Retrospective: The Best of (compilation: 1966-68, released 1969)
- Bulgarian National Radio and Television Chorus Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares (1988)
- Solomon Burke Don’t Give Up on Me (2002)
- Burning Spear Marcus Garvey (1975)
- R.L. Burnside Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down (2000)
- Kate Bush The Kick Inside (1978)
- William Byrd Harpsichord Music [Gustav Leonhardt] (2005)
- The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
- David Byrne & Brian Eno My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
C
- Uri Caine Urlicht/Primal Light (1997)
- Camarón de la Isla La Leyenda del Tiempo (1979)
- Can Tago Mago (1972)
- Nati Cano's Mariachi los Camperos Viva el Mariachi! (2002)
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Trout Mask Replica (1969)
- The Caravans Best of (1977)
- James Carr You Got My Mind Messed Up (1966)
- The Carter Family The Carter Family: 1927-1934 (compilation: 1927-34, released 2001)
- Elliott Carter (composer) Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei / Clarinet Concerto (1999)
- Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Byker Hill (1967)
- Cartola Cartola (1976)
- Enrico Caruso Twenty-One (21) Favorite Arias (compilation: 1906-20, released 1987)
- Cascabulho Hunger Gives You a Headache (2000)
- Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006)
- Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison (live, 1968)
- Johnny Cash American Recordings (1994)
- Dorival Caymmi E Seu Violão (1959)
- Manu Chao Clandestino: Esperando la Ultima Ola? (1998)
- Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman (1988)
- Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962)
- Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Vol. 2 (1962)
- Ray Charles Best of the Atlantic Years (compilation: 1954-60, released 1994)
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier Médée (1693)
- Hariprasad Chaurasia Raga Darbari Kanada (1993)
- The Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole (1997)
- Clifton Chenier Bogalusa Boogie (1976)
- Don Cherry et al Old & New Dreams (1979)
- Vic Chesnutt Is the Actor Happy? (1995)
- Chic C’est Chic (1978)
- Chicago Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
- The Chieftains Four (4) (1973)
- Sonny Chillingworth Endlessly (1999)
- Frédéric Chopin (composer) Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor (1830)
- Frédéric Chopin (composer) Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor (1830)
- Frédéric Chopin (composer) Ballade No. 1 in G minor (1836)
- Frédéric Chopin (composer) Scherzo No. 2 (1837)
- Frédéric Chopin (composer) Scherzo No. 3 (1839)
- Frédéric Chopin (composer) Ballade No. 4 in F minor (1842)
- Frédéric Chopin (composer) Nocturnes (21) for piano (1846)
- Charlie Christian & Benny Goodman Genius of the Electric Guitar (compilation: 1939-1941, released 2002)
- Clancy Brothers & the Dubliners Irish Drinking Songs: Come Fill Your Glass with Us (1997)
- Clannad Macalla (1985)
- Guy Clark Old No. 1 (1975)
- Sonny Clark Cool Struttin' (1957)
- The Clash London Calling (1979)
- Patsy Cline The Collection (compilation: 1955-63, released 1991)
- Joe Cocker Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)
- Codona Volume 3 (1982)
- Leonard Cohen The Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)
- Nat “King” Cole After Midnight: Complete Session (1956)
- Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)
- John Coltrane Blue Train (1957)
- John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)
- Coltrane, John A Love Supreme (1965)
- Comedian Harmonists Comedian Harmonists (1999)
- Ry Cooder Paradise and Lunch (1974)
- Ry Cooder with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt A Meeting by the River (1992)
- Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club (aka “One Night Stand”) (live: 1963, released 1985)
- Sam Cooke With the Soul Stirrers (compilation: 1950-1956, released 1991)
- Aaron Copland (composer) Symphony No. 3 (Great American) (1846)
- Chick Corea Light As a Feather (1972)
- Cortijo y Su Máquina del Tiempo La Máquina del Tiempo (1974)
- Elvis Costello & the Attractions Armed Forces (1979)
- Cream Disraeli Gears (1967)
- Creedence Clearwater Revival Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
- Régine Crespin Sings Berlioz & Ravel (1963)
- Bing Crosby A Centennial Anthology of His Decca Recordings (compilation: 1931-57, released 2003)
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Déjà Vu (1970)
- George Crumb (composer) Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land) (1972)
- Celia Cruz & Johnny Pachero Celia y Johnny (1974)
- The Cure The Head on the Door (1985)
- Cypress Hill Black Sunday (1993)
D
- IK Dairo & His Blue Spots Definitive (1996)
- Dick Dale & His Del-Tones King of the Surf Guitar: The Best of (1989)
- Karen Dalton It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best (1969)
- D’Angelo Brown Sugar (1995)
- Danger Mouse The Grey Album (2001)
- Bobby Darin That’s All (1959)
- Miles Davis Kind of Blue (1959)
- Miles Davis & Gil Evans Sketches of Spain (1960)
- Miles Davis The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel (live: 1965)
- Miles Davis In a Silent Way (1969)
- Miles Davis Bitches Brew (1970)
- Reverend Gary Davis Harlem Street Singer (1960)
- Sammy Davis, Jr. I Gotta Right to Swing (1960)
- De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
- Claude Debussy (composer) Pelléas et Mélisande (1902)
- Claude Debussy (composer) La Mer (1905)
- Claude Debussy (composer) Préludes (24) for piano (composed: 1909-13)
- The Decemberists The Crane Wife (2006)
- Deep Purple Machine Head (1972)
- Sandy Denny Sandy (1972)
- Derek & the Dominos Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
- Josquin des Prez (composer) Missa Pange Lingua (1515)
- Paul Desmond & Jim Hall Take Ten (1963)
- Toumani Diabaté & Ballaké Sissoko New Ancient Strings (1999)
- Neil Diamond Hot August Night (1972)
