1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (Tom Moon's list)

Submitted by clb1020 on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 17:29
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  • ABBA - Gold
  • Dimi Mint Abba - Music & Songs of Mauritania
  • Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra - Blu Blu Blu
  • AC/DC - Back in Black
  • John Adams - Death of Klinghoffer [John Adams / London Symphony Orchestra]
  • John Adams - Harmonium (ECM) [Ede Waart / San FranciscSymphony Orchestra]
  • Johnny Adams - Real Me: Sings Doc Pomus
  • Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
  • Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Live At the Lighthouse
  • King Sunny Adé - Best of the Classic Years
  • Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
  • Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock [12”]
  • Mahmoud Ahmed - Éthiopiques Vol 7: Erè Mèla Mèla
  • Air - Air Lore
  • Arthur Alexander - Ultimate
  • Alice Cooper - School’s Out [7”]
  • Alice in Chains - Dirt
  • Mose Allison - Allison Wonderland: Anthology
  • Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
  • Almanac Singers - Their Complete General Recordings
  • Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights
  • Amigos Invisibles - Arepa 3000: A Venezuelan Journey IntSpace
  • Albert Ammons & Meade Lux Lewis - First Day
  • Marian Anderson - Spirituals
  • Animals - House of the Rising Sun [7”]
  • Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
  • Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...
  • Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
  • Martha Argerich - Sergei Prokofiev: PianConcertN3 / Maurice Ravel: PianConcerto
  • Louis Armstrong - Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings [Legacy/Sony]
  • Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of...
  • Art Ensemble of Chicag- Urban Bushmen
  • Fred Astaire - Steppin’ Out: Astaire Sings
  • Chet Atkins & Les Paul - Chester & Lester
  • Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
  • Baby Huey & the Babysitters - Story: Living Legend
  • JS Bach - Brandenburg Concertos / ConcertItalian[RinaldAlessandrini]
  • JS Bach - Cantatas BWV 82 & 199 [Lorraine Hunt Lieberson]
  • JS Bach - Goldberg Variations (A State of Wonder: 1955 & 1981 Recordings) [Glenn Gould]
  • JS Bach - Mass in B minor [Philippe Herreweghe / Collegium Vocale]
  • JS Bach - Partitas Nos 1 & 4 / Sonata in G minor (JS Bach: Vol 1) [SergiFiorentino]
  • JS Bach - Sonatas & Partitas for SolViolin: Complete [Arthur Grumiaux]
  • JS Bach - Suites for Cello: Vols 1 & 2 [PablCasals]
  • JS Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier: Book 1 [Till Fellner]
  • Bad Brains - I Against I
  • Baden Powell [Baden Powell de Aquino] - UniversMusical de…
  • Erykah Badu - Mama’s Gun
  • Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960)
  • Anita Baker - Rapture
  • Chet Baker - Let’s Get Lost: Best of Chet Baker Sings
  • Balfa Brothers - Play Traditional Cajun Music
  • Hank Ballard & the Midnighters - Singin’ & Swingin’
  • Band - Band [2nd Album]
  • Samuel Barber - Adagifor Strings [Leonard Slatkin / St Louis Symphony Orchestra]
  • Ray Barrett- Barretto-Power
  • Béla Bartók - Six String Quartets [Takács Quartet]
  • Béla Bartók - Concertfor Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta [Fritz Reiner / ChicagSymphony Orchestra]
  • Béla Bartók - ConcertN3 for Pian& Orchestra (with Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony N6) [Annie Fischer / _Bavarian RadiSymphony Orchestra / Ferenc Fricsay]
  • Cecilia Bartoli - Vivaldi Album
  • Count Basie Orchestra - Original American Decca Recordings
  • Count Basie Orchestra with Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
  • Waldemar Bastos - Pretaluz
  • Batacumbele - Con un Pocde Songo
  • Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
  • Beach Boys - Good Vibrations [7”]
  • Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
  • Billy Bean - Trio: Rediscovered
  • Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
  • Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night
  • Beatles - Abbey Road
  • Beatles - Beatles [White Album]
  • Beatles - Revolver
  • Beatles - Rubber Soul
  • Beatles - Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • Beau Brummels - Triangle
  • BeauSoleil - Bayou Deluxe: Best of Michael Doucet & BeauSoleil
