Before 1950:
BILLIE HOLIDAY: STRANGE FRUIT (single)
Blind Willie Johnson: Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground (single)
Robert Johnson: Love In Vain (single)
Hank Williams: Move It On Over (single)
1950:
ELVIS PRESLEY: THE SUN SESSIONS
JOHNNY CASH: I WALK THE LINE (single)
Anthology Of American Folk Music (compilation)
Little Richard: Tutti Frutti (single)
Chuck Berry: Roll Over Beethoven (single)
Bo Diddley: s/t
Buddy Holly: Peggy Sue (single)
Gene Vincent: Be-Bop-A-Lula (single)
Joao Gilberto: Chega De Saudade
Ray Charles: The Genius Of Ray Charles
1960:
JAMES BROWN: LIVE AT THE APOLLO
BOB DYLAN: BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME
THE ROLLING STONES I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION
THE BYRDS: EIGHT MILES HIGH (single)
THE BEACH BOYS: PET SOUNDS
THE BEATLES: REVOLVER
JIMI HENDRIX: ARE YOU EXPERIENCED
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO: s/t
LED ZEPPELIN: s/t
THE STOOGES: s/t
SCOTT WALKER: SCOTT 4
The Ronettes: Be My Baby (single)
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme
The Who: My Generation (single)
Love: Forever Changes
Fred Neil: s/t
Ike & Tina Turner: River Deep Mountain High
Frank Zappa: Freak Out!
Aretha Franklin: Respect (single)
The Doors: s/t
Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier: Messe Pour Le Temps Présent
Leonard Cohen: Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Dr. John: Gris-Gris
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: Nancy & Lee
The Kinks: The Village Green Preservation Society
Ennio Morricone: Il était une fois dans l'ouest
Silver Apples: s/t
Tropicalia: Ou Panis Et Circensis (compilation)
Captain Beefheart: Trout Mask Replica
Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left
Fairport Convention: Liege & Lief
Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul
King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King
MC5: Kick Out The Jams
Moondog: s/t
1970:
SERGE GAINSBOURG: HISTOIRE DE MELODY NELSON
MARVIN GAYE: WHAT'S GOING ON
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON
DAVID BOWIE: THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST...
ROXY MUSIC: s/t
CAN: FUTURE DAYS
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS: CATCH A FIRE
KRAFTWERK: AUTOBAHN
PATTI SMITH: HORSES
FLEETWOOD MAC: RUMOURS
SEX PISTOLS: NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S...
SUICIDE: s/t
DONNA SUMMER: I FEEL LOVE (single)
BUZZCOCKS: EVER FALLEN IN LOVE (single)
SUN RA: DISCO 3000
THE CLASH: LONDON CALLING
JOY DIVISION: UNKNOWN PLEASURES
Syd Barrett: The Madcap Laughs
Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
The Last Poets: s/t
John Lennon: Instant Karma! (single)
Gérard Manset: La Mort D'Orion
Curtis Mayfield: Curtis!
Black Sabbath: Master Of Reality
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo's Factory
Carole King: Tapestry
Joni Mitchell: Blue
Michel Polnareff: Polnareff's
T-Rex: Electric Warrior
Big Star: 1st record
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 (compilation)
Lou Reed: Transformer
Todd Rundgren: Something/Anything
Gil Scott-Heron: Small Talk At 125th And Lenox
Archie Shepp: Attica Blues
The Temptations: Papa Was A Rolling Stone (single)
Neil Young: Harvest
Al Green: Call Me
Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
New York Dolls: s/t
Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon
Stevie Wonder: Innervisions
King Tubby: Dub From The Roots
Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic
Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom
Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody (single)
Bruce Springsteen: Born To Run
ABBA: Dancing Queen (single)
AC/DC: High Voltage
Fela And Africa 70: Zombie
Ramones: s/t
The Congos: Heart Of The Congos
No New York (compilation)
Television: Marquee Moon
Throbbing Gristle: The Second Annual Report Of T.G.
Wire: Pink Flag
Blondie: Parallel Lines
Buggles: Video Killed The Radio Star
Chic: Le Freak (single)
The Fall: Totally Wired (single)
Funkadelic: One Nation Under A Groove
The Human League: Travelogue
Gang Of Four: Entertainment!
Public Image Ltd: Metal Box
1980:
TALKING HEADS: REMAIN IN LIGHT
TAXI GIRL: CHERCHEZ LE GARCON (single)
THE CURE: PORNOGRAPHY
MICHAEL JACKSON: THRILLER
NEW ORDER: BLUE MONDAY (single)
THE SMITHS: THIS CHARMING MAN (single)
PRINCE: SIGN 'O' THE TIMES
U2: THE JOSHUA TREE
PUBLIC ENEMY: IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS...
THE STONE ROSES: s/t
David Byrne & Brian Eno: My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Dead Kennedys: Holiday In Cambodia (single)
The Jam: Going Underground (single)
Métal Urbain: Les Hommes Morts Sont Dangereux
Young Marble Giants: Collosal Youth
Laurie Anderson: O Superman (single)
The Specials: Ghost Town (single)
Depeche Mode: Speak & Spell
Afrika Bambaataa: Planet Rock (single)
Cybotron: Clear (single)
Grandmaster Flash: White Lines (single)
Alain Bashung: Play Blessures
XTC: English Settlement
R.E.M.: Murmur
Husker Du: Zen Arcade
Madonna: Like A Virgin
Kate Bush: Hounds Of Love
The Jesus & Mary Chain: Psychocandy
Les Rita Mitsouko: The No Comprendo
Bad Brains: I Against I
Arthur Russell: Let's Go Swimming
M/A/R/R/S: Pump Up The Volume (single)
N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
De La Soul: Three Feet High And Rising
Lil' Louis: French Kiss (single)
Mano Negra: Puta's Fever
Pixies: Doolittle
1990:
MASSIVE ATTACK: BLUE LINES
NIRVANA: NEVERMIND
SLINT: SPIDERLAND
BEASTIE BOYS: CHECK YOUR HEAD
DR. DRE: THE CHRONIC
NOIR DESIR: TOSTAKY
DAFT PUNK: HOMEWORK
Fugazi: Repeater
Primal Scream: Loaded (single)
Rapattitude (compilation)
The K.L.F.: What Time Is Love? (single)
My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
Talk Talk: Laughing Stock
Dominique A: La Fossette
PJ Harvey: Dry
Pavement: Slanted And Enchanted
Palace Brothers: There's No One What Will Take Care Of You
Wu-Tang Clan: Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Beck: Loser (single)
Blur: Parklife
Jeff Buckley: Grace
Portishead: Dummy
The Prodigy: Music For The Jilted Generation
Basic Channel: s/t
The Chemical Brothers: Exit Planet Dust
Miossec: Boire
Radiohead: The Bends
Aphex Twin: Richard D. James Album
DJ Shadow: Endtroducing...
Bjork: Homogenic
Carl Craig: More Songs About Food And Revolutionary Art
Missy Elliott: Supa Dupa Fly
Elliott Smith: Either/Or
Air: Moon Safari
Boards Of Canada: Music Has The Right To Children
Plastikman: Consumed
Anticon: Music For The Advencement Of Hip-Hop
2000:
OUTKAST: STANKONIA
THE STROKES: IS THIS IT
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Lift Your Skinny Fists...
Diplo: Florida
LCD Soundsystem: Losing My Edge
The Libertines: Up The Bracket
N.E.R.D.: In Search Of...
The Streets: Original Pirate Material
The White Stripes: Elephant
Arcade Fire: Funeral
Sufjan Stevens: Illinoise
Burial: Untrue
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