- Bo Diddley Bo Diddley (1962)
- Digital Underground Sex Packets (1990)
- Dixie Chicks Wide Open Spaces (1998)
- The Dixie Hummingbirds Thank You for One More Day: 70th Anniversary of the... (1998)
- Dizzee Rascal Boy in Da Corner (2003)
- DJ Shadow Endtroducing… (1996)
- Djavan Luz (1982)
- Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch! (1964)
- Fats Domino They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings (compilation: 1949-62, released 1991)
- The Doors The Doors (1967)
- Thomas A. Dorsey et al Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs... (1973)
- Michael Doucet with BeauSoleil Bayou Deluxe: The Best of (1993)
- Dave Douglas Charms of the Night Sky (1998)
- Dr. Danaan & Mary Black Song for Ireland (1983)
- Dr. Dre The Chronic (1992)
- Dr. John Gris-Gris (1968)
- Nick Drake Five Leaves Left (1969)
- Doris Duke I'm a Loser: Swamp Dogg Sessions & More (1970)
- Antonin Dvořák (composer) Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World") (1893)
- Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
- Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (1966)
- Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks (1975)
- Bob Dylan Love and Theft (2001)
E
- Eagles Hotel California (1976)
- Snooks Eaglin New Orleans Street Singer (1959)
- Steve Earle Transcendental Blues (2000)
- Earth, Wind & Fire All 'N' All (1977)
- Edward Elgar (composer) Cello Concerto in E minor (1919)
- Edward Elgar (composer) Symphony No. 1 in A flat major (1957)
- Duke Ellington Never No Lament: Blanton-Webster Band (compilation: 1940-1942, released 2005)
- Duke Ellington Far East Suite (1967)
- Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Respect M.E. (2006)
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott The Essential (compilation: 1976)
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery (1973)
- Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
- Brian Eno Another Green World (1975)
- Brian Eno Music for Airports: Ambient 1 (1978)
- Alejandro Escovedo Gravity (1992)
- ESG A South Bronx Story (2005)
- Estrellas de Areito Los Heroes (1999)
- Bill Evans Trio Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961)
- Bill Evans Trio Waltz for Debby (1961)
- Bill Evans with Jim Hall Undercurrent (1990)
- The Everly Brothers Cadence Classics (Their 20 Greatest Hits) (compilation: 1958-60, released 1985)
F
- John Fahey The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death (1959)
- Fairport Convention Liege and Lief (1969)
- Manuel de Falla (composer) El Sombrero de Tres Picos (Three-Cornered Hat) (compilation: 1955-61, released 2000)
- Tal Farlow The Swinging Guitar of… (1959)
- Fatboy Slim Better Living Through Chemistry (1996)
- Gabriel Fauré (composer) Pavane (1887)
- Gabriel Fauré (composer) Pelléas et Mélisande (1898)
- Gabriel Fauré (composer) Requiem in D minor (1900)
- Faust Faust (1971)
- Faust So Far (1972)
- Cheo Feliciano Cheo (1972)
- José Feliciano Sentimiento, la Voz, y la Guitarra (1967)
- Narvel Felts Drift Away: Best of (compilation: 1973-79, released 1996)
- Fishbone Truth and Soul (1988)
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Ella & Louis (1957)
- The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin (1999)
- Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Foggy Mountain Jamboree (1957)
- Fleetwood Mac Then Play On (1969)
- Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac (1975)
- Frank Emilio Flynn Musica Original de Cuba (1959)
- The Four Freshman Four Freshmen and Five Trombones (1956)
- Four Tops Anthology (1974)
- Franco with TOPK Jazz Rough Guide to Franco (2001)
- Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
- Aretha Franklin Amazing Grace (1972)
- Lefty Frizzell Look What Thoughts Will Do (compilation: 1950-1965, released 1997)
- Fugazi Repeater (1990)
- The Fugees The Score (1996)
- Funkadelic Maggot Brain (1971)
G
- Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel 3 (aka “Melt”) (1980)
- Serge Gainsbourg Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
- Rory Gallagher Irish Tour ‘74 (live, 1974)
- Gang of Four Entertainment! (1979)
- Jan Garbarek & Ralph Towner Dis (1977)
- Carlos Gardel The Best of… (1997)
- Judy Garland Judy at Carnegie Hall (live, 1961)
- Erroll Garner Concert by the Sea (live, 1955)
- Djivan Gasparyan I Will Not Be Sad in This World (1992)
- Marvin Gaye What’s Going On (1971)
- Marvin Gaye Let’s Get It On (1973)
- Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
- George Gerswhin (m), Ira Gershwin (w), Dubose Heyward (w) (composers) Porgy and Bess (1935)
- George Gerswhin (composer) Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra (including Rhapsody in Blue) (performed by Michael Boriskin et al, 1998)
- Ira Gershwin & Vernon Duke (composers) Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (cast album, 1936)
- Stan Getz & João Gilberto Getz/Gilberto (1963)
- Gilbert & Sullivan (composer) The Mikado (1885)
- Bebel Gilberto Tanto Tempo (2000)
- João Gilberto João Gilberto (1973)
- Dizzy Gillespie Afro (1954)
- Jimmy Giuffre The Jimmy Giuffre Three (1961)
- Philip Glass (composer) Einstein on the Beach (1976)
- Osvaldo Golijov (composer) Ainadamar (Fountain of Tears) (2006)
- Gong Gazeuse! (1976)
- Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (live: 1938, released 1952)
- Dexter Gordon Go! (1962)
- Henryk Górecki (composer) Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) (1976)
- Gran Combo de Puerto Rico Thirty (30) Aniversario (1992)
- Grateful Dead American Beauty (1970)
- Green Day American Idiot (2004)
- Al Green Call Me (1973)
- Grant Green Feelin’ the Spirit (1962)
- Edvard Grieg (composer) Lyric Pieces, Op. 54 (1867)
- Edvard Grieg (composer) Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (1868)
- Bessie Griffin & The Gospel Pearls Live at The Bear in Chicago (1963)
- Juan Luis Guerra y 440 Fogarate! (1995)
- Guided by Voices Bee Thousand (1994)
- Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction (1987)