  • Sidney Bechet - Ken Burns’ Jazz
  • Beck - Mutations
  • Bee Gees & Various Artists - Saturday Night Fever: Soundtrack
  • Ludwig van Beethoven - Missa Solemnis [OttKelmperer / New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra]
  • Ludwig van Beethoven - PianConcertos Nos 1-5 [Rudolf Serkin / Bavarian RadiSymphony & Chorus / Rafael Kubelík]
  • Ludwig van Beethoven - PianConcertos Nos 4 & 5 [Arthur Schoonderwoerd / Cristofori Ensemble]
  • Ludwig van Beethoven - PianTriN6 ‘Archduke’ & Violin Sonata N9 ‘Kreutzer’ [Jacques Thibaud, PablCasals, Alfred Cortot]
  • Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartets Ops 131 & 135 [Leonard Bernstein / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra]
  • Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphonies Nos 1-9 [David Zinman / Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich]
  • Bix Beiderbecke - Vol 1: Singin’ the Blues
  • Harry Belafonte - Live in Concert at the Carnegie Hall
  • Peter Bellamy - The Transports
  • Belle & Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister
  • VincenzBellini - Norma [Maria Callas / Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan / TulliSerafin]
  • Bembeya Jazz National - Syliphone Years
  • Jorge Ben - África-Brasil
  • Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of St Maurice & St Maur, Clervaux - Salve Regina: Gregorian Chant
  • Tony Bennett & Bill Evans - Tony Bennett-Bill Evans Album
  • Alban Berg - Violin Concert(with Igor Stravinsky’ Violin Concerto) [Mark Kaplan / Budapest Festival Orchestra / Lawrence Foster]
  • Alban Berg - Wozzeck [IngMetzmacher / Hamburg State Philharmonic]
  • LucianBeri- Sinfonia: for eight voices & orchestra [Péter Eötvös / London Voices / Göteborgs Symfoniker]
  • Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique [Sir John Eliot Gardiner / Orchestre Révolutionnaire
  • Hector Berlioz - Les Troyens [Sir John Eliot Gardiner / Monteverdi Choir / Chorus of the Théâtre du Châtelet]
  • Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story: Original Broadway Cast
  • Chuck Berry - Anthology [Chess/MCA]
  • Asha Bhosle - Rough Guide to Asha Bhosle
  • Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
  • Big Star - #1 Record / RadiCity (2 on 1)
  • Georges Bizet - Carmen [Victoria de los Angeles / French RadiOrchestra & Chorus / Sir Thomas Beecham]
  • Björk - Homogenic
  • Black Flag - Damaged
  • Black Sabbath - Paranoid
  • Blind Blake - Ragtime Guitar’s Foremost Fingerpicker
  • Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Moanin’
  • Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland - TwSteps from the Blues
  • Paul Bley - Fragments
  • Blind Boys of Alabama - Spirit of the Century
  • Blind Faith - Blind Faith
  • Blondie - Parallel Lines
  • Bloque - Bloque
  • Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley (1958)
  • Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick & Joe Stein - Fiddler on the Roof: Original Broadway Cast
  • Dock Boggs - His Folkway Years: 1963-1968
  • Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - I See a Darkness
  • Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
  • Booker T & MGs - Melting Pot
  • James Booker - New Orleans PianWizard: Live!
  • Lô Borges - Lô Borges
  • Boston - Boston
  • Bothy Band - Old Hag You Have Killed Me
  • Boukman Eksperyans - Kalfou Danjare
  • David Bowie - Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars
  • Boys of the Lough - Live at Passim
  • Alex Bradford & the Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir - Shakin’ the Rafters
  • Johannes Brahms - Four Symphonies [Gunther Wand / NDR Symphony Orchestra]
  • Johannes Brahms - Lieder [Bernarda Fink & Roger Vignoles]
  • Johannes Brahms - PianConcertN2 [Sviatoslav Richter / ChicagSymphony Orchestra / Erich Leinsdorf]
  • Johannes Brahms - Sonatas: for cell& pianOps 38, 99 & 108 [Yo-YMa / Emanuel Ax]
  • Johannes Brahms - Violin Sonatas Ops 78, 100 & 108 [Josef Suk / Julius Katchen]
  • Anthony Braxton - For Alto
  • Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
  • Benjamin Britten - Peter Grimes [Jon Vickers / Heather Harper / Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Colin Davis]
  • Big Bill Broonzy - Young Big Bill Broonzy: 1928-1935
  • Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers - Any Other Way tGo?
  • Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet - Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954)
  • James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine [7”]
  • James Brown - Live at the Apoll(1962)
  • James Brown - Soul Pride: Instrumentals 1960-1969
  • Oscar Brown, Jr - Sin & Soul... and Then Some
  • Ruth Brown - Miss Rhythm
  • Jackson Browne - Late for the Sky
  • Anton Bruckner - Symphony N7 [Georg Tintner / Royal Scottish National Orchestra]
  • Jeff Buckley - Grace
  • Lord Buckley - His Royal Hipness
  • Tim Buckley - Dream Letter: Live in London, 1968
  • Buckwheat Zydec- ZydecParty
  • Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
  • Buffalo Springfield - Retrospective
  • Bulgarian Women’s National Radi& Television Chorus - Mystère des Voix Bulgares
  • Solomon Burke - Don’t Give Up On Me
  • Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
  • RL Burnside - Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down
  • Kate Bush - Kick Inside
  • William Byrd - Harpsichord Music [Gustav Leonhardt]
  • Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
  • Cachay Su RitmCaliente - Descargas: Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature
  • Café Tacuba - CuatrCaminos
  • Uri Caine - Urlicht/Primal Light
  • Camarón de la Isla - Leyenda del Tiempo
  • Can - Tago Mago
  • Nati Cano’s Mariachi los Camperos - ¡Viva el Mariachi!
  • Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
  • Caravans - Best of the Caravans
  • James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up
  • Carter Family - 1927-1934
  • Elliott Carter - Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei / Clarinet Concert[Oliver Knussen / BBC Symphony _Orchestra]
  • Martin Carthy with Dave Swarbrick - Byker Hill
  • Cartola - Cartola (1976)
  • EnricCarus- 21 Favorite Arias
  • Cascabulh- Hunger Gives You a Headache
  • Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
  • Johnny Cash - American Recordings
  • Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
  • Dorival Caymmi - E Seu Violão
  • Emmanuel Chabrier - Roi Malgré Lui [Charles Dutoit / New Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus of RadiFrance]
  • Manu Cha- Clandestino: Esperandla Ultima Ola…
  • Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
  • Ray Charles - Atlantic Years: Best of...
  • Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music: Vols 1 & 2
  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Médée [Lorraine Hunt / Arts Florissants / William Christie]
  • Hariprasad Chaurasia - Raga Darbari Kanada / Dhun in Raga Mishra Pilu
  • Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
  • Clifton Chenier - Bogalusa Boogie
  • Don Cherry - Old & New Dreams
  • Vic Chesnutt - Is the Actor Happy?
  • Chic - C’est Chic
  • Chicag- ChicagTransit Authority
  • ChicScience & NaçãZumbi - Lama aCaos
  • Chieftains - 4
  • Sonny Chillingworth - Endlessly
  • Frédéric Chopin - Ballades & Scherzos [Arthur Rubinstein]
  • Frédéric Chopin - Nocturnes [Maria JoãPires]
  • Frédéric Chopin - PianConcertos: Nos 1 & 2 [Krystian Zimerman / Polish Festival Orchestra]
  • Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet - Genius of the Electric Guitar
  • Clancy Brothers / Dubliners - Irish Drinking Songs: Come Fill Your Glass with Us
  • Clannad - Macalla
  • Guy Clark - Old N1
  • Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin’
  • Clash - London Calling
  • Harvey Lavan ‘Van’ Cliburn - Sergei Rachmaninov: PianConcertN3 / Serge Prokofiev: PianConcertN3
  • Jimmy Cliff & Various Artists - Harder They Come: Soundtrack
  • Patsy Cline - Collection (box set)
  • Coasters - Yakety Yak [7”]
  • Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues [7”]
  • Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen
  • Codona - Volume 3
  • Leonard Cohen - Songs of...
