Quoting their website: "STAR'S END is (with the exception of "Music from the Hearts of Space") the longest running radio program of ambient music in the world. Since 1976, STAR'S END has been providing the Philadelphia broadcast area with music to sleep and dream to."
And for the list itself: "STAR'S END arrived at its 25th year of continuous broadcast in 2001. To help mark this milestone. the STAR'S END website has compiled the 25 significant albums that have helped to define, shape and contribute to the radio show and to the musicians, artists and enthusiasts who make up our varied and wonderful community.[...] These 25 albums were selected on the merits of their orginality as well as the lasting impact they have made on STAR'S END and on the many music genres that make up the radio show."
List here:
http://www.starsend.org/25albums.html
It's unranked and classed between three decades and a "various" category, as loosely enforced as they'e defined. So I'll skip them.
Cluster | Sowiesoso | 1976
Brian Eno | Ambient 1: Music for Airports | 1978
Robert Fripp & Brian Eno | (No Pussyfooting) | 1973
Global Communication | 76:14 | 1994
Manuel Göttsching/Ash Ra Tempel | Inventions for Electric Guitar | 1975
Steve Hillage | Rainbow Dome Musick | 1979
David Hykes & the Harmonic Choir | Hearing Solar Winds (À l'écoute des vents solaires) | 1983
The Irresistible Force | Flying High | 1992
Kraftwerk | Ralf und Florian | 1973
Masters of Psychedelic Ambiance | Mu | 1995
The Nightcrawlers | Nightcrawlers | 1984
Richard Pinhas | Iceland | 1979
Popol Vuh | Brüder des Schattens – Söhne des Lichts | 1978
Giles Reaves | Wunjo | 1986
Robert Rich | Propagation | 1994
Terry Riley | Shri Camel | 1980
Steve Roach | Dreamtime | 1988
John Serrie | And the Stars Go with You | 1987
Eberhard Schoener | Meditation | 1973
Klaus Schulze | Mirage | 1977
Michael Stearns | Planetary Unfolding | 1981
Saul Stokes | Outfolding | 2000
Tangerine Dream | Rubycon | 1975
Vangelis | China | 1979
Various Artists | Ambient Compilation 3 | 1993 [label sampler of the Fax label, I think it's eligible]
Star's End radio show: 25 significant Star's End albums (2001)
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