- Woody Guthrie Dust Bowl Ballads (1940)
- Buddy Guy Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues (1991)
H
- Charlie Haden Nocturne (2000)
- Merle Haggard Mama Tried (1968)
- Tom T. Hall In Search of a Song (1971)
- Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage (1964)
- Herbie Hancock Head HuntersGeorge Friedrich Händel (composer) Water Music (1717)
- George Friedrich Händel (composer) Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar in Egypt) (1724)
- George Friedrich Händel (composer) Messiah (1742)
- Larry Harlow Salsa (1974)
- Joe Harriott’s Double Quintet Indo-Jazz Suite (1966)
- Emmylou Harris Pieces of the Sky (1975)
- George Harrison All Things Must Pass (1970)
- George Harrison et al The Concert for Bangladesh (live, 1971)
- PJ Harvey Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)
- Donny Hathaway Everything Is Everything (1970)
- Ted Hawkins The Next Hundred Years (1994)
- Franz Josef Haydn (composer) The London Symphonies (compilation: 1791-1795, released 1795)
- Isaac Hayes Shaft (1971)
- Ofra Haza Fifty Gates of Wisdom: Yemenite Songs (1985)
- Fletcher Henderson A Study in Frustration: Thesaurus of Classic Jazz (compilation: 1923-38, released 1994)
- Joe Henderson Power to the People (1969)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? (1967)
- Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys/Live at Fillmore East (live, 1970)
- Jerry Herman (composer) Hello, Dolly! (cast album, 1963)
- Bernard Hermann (composer) Psycho (1960)
- Hildegard of Bingen (composer) A Feather on the Breath of God (performed by Gothic Voices w/ Emma Kirby, 1981)
- Andrew Hill Point of Departure (1964)
- Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
- Roscoe Holcomb The High Lonesome Sound (1998)
- Billie Holiday Ultimate Collection (compilation: 1933-58, released 2005)
- Dave Holland Quartet Conference of the Birds (1972)
- Buddy Holly & the Crickets Collection: 50 Classic Recordings (compilation: 1956-59, released 1993)
- Gustav Holtz (composer) The Planets (1916)
- John Lee Hooker Plays and Sings the Blues (1961)
- Sol Hoopii Master of the Hawaiian Guitar, Vol. 1 (1930)
- Lightnin' Hopkins Lightnin' Hopkins (1959)
- Shirley Horn Close Enough for Love (1988)
- Vladimir Horowitz Horowitz at the Met (1981)
- Son House Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues (2000)
- Whitney Houston Whitney Houston (1985)
- Howlin’ Wolf Moanin’ in the Moonlight (compilation: 1951-59, released 1959)
- Freddie Hubbard Red Clay (1970)
- Mississippi John Hurt Today! (1966)
- Hüsker Dü Zen Arcade (1984)
- Bobby Hutcherson Components (1965)
- Huun-Huur-Tu The Orphan's Lament (1994)
I
- Abdullah Ibrahim Trio Yarona (1995)
- Incredible String Band The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (1968)
- The Isley Brothers The Heat Is On (1975)
- Burl Ives Wayfaring Stranger (2000)
- Charles Ives (composer) Symphony No. 2 (1901)
- Charles Ives (composer) Symphony No. 3 (The Camp Meeting) (1947)
J
- Joe Jackson Night and Day (1982)
- Mahalia Jackson Apollo Sessions: 1946-1951 (compilation: 1946-51, released 1994)
- Michael Jackson Thriller (1982)
- Ahmad Jamal But Not for Me/At the Pershing (1958)
- Elmore James The Sky Is Crying: The History of (compilation: 1951-63, released 1993)
- Etta James Tell Mama (1968)
- Rick James Street Songs (1981)
- Skip James The Complete Early Recordings (compilation: 1930-31, released 1994)
- Leoš Janáček (composer) Piano Works (compilation: 1901-08, released 1972)
- Jane's Addiction Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)
- Keith Jarrett The Köln Concert (1975)
- Keith Jarrett My Song (1977)
- Eddie Jefferson Jazz Singer (1965)
- Waylon Jennings Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)
- The Jesus & Mary Chain Psychocandy (1985)
- Flaco Jiménez Squeeze Box King (2003)
- Antônio Carlos Jobim Composer of “Desafinado” Plays (1963)
- Antônio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina Elis & Tom (1974)
- Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
- Little Willie John Very Best of... (2001)
- Blind Willie Johnson The Complete (1993)
- Linton Kwesi Johnson Dread Beat an' Blood (1978)
- Lonnie Johnson Original Guitar Wizard (compilation: 1928-52, released 2006)
- Robert Johnson The Complete Recordings (recorded 1936-37, released 1990)
- Tommy Johnson Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order (compilation: 1928-29, released 2013)
- Freedy Johnston Can You Fly (1992)
- Joi We Are Three (2000)
- Fern Jones The Glory Road (2005)
- George Jones The Grand Tour (1974)
- Norah Jones Come Away with Me (2002)
- Rickie Lee Jones Pirates (1981)
- Janis Joplin Pearl (1971)
- Scott Joplin Elite Syncopations: Classic Ragtime from Rare Piano Rolls 1859-1917 (compilation: 1899-1917, released 1987)
- Louis Jordan Best of (1989)
- Joy Division Unknown Pleasures (1979)
K
- Henry Kaiser with David Lindley & Musicians from Madagascar A World Out of Time (1992)
- Kayhan Kalhour with Shujaat Husain Khan & Swapan Chaudhuri Ghazal: Lost Songs of the Silk Road (1998)
- Pepe Kalle Gigantafrique! (1990)
- Oum Kalthoum Legend of Arab Music (2007)
- John Kander (m)/Fred Ebb (l) (composers) Chicago (1975)
- Salif Keita Moffou (2002)
- Jerome Kern (music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) Show Boat (cast album, 1927)
- Khaled N’ssi N’ssi (1993)
- Ali Akbar Khan Traditional Music of India (1965)
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan En Concert a Paris (1988)
- Junior Kimbrough All Night Long (1992)
- King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
- Albert King Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
- B.B. King Live at the Regal (live, 1964)
- Carole King Tapestry (1971)
- The Kinks Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk Volunteered Slavery (1969)
- Gladys Knight & the Pips Imagination (1973)
- Kodo Live at Acropolis, Athens, Greece (live: 1995)
- Konono No. 1 Congotronics (2005)
- Leo Kottke 6 & 12 String Guitar (1969)
