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This book was added years ago but the ""108 more recordings to know about" section is missing so it should be checked out.
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross: The Pajama
Game, Original Broadway Cast (Musicals)
John Anderson: Wild and Blue (Country)
Louis Andriessen: De Staat, Arnold Schoenberg
Choir (Reinbert de Leeuw, cond.) (Classical)
Joan Armatrading: Joan Armatrading (Rock)
Dorothy Ashby: In a Minor Groove (Jazz)
Susana Baca: Susana Baca (World/Peru)
Devendra Banhart: Smokey Rolls Down
Thunder Canyon (Rock)
Syd Barrett: The Madcap Laughs (Rock)
Beck: Odelay (Rock)
Blood Sweat and Tears: Blood Sweat and Tears
(Rock)
Boards of Canada: The Campfire Headphase
(Electronica)
Pierre Boulez: Répons, Ensemble InterContemporain (Pierre Boulez, cond.) (Classical)
Chico Buarque: Construção (World/Brazil)
Vashti Bunyan: Just Another Diamond Day (Folk)
Terry Callier: Occasional Rain Jazz, (Folk)
Betty Carter: The Audience with Betty Carter
(Jazz, Vocals)
Nat King Cole: Love Is the Thing (Vocals)
John Coltrane: Giant Steps (Jazz)
Country Gentlemen: Yesterday and Today
Vol. 1 (Country)
Miles Davis: Live-Evil (Jazz)
Nick Drake: Pink Moon (Folk)
Champion Jack Dupree: Blues from the Gutter
(R&B, Blues)
Bob Dylan: Live 1964—Concert at
Philharmonic Hall (Rock)
Eggs Over Easy: Good ’n’ Cheap (Rock)
Joe Ely: Honky Tonk Masquerade (Country)
English Beat: Special Beat Service (Rock)
EPMD: Business as Usual (Hip-Hop)
The Flatlanders: More a Legend Than a Band
(Folk, Country)
Bob Gibson and Bob Camp: At the Gate of Horn
(Folk)
João Gilberto: Live in Montreux (World/Brazil)
Michael Harrison: Revelation (Classical)
Joe Henderson: Inner Urge (Jazz)
Joe Henry: Trampoline (Rock)
Mike Heron: Smiling Men with Bad
Reputations (Rock)
Richard “Groove” Holmes: On Basie’s
Bandstand (Jazz)
Janis Ian: Between the Lines (Folk, Rock)
Indigo Girls: Indigo Girls (Folk, Rock)
INXS: Kick (Rock)
Jackson do Pandeiro: Como Tem Zéna
Paraíba—O Melhor De (World/Brazil)
Jethro Tull: Aqualung (Rock)
Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers: Pick
Up On This! (R&B)
Billy Joel: Turnstiles (Rock)
Kepa Junkera: Bilbao 00:00h (World/Spain)
Aram Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, William
Kapell, Boston Symphony Orchestra
(Serge Koussevitzky, cond.) (Classical)
Kinky: Kinky (Electronica)
Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy: Jukebox Hits
1936–1949 (Jazz)
Kool and The Gang: Live at the Sex Machine (R&B)
Kris Kristofferson: Kristofferson (Country)
Jonathan Larson: Rent, Original Broadway Cast
(Musicals)
Furry Lewis: In His Prime (1927–1928) (Blues)
Nick Lowe: Pure Pop for Now People (Rock)
Witold Lutosławski: Piano Concerto, Krystian
Zimerman, BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Witold Lutosławski, cond.) (Classical)
Samba Mapangala and Orchestre Virunga:
Virunga Volcano (World/Congo)
Branford Marsalis: Renaissance (Jazz)
Wynton Marsalis: J Mood (Jazz)
Prince Nico Mbarga: Aki Special (World/Nigeria)
Felix Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words,
Andras Schiff (Classical)
Pat Metheny and Ornette Coleman: Song X (Jazz)
M.I.A.: Arular (Electronica)
Mbongeni Ngema: Sarafina!, Original
Broadway Cast (Musicals)
Van Morrison: It’s Too Late to Stop Now (Rock)
Ohio Players: Fire (R&B)
Osibisa: Hot Flashback Vol. 1 (World/Ghana)
Harry Partch: Revelation in the Courthouse
Park (Classical)
Jaco Pastorius: Word of Mouth (Jazz)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Damn the
Torpedos (Rock)
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (Rock)
Plug: Drum ’n’ Bass for Papa (Electronica)
Baden Powell and Vinicius de Moraes:
Os Afro Sambas (World/Brazil)
Professor Longhair: Crawfish Fiesta (R&B)
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloë; La Valse,
Berlin Philharmonic (Pierre Boulez, cond.)
(Classical)
R.E.M.: Fables of the Reconstruction (Rock)
Terry Riley: In C (Classical)
Rockpile: Seconds of Pleasure (Rock)
Roberto Roena y Su Apollo Sound: 4 (World/Latin)
Rolling Stones: Beggers Banquet (Rock)
Sonny Rollins: The Bridge (Jazz)
Rush: Grace Under Pressure (Rock)
Boz Scaggs: Silk Degrees (Rock)
Shirley Scott: Queen of the Organ (Jazz)
Thione Seck and Raam Daan: XV Anniversary
Live! (World/Senegal)
Artie Shaw: The Centennial Collection (Jazz)
Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil (Jazz)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of
Mtsensk, Nicolai Gedda, London
Philharmonic Orchestra (Mstislav
Rostropovich, cond.) (Opera)
Judee Sill: Heart Food (Rock)
Sly and the Family Stone: Fresh (R&B)
Specials: Specials (Rock)
Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska (Rock)
Bruce Springsteen: Darkness on the Edge of
Town (Rock)
Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic (Rock)
Sting: Nothing Like the Sun (Rock)
The Stylistics: Round Two (R&B)
Supertramp: Crime of the Century (Rock)
Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, and Luciano
Pavarotti: Great Duets and Trios (Opera)
Tabala Wolof: Sufi Drumming of Senegal
(World/Senegal)
10,000 Maniacs: Our Time in Eden (Rock)
Tinariwen: Amassokoul (World/Tuareg)
Urge Overkill: Saturation (Rock)
Van Halen: 1984 (Rock)
Various Artists: The Complete Stax-Volt
Singles 1959–1968 (R&B)
Various Artists: Guitar Paradise of East
Africa (World/Africa)
Various Artists: Spirits of Life: Haitian Vodou
(World/Haiti)
The Verve: Urban Hymns (Rock)
Meredith Willson: The Music Man, Original
Motion Picture Soundtrack (Musicals)
Jimmy Witherspoon: The ’Spoon Concerts
(Jazz, Blues)
Yabby You: Jesus Dread (1972–1977)(World/Jamaica)
Neil Young: Tonight’s the Night (Rock)
Los Zafiros: Bossa Cubana (World/Cuba)
Tom Moon (USA) 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) - "108 more recordings to know about"
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