- Kraftwerk Trans-Europa Express (Trans Europe Express) (1977)
- Alison Krauss I’ve Got That Old Feeling (1990)
- Fela Kuti Gentleman (1973)
- Fela Kuti Confusion (1975)
L
- Steve Lacy with Mal Waldron Hot House (1991)
- Édouard Lalo (composer) Symphonie Espangole (1875)
- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Hottest New Group in Jazz (1960)
- Héctor Lavoe De ti Depende (1975)
- Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter) Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Legacy Vol. 1 (compilation: 1941-47, released 1996)
- Ernesto Lecuona Ultimate Collection: Lecuona Plays Lecuona (compilation: 1927-54, released 1997)
- Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II (1969)
- Led Zeppelin How the West Was Won (live: 1972, released 2003)
- Peggy Lee Black Coffee (1953)
- Michel Legrand Legrand Jazz (1958)
- John Lennon Imagine (1971)
- Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe (composers) My Fair Lady (cast, 1956)
- Jerry Lee Lewis Live at the Star Club, Hamburg (live, 1964)
- Franz Liszt (composer) Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb Major (1849)
- Franz Liszt (composer) Piano Sonata in B Minor (1853)
- Franz Liszt (composer) Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major (1861)
- Little Richard Sings the Gospel (1964)
- Little Richard The Georgia Peach (1991)
- Booker Little Out Front (1961)
- Julie London Around Midnight (1960)
- Julie London At Home (1960)
- Israel "Cachao" Lopez y Su Ritmo Caliente Descargas - Cuban Jam Sessions (1957)
- Los Lobos Kiko (1992)
- The Louvin Brothers Satan Is Real (1960)
- Joe Lovano Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard (1996)
- Love Forever Changes (1967)
- Lyle Lovett Joshua Judges Ruth (1992)
- Loretta Lynn Definitive Collection (compilation, released 2005)
M
- M83 Dead Cities, Red Seas, & Lost Ghosts (2003)
- Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck Djam Leelii (1989)
- Guillaume de Machaut (composer) Motets (composed 1324-60)
- Madonna Ray of Light (1998)
- Madredeus O Espírito da Paz (1994)
- Magic Sam West Side Soul (1967)
- The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs ( (1999)
- Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens Paris/Soweto (1987)
- Gustav Mahler (composer) Symphony No. 4 (1901)
- Gustav Mahler (composer) The Song of the Earth (Das Lied Von Der Erde) (1909)
- Gustav Mahler (composer) Symphony No. 9 in D major (Farewell) (1912)
- Henry Mancini Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- Thomas Mapfumo The Chimurenga Singles (compilation: 1976-1980, released 1989)
- Bob Marley & the Wailers Natty Dread (1974)
- Bob Marley & the Wailers Exodus (1977)
- The Mars Volta The Bedlam in Goliath (2008)
- Pat Martino Live! (live, 1972)
- Pat Martino Consciousness (1974)
- Bohuslav Martinů (composer) Julietta (1938)
- John Martyn Solid Air (1973)
- Jules Massenet (composer) Manon (1884)
- Johnny Mathis Open Fire, Two Guitars (1959)
- Dave Matthews Band The Gorge (live, 2004)
- Nicholas Maw Violin Concerto (1999)
- John Mayall & the Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966)
- Curtis Mayfield There’s No Place Like America Today (1975)
- The MC5 Kick Out the Jams (live, 1969)
- Les McCann & Eddie Harris Swiss Movement: Recorded Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland (live, 1969)
- Eugene McDaniels Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse (1971)
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle Kate and Anna McGarrigle (1975)
- Loreena McKennitt The Visit (1991)
- Sarah McLachlan Surfacing (1997)
- John McLaughlin & the Mahavishnu Orchestra The Inner Mounting Flame (1971)
- Carmen McRae Carmen Sings Monk (1988)
- Blind Willie McTell The Definitive… (compilation: 1929-33, released 1994)
- Brad Mehldau Largo (2002)
- The Mekons Rock ‘N’ Roll (1989)
- Memphis Minnie Hoodoo Lady (1933-1937) (compilation: 1933-1937, released 1991)
- Felix Mendelssohn (composer) Violin Concerto in E minor (1845)
- Olivier Messiaen (composer) Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) (1941)
- Olivier Messiaen (composer) Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus (1944)
- Metallica Master of Puppets (1986)
- The Meters Look a Py Py (1970)
- Pat Metheny Group Pat Metheny Group (1978)
- Mighty Diamonds The Right Time (1975)
- Mighty Sparrow with Lord Kitchener 16 Carnival Hits (2000)
- Charles Mingus Ah Um (1959)
- Ministry The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
- The Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
- The Miracles Ultimate Collection (compilation: 1959-1972, released 1998)
- Mississippi Sheiks Honey Babe Let the Deal Go Down: Best of the... (compilation: 1930-31, released 2004)
- Joni Mitchell Court and Spark (1974)
- Hank Mobley Soul Station (1960)
- Modern Jazz Quartet European Concert (1960)
- The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers (recorded 1973, released 1976)
- Juana Molina Segundo (2003)
- Thelonious Monk The Unique… (1956)
- Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall (live: 1957, released 2005)
- Bill Monroe The Music of… (compilation: 1936-94, released 1994)
- Gabriela Montero Bach & Beyond (2006)
- Claudio Monteverdi (composer) Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (Vespro Della Beata Vergine) (1610)
- Wes Montgomery Smokin’ at the Half Note (live, 1965)
- Tete Montoliu Solo Piano (1989)
- Moondog The Viking of Sixth Avenue (compilation: 1945-95, released 2006)
- Douglas Moore (composer) The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956)
- Jason Moran The Bandwagon (2003)
- Beny Moré Cuban Originals (1999)
- Lee Morgan Search for the New Land (1964)
- Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (1995)
- Ennio Morricone Fisful of Film Music: The Anthology (compilation: 1964-91, released 1995)
- Van Morrison Astral Weeks (1968)
- Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton Birth of the Hot (compilation: 1926-30, released 2000)
- Mos Def & Talib Kweli Black Star (1998)
- Mother Love Bone Apple (1990)
- Paul Motian On Broadway: Vol 1 (1989)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Piano Concerto No. 12 (1782)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Symphony No. 35 in D Major (Haffner) (1782)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Piano Sonata No. 11: Rondo Alla Turca (1783)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Piano Concerto No. 18 (1784)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Piano Concerto No. 20 (1785)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) (1786)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Symphony No. 39 in E flat major (1788)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Symphony No. 40 in G minor (Great) (1788)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter) (1788)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Requiem Mass in D minor (1791)
- Marla Muldaur Maria Muldaur (1973)
- Hugh Mundell Africa Must Be Free by 1983 (1978)
- Muñequitos de Matanzas Ito Ibah Echu: Sacred Yoruba Music of Cuba (1996)
- Modest Mussorgsky (composer) Boris Godunov (1873)
- Modest Mussorgsky (composer) Pictures at an Exhibition (Tableaux d’une Exposition) (1874)
- Modest Mussorgsky (composer) The Nursery/Sunless /Songs & Dances of Death) (composed 1955-57, released 2003)
- Os Mutantes Os Mutantes (1968)
- My Bloody Valentine Loveless (1991)
- My Morning Jacket It Still Moves (2003)
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- Nas Illmatic (1994)
- Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges Clube da Esquina (1972)
- Fats Navarro & Tadd Dameron The Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings (compilation: 1947-49, released 1995)
- Youssou N'Dour Immigrés (1983)
- Oliver Nelson The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961)
- Ricky Nelson Greatest Hits (compilation: 1957-72, released 2005)
- Willie Nelson Red-Headed Stranger (1975)
- Willie Nelson Stardust (covers, 1978)
- Neu! Neu! 75 (1975)
- Aaron Neville Tell It Like It Is (1965)
- Phineas Newborn, Jr. A World of Piano! (1962)
- Randy Newman 12 Songs (1970)
- Herbie Nichols Complete Blue Note Recordings (1997)
- Harry Nilsson Nilsson Schmilsson (1972)
- Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral (1994)
- Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1972)
- No Doubt Rock Steady (2001)
- The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die (1994)
- Les Nubians Princesses Nubiennes (1998)
- N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton (1989)
- Laura Nyro Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968)
O
- Paul Oakenfold Tranceport (1997)
- Phil Ochs There & Now: Live in Vancouver (live 1968, released 1990)
- Sinéad O'Connor I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
- Odetta Sings Ballads & Blues (1957)
- The O'Jays Back Stabbers (1972)
- King Oliver & His Creole Band Off the Record: Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings (recorded 1923, released 2006)
- Remmy Ongala & Orchestra Supre Songs for the Poor Man (1989)
- Roy Orbison For the Lonely – 18 Greatest Hits (compilation: 1956-65, released 1989)
- Orchestra Baobab Pirates Choice (1982)
- Orishas Antidiotico (2007)
- Orquesta Casino de la Playa Memories of Cuba (compilation: 1937-1944, released 1991)
- Beth Orton Central Reservation (1999)
- Shuggie Otis Inspiration Information (1974)
- OutKast Stankonia (2000)
- Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard (1961)
P
- Augustus Pablo King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
- Gabby Pahinui Best of the Gabby Band (compilation: 1972-77, released 1980)
- Eddie Palmieri La Perfecta (1962)
- Eddie Palmieri Eddie Palmieri (1982)
- Pantera Vulgar Display of Power (1992)
- Ivo Papasov Balkanology (1991)
- Parisa Baz Amadam: Concert de Parisa au Royal Festival Hall (1995)
- Charlie Parker Bird with Strings (1949)
- Charlie Parker A Studio Chronicle (compilation: 1940-48, released 2003)
- Graham Parker & the Rumour Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
- Graham Parker & the Rumour Live Sparks (1979)
- Parliament Mothership Connection (1975)
- Gram Parsons G.P. (1973)
- Gram Parsons Grievous Angel (1974)
- Arvo Pärt (composer) Tabula Rasa (1977)
- Dolly Parton Coat of Many Colors (1971)
- Hermeto Pascoal Slaves Mass (1977)
- Charley Patton Founder of the Delta Blues (compilation: 1929-34, released 1995)
- Les Paul & Mary Ford Best of the Capitol Masters: 90th Birthday Edition (compilation: 2005)
- Pavement Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
- Johnny Paycheck On His Way: Little Darlin’: Sound of... (2005)
- Pearl Jam Ten (1991)
- Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham Live from This Theatre (live, 2005)
- Pentangle Basket of Light (1969)
- Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957)
- Pere Ubu Dub Housing (1978)
- Carl Perkins Dance Album of... (1958)
- Itzhak Perlman Live in the Fiddler’s House (live, 1996)
- Lee “Scratch” Perry (producer) Arkology (compilation: 1975-79, released 1997)
- Peter, Paul, & Mary Peter, Paul and Mary (1962)
- Oscar Peterson Night Train (1962)
- Liz Phair Exile in Guyville (1993)
- Sam Phillips Fan Dance (2001)
- Washington Phillips The Keys to the Kingdom (2005)
- Edith Piaf Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of (compilation: 1991)
- Astor Piazolla (composer) Tango: Zero Hour (1986)
- Wilson Pickett The Exciting… (1966)
- Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
- Pixies Doolittle (1989)
- The Pogues If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988)
- The Police Synchronicity (1983)
- Charlie Poole You Ain't Talkin’ to Me: Charlie Poole & the Roots of Country Music (compilation: 1925-30, released 2005)
- Cole Porter (composer) Anything Goes (cast album, 1934)
- Portishead Dummy (1994)
- Baden Powell O Universo Musical de… (2002)
- Bud Powell The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (1952)
- Elvis Presley The Sun Sessions (archives: 1954-55, released 1976)
- Elvis Presley How Great Thou Art (1967)
- Pretenders Learning to Crawl (1984)
- The Pretty Things Get the Picture (1965)
- Louis Prima & Keely Smith The Wildest (1957)
- Prince & the Revolution Purple Rain (soundtrack, 1984)
- Prince Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987)
- John Prine John Prine (1971)
- Professor Longhair New Orleans Piano (1972)
- Sergei Prokofiev (composer) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major (1921)
- Sergei Prokofiev (composer) Romeo and Juliet (1935)
- Propellerheads Decks and Drums and Rock and Roll (1988)
- Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
- Giacomo Puccini (composer) La Bohème (The Bohemian Life) (1896)
- Giacomo Puccini (composer) Turandot (1926)
- Tito Puente Dance Mania (1958)
Q-R
- Queen A Night at the Opera (1975)
- Sun Ra & His Arkestra Jazz in Silhouette (1958)
- Sergey Rachmaninov (composer) Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor (1909)
- Sergey Rachmaninov (composer) Vespers (All-Night Vigil) (1915)
- Sergey Rachmaninov (composer) Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor (1926)
- Sergey Rachmaninov (composer) His Complete Recordings (2006)
- Radiohead OK Computer (1997)
- Ma Rainey Black Bottom (1975)
- Bonnie Raitt Give It Up (1972)
- Jean-Phillipe Rameau (composer) Platée (1745)
- Ramones Ramones (1976)
- Willis Alan Ramsey Willis Alan Ramsey (1972)
- Ernest Ranglin Below the Bassline (1996)
- Maurice Ravel (composer) L'Heure Espsagnole (Bizarre and Beautiful) (1911)
- Maurice Ravel (composer) L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (1925)
- Maurice Ravel (composer) Boléro (1928)
- Maurice Ravel (composer) Piano Concerto in G Major (1931)
- Maurice Ravel (composer) Ouvre pour Piano (Complete Works for Piano) [Alexandre Tharaud] (2003)
- Otis Redding Otis Blue (1965)
- Jimmy Reed Very Best of (compilation: 2000)
- Lou Reed New York (1989)
- Elís Regina Como e Porque (1968)
- Django Reinhardt Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order (compilation: 1934-39, 2000)
- R.E.M. Murmur (1983)
- The Replacements Let It Be (1984)
- Charlie Rich Behind Closed Doors (1973)
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade (1888)
- Minnie Riperton Perfect Angel (1974)
- Ismaël Rivera con Kako y Su Orquesta Último en la Avenida (1971)
- Max Roach We Insist! - Freedom Now Suite (1960)
- Max Roach Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (1965)
- Steve Roach Dreamtime Return (1988)
- Marty Robbins Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959)
- Tabu Ley Rochereau The Voice of Lightness (compilation: 1961-1977, released 2007)
- Jimmie Rodgers The Essential (compilation: 1927-31, released 1997)
- Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) (composers) The Sound of Music (soundtrack, 1965)
- Amalia Rodrigues The Art of… (1998)
- Arsenio Rodríguez y Su Conjunto Montuneando (compilation: 1946-50, released 1993)
- Tito Rodriguez Live at the Palladium (live: 1960)
- The Rolling Stones The Singles Collection: The London Years (box set: 1963-71, released 1989)
- The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (1972)
- Sonny Rollins A Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (1957)
- Linda Ronstadt Heart Like a Wheel (1975)
- The Roots Phrenology (2002)
- Roxy Music Avalon (1982)
- Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell (1986)
- Todd Rundgren Something/Anything? (1972)
- Otis Rush The Essential: The Classic Cobra Recordings (compilation: 1956-58, released 1991)
- Tom Rush The Circle Game (1968)
- Arthur Russell The World of… (2005)
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- Kaija Saariaho (composer) L'Amour de Loin (2000)
- Sade Promise (1985)
- Dino Saluzzi Cité de la Musique (1997)
- Oumou Sangare Ko Sira (1993)
- Mongo Santamaria Drums & Chants (1978)
- Santana Abraxas (1970)
- Gustavo Santaolalla Ronroco (1998)
- Moacir Santos Coisas (1965)
- Sasha Global Underground 013: Ibiza (1998)
- Erik Satie (composer) Gnossiennes (1893)
- Erik Satie (composer) Gymnopédies (1895)
- Lalo Schifrin Bullitt (1968)
- Arnold Schoenberg (composer) Gurre-Lieder (1913)
- Franz Schubert (composer) Symphony No. 9 in C major (The Great) (1828)
- Franz Schubert (composer) Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat major (1828)
- Franz Schubert (composer) Twelve Lieder/Moments Musicaux (performed by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, 1953)
- Robert Schumann (composer) Piano Concerto in A minor (1845)
- Chico Science & Nação Zumbi Lama ao Caos (1994)
- Jill Scott Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (2000)
- Jimmy Scott Falling in Love is Wonderful (1962)
- Tony Scott Music for Zen Meditation & Other Joys (1964)
- Gil Scott-Heron Pieces of a Man (1971)
- The Screaming Trees Dust (1996)
- Márta Sebestyén & Muzsikás Márta Sebestyén & Muzsikás (1987)
- Pete Seeger We Shall Overcome: Complete Carnegie Hall Concert (1963)
- Andrés Segovia The Art of… (2002)
- Sepultura Roots (1996)
- Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
- Shakira Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998)
- Tupac (2pac) Shakur All Eyez on Me (1996)
- Ravi Shankar Three Ragas (1956)
- Sonny Sharrock Ask the Ages (1991)
- Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan Goin' Home (1985)
- Michelle Shocked Short Sharped Shocked (1988)
- Wayne Shorter Juju (1964)
- Wayne Shorter Native Dancer (1974)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (composer) Symphony No. 5 in D minor (1937)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (composer) Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 99 (1948)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (composer) Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat (1959)
- Jean Sibelius (composer) Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major (1915)
- Jean Sibelius (composer) Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105 (1924)
- Sigur Rós Ágaetis Byrjun (1999)
- Silly Wizard Wild & Beautiful (1981)
- Horace Silver Song for My Father (1964)
- Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
- Paul Simon Graceland (1986)
- Nina Simone Anthology (compilation: 2003)
- Simply Red Picture Book (1985)
- Frank Sinatra Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! (1956)
- Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (1958)
- Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)
- Sir Douglas Quintet Mendocino (1969)
- Slayer Reign in Blood (1986)
- Sleater-Kinney Call the Doctor (1996)
- Slum Village Fantastic: Vol 1 (1996)
- Sly & the Family Stone Stand! (1969)
- Bedrich Smetana (composer) Má Vlast (1879)
- Bessie Smith The Essential (compilation: 1923-33, released 1997)
- Elliott Smith XO (1998)
- Huey “Piano” Smith This Is... (1998)
- Jimmy Smith Back at the Chicken Shack (1961)
- Lonnie Smith Live at the Club Mozambique (1995)
- Patti Smith Horses (1975)
- Willie "The Lion" Smith Lion Roars! His Greatest (compilation: 1934-44, released 1998)
- The Smiths The Queen Is Dead (1986)
- Hank Snow The Essential (compilation: 1997)
- Stephen Sondheim (composer) A Little Night Music (cast album, 1973)
- Stephen Sondheim (composer) Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (cast album, 1979)
- Sonic Youth Daydream Nation (1988)
- The Soul Brothers Rough Guide to… (2001)
- Soundgarden Superunknown (1994)
- Alexander “Skip” Spence Oar (1969)
- Jimmie Spheeris Isle of View (1971)
- Davy Spillane & Kevin Glackin Forgotten Days (2001)
- Spiritualized Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)
- Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis (1969)
- Bruce Springsteen Born to Run (1975)
- Carl Stalling The Carl Stalling Project (1990)
- The Stanley Brothers The Complete Columbia Recordings (1996)
- The Staple Singers Best of (1975)
- Andy Statman Between Heaven & Earth: Music of the Jewish Mystics (1997)
- Steeleye Span Parcel of Rogues (1973)
- Steely Dan Aja (1977)
- Stereolab Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
- Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
- Sufjan Stevens Illinois (2005)
- Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen (composer) Stimmung (1968)
- The Stone Roses The Stone Roses (1989)
- The Stooges Raw Power (1973)
- Johann Strauss II (composer) Die Fledermaus (The Bat) (1874)
- Johann Strauss II (composer) New Year’s Concert (performed by Vienna Philharmonic, 1992)
- Richard Strauss (composer) Also Sprach Zarathustra (1896)
- Richard Strauss (composer) Elektra (1909)
- Richard Strauss (composer) Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose) (1911)
- Richard Strauss (composer) Four Last Songs (1948)
- Igor Stravinsky (composer) The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre Du Printemps) (1913)
- Igor Stravinsky (composer) Violin Concerto (1931)
- The Streets Original Pirate Material (2002)
- Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra Polkapalooza (1999)
- Jule Styne & Bob Merrill (composers) Funny Girl (cast album, 1964)
- Sukay Cumbre (1990)
- Swan Silvertones Swan Silvertones (1959)
- Swan Silvertones Saviour Pass Me Not (1962)
- System of a Down Toxicity (2001)
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- Taj Mahal The Natch'l Blues (1968)
- Talking Heads Remain in Light (1980)
- Tangerine Dream Rubycon (1975)
- Taraf de Haïdouks Taraf de Haïdouks (1999)
- Howard Tate Get It While You Can (1967)
- Art Tatum Piano Starts Here: Live at the Shrine (live: 1949, released 1995)
- Cecil Taylor Silent Tongues (1974)
- James Taylor Sweet Baby James (1970)
- Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (composer) Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor (1875)
- Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (composer) Violin Concerto in D major (1878)
- Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (composer) The Nutcracker Suite (1891)
- Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (composer) Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale” (1893)
- Television Marquee Moon (1977)
- Sister Rosette Tharpe Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order (compilation: 1938-47, released 2001)
- Mikis Theodorakis Best of (compilation: 1999)
- The Thirteenth Floor Elevators Easter Everywhere (1967)
- Leon Thomas Spirits Known & Unknown (1969)
- Richard & Linda Thompson Shoot Out the Lights (1982)
- Big Mama Thornton Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings (compilation: 1951-57, released 1992)
- Cal Tjader Primo (1970)
- Toots & the Maytals Funky Kingston (1973)
- Toots & the Maytals In the Dark (1976)
- Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley (1960)
- Peter Tosh Live at the One Love Peace Concert (live, 2000)
- Touré Kunda Live: Paris-Ziguinchor (1984)
- Ali Farka Touré The River (1990)
- Allen Toussaint with various artists Finger Poppin’ & Stompin’ Feet: 20 Classic Productions for Minit Records (compilation: 1960-62, released 2002)
- Ralph Towner Solstice (1975)
- Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)
- T-Rex Electric Warrior (1971)
- A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory (1991)
- Lennie Tristano Tristano (1955)
- Lennie Tristano The New Tristano (1960)
- Ernest Tubb Definitive Collection (2006)
- Özel Türkbas How to Make Your Husband a Sultan: Belly Dance with... (1969)
- Ike & Tina Turner Proud Mary: The Best of (compilation: 1960-75, released 1991)
- McCoy Tyner The Real McCoy (1967)
U
- U2 The Joshua Tree (1987)
- Francisco Ulloa Ultramerengue! Squeezebox Merengue from the Dominican Dynamaestro (1992)
- Ultramagnetic MC's Critical Beatdown (1988)
- Uncle Tupelo Anodyne (1993)
- United Sacred Harp Musical Association Singing Convention Southern Journey Vol 9: Harp of a Thousand Strings (All Day Singing from the Sacred Harp) (1959)
- Usher Confessions (2004)
V
- Townes Van Zandt Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (live, 1977)
- Egard Varèse (composer) The Complete Works (performed by Riccardo Chailly, 1998)
- Sarah Vaughan Live in Japan (1973)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble The Sky Is Crying (compilation: 1984-89, released 1991)
- Suzanne Vega Solitude Standing (1987)
- Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil Tropicália 2 (1994)
- Caetano Veloso Livro (1997)
- The Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
- Giuseppe Verdi (composer) Aida (1871)
- Giuseppe Verdi (composer) Requiem Mass (Messa Da Requiem) (1874)
- Giuseppe Verdi (composer) Falstaff (1893)
- Heitor Villa-Lobos (composer) Bachianas Brasileiras, Nos. 1, 2, 5, & 9/Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise (1958)
- Antonio Vivaldi (composer) The Four Seasons (Le Quattro Stagioni) (1725)
- Kevin Volans (composer) Hunting: Gathering (performed by The Duke Quartet, 2002)
W
- Richard Wagner (composer) Tristan Und Isolde (1859)
- Richard Wagner (composer) The Ring Cycle (Der Ring Des Nibelungen) (composed 1848-74)
- Rufus Wainwright Want One (2003)
- Tom Waits Rain Dogs (1985)
- Fats Waller If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It! (compilation: 1926-43, released 2006)
- William Walton (composer) Belshazzar's Feast (1931)
- William Walton (composer) Symphony No 1 (1935)
- War Why Can't We Be Friends? (1975)
- Clara Ward Singers Take My Hand, Precious Lord (compilation: 1958-60, released 1996)
- Dionne Warwick The Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits (compilation: 1962-70, released 1989)
- Dinah Washington Dinah! (1956)
- Muddy Waters At Newport (live, 1960)
- Weather Report Heavy Weather (1977)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (m), Tim Rice (w) (composers) Jesus Christ Superstar (cast album: 1971)
- Kurt Weill (composer) The Seven Deadly Sins (1955)
- Gillian Welch Time (The Revelator) (2001)
- Kanye West The College Dropout (2004)
- Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Stratosphere Boogie: The Flaming Guitars of... (1995)
- Randy Weston Spirits of Our Ancestors (1992)
- Kenny Wheeler Gnu High (1975)
- The White Stripes Elephant (2003)
- Barry White Can't Get Enough (1974)
- Chris Whitley Living with the Law (1991)
- The Who Tommy (1969)
- The Who Who’s Next (1971)
- Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001)
- Wild Tchoupitoulas Wild Tchoupitoulas (1976)
- Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits (compilation: 1947-53, released 1978)
- Lucinda Williams Sweet Old World (1992)
- Marion Williams Strong Again (1991)
- Mary Lou Williams Zodiac Suite: Town Hall Concert (live, 1945)
- Tony Williams' Lifetime Emergency! (1969)
- Sonny Boy Williamson (II) One Way Out (1975)
- Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys The Tiffany Transcriptions (Vol 2: Best of the Tiffanys) (compilation: 1946-47, released 1984)
- Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys The Tiffany Transcriptions (Vol. 3: Basin Street Blues) (compilation: 1946-47, released 1993)
- Cassandra Wilson Blue Light 'Til Dawn (1993)
- Jackie Wilson Very Best of (1993)
- Bill Withers Still Bill (1972)
- Stevie Wonder Innervisions (1973)
- Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
- Robert Wyatt Rock Bottom (1974)
- Tammy Wynette Anniversary: Twenty Years of Hits (compilation: 1987)
X-Y
- X Wild Gift (1981)
- XTC Skylarking (1986)
- Gorô Yamaguchi Shakuhachi Music: A Bell Ringing in the Empty Sky (2007)
- The Yardbirds Roger the Engineer (aka "Over Under Sideways Down" and "The Yardbirds") (1966)
- Yes The Yes Album (1971)
- Faron Young Complete Capitol Hits of... (compilation: 2004)
- Larry Young Unity (1965)
- Lester Young The Kansas City Sessions (compilation: 1938-44, released 1997)
- Neil Young After the Gold Rush (1970)
Z
- Frank Zappa Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life (1991)
- Tom Zé Fabrication Defect (1998)
- Warren Zevon Excitable Boy (1978)
- The Zombies Odessey & Oracle (1968)
- ZZ Top Tres Hombres (1973)
Various Artists
- various artists (edited by Harry Smith) Anthology of American Folk Music (box set: 1923-32, released 1997)
- various artists (produced by Phil Spector) Back to Mono (box set: 1958-69, released 1991)
- various artists Best of Sugar Hill Records (1994)
- various artists Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
- various artists Cameo-Parkway (compilation: 1957-67, released 2005)
- various artists Concert of the Century at Carnegie Hall (1976)
- various artists Dazed and Confused (soundtrack, 1993)
- various artists Doo Wop Box: 101 Vocal Group Gems (compilation: 1948-87, released 1994)
- various artists Fabulous Swing Collection: Foot Tappin' Favorites & Jumpin' Jitterbugs from the Fabulous Swing Era (recorded 1944, released 1998)
- various artists From Spirituals to Swing: Legendary 1938 & 1939 Carnegie Hall Concerts (compilation: 1938-1939, released 1999)
- various artists Great American Train Songs (2003)
- various artists The Great Cantors (1990)
- various artists (Jimmy Cliff et al) The Harder They Come (soundtrack, 1972)
- various artists The Indestructible Beat of Soweto (1986)
- various artists (recorded by David Lewiston) Music from the Morning of the World: Balinese Gamelan & Ketjak, Ramayana Monkey Chant (1966)
- various artists Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era (box set: 1964-68, released 1972)
- various artists O Brother Where Art Thou? (soundtrack, 2000)
- various artists Phases of the Moon: Traditional Chinese Music (1991)
- various artists Rembetica: Historic Urban Folk Songs from Greece (1992)
- various artists (Bee Gees et al) Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack, 1977)
- various artists Ska Bonanza: The Studio One Ska Years (1965)
- various artists Spirit Cries: Music from the Rainforests of South America & the Caribbean (1993)
- various artists Stormy Weather (1943)
- various artists A Tom Moulton Mix (2006)
- various artists Trainspotting (1996)
- various artists World of Gnawa (2001)
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