  • Nat King Cole & His Tri- After Midnight: Complete Session
  • Ornette Coleman - Shape of Jazz tCome
  • Willie Colón & Rubén Blades - Siembra
  • John Coltrane - & Johnny Hartman
  • John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
  • John Coltrane - Blue Train
  • Comedian Harmonists - Comedian Harmonists [Hannibal compilation]
  • Ry Cooder - Paradise & Lunch
  • Ry Cooder & Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - A Meeting by the River
  • Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
  • Sam Cooke - With the Soul Stirrers
  • Aaron Copland - Symphony N3 [Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic]
  • Chick Corea & Return tForever - Light as a Feather
  • Cortij- Y Su Máquina del Tiemp(& His Time Machine)
  • Elvis Costell& the Attractions - Armed Forces
  • Cream - Disraeli Gears
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy & the Poor Boys
  • Régine Crespin - Sings Berlioz & Ravel [Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande]
  • Bing Crosby - A Centennial Anthology of His Decca Recordings
  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu
  • George Crumb - Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land) [Kronos Quartet]
  • Celia Cruz & Johnny Pachec- Celia y Johnny
  • Cure - Head on the Door
  • Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
  • D’Angel- Brown Sugar
  • IK Dair& His Blue Spots - Definitive
  • Dick Dale & His Del-Tones - King of the Surf Guitar: Best of...
  • Karen Dalton - It’s SHard tTell Who’s Going tLove You the Best
  • Danger Mouse - Grey Album [unofficial]
  • Bobby Darin - That’s All
  • Reverend Gary Davis - Harlem Street Singer
  • Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
  • Miles Davis - Complete ‘In a Silent Way’ Sessions
  • Miles Davis - Highlights from the Plugged Nickel
  • Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
  • Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
  • Sammy Davis, Jr - I Gotta Right tSwing
  • De Danann with Mary Black - Song for Ireland
  • De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising
  • Claude Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande [Roger Désormière / Chœurs Yvonne Gouverné & Orchestre Symphonique]
  • Claude Debussy - Preludes [Krystian Zimerman]
  • Decemberists - Crane Wife
  • Deep Purple - Machine Head
  • Sandy Denny - Sandy
  • Derek & the Dominos - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
  • Paul Desmond with Jim Hall - Take Ten
  • Toumani Diabaté & Ballaké Sissok- New Ancient Strings
  • Neil Diamond - Hot August Night
  • Manu Dibang- Soul Makossa [7”]
  • Digital Underground - Sex Packets
  • Dion - The Wanderer [7”]
  • Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
  • Dixie Hummingbirds - Thank You for One More Day: 70th Anniversary of the...
  • Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
  • DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
  • Djavan - Luz
  • Dr Dre - The Chronic
  • Dr John - Gris-Gris
  • Eric Dolphy - Out tLunch
  • Fats Domin- They Call Me the Fat Man: Legendary Imperial Recordings
  • Doors - Doors
  • Thomas A Dorsey - Precious Lord: Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of...
  • Dave Douglas - Charms of the Night Sky
  • Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
  • Doris Duke - I’m a Loser: Swamp Dogg Sessions & More
  • Vernon Duke & Ira Gershwin - Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 [Broadway Cast Recording]
  • Henri Dutilleux - CellConcert‘Tout un Monde Lointain’ [Mstislav Rostropovich / Orchestre de Paris / Serge Baudo]
  • Antonín Dvo?ák - Symphony N9 [Mariss Jansons / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam]
  • Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
  • Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
  • Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
  • Bob Dylan - Love & Theft
  • Eagles - Hotel California
  • Snooks Eaglin - New Orleans Street Singer
  • Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues
  • Earth, Wind & Fire - All ‘n All
  • Edward Elgar - CellConcert[Jacqueline du Pré / BBC Symphony Orchestra / John Barbirolli]
  • Edward Elgar - Symphony N1 [Edward Elgar / London Symphony Orchestra]
  • Duke Ellington - Far East Suite
  • Duke Ellington - Never NLament: Blanton-Webster Band
  • Missy Elliott - Respect ME
  • Ramblin’ Jack Elliott - Essential [Vanguard]
  • Emerson, Lake, & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
  • Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
  • Brian En- Another Green World
  • Brian En- Ambient 1: Music for Airports
  • Brian En& David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
  • Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full
  • AlejandrEscoved- Gravity
  • ESG - A South Bronx Story
  • Estrellas de Areit- Los Heroes
  • Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent
  • Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard / Waltz for Debby
  • Everly Brothers - Cadence Classics: Their 20 Greatest Hits
  • Césaria Évora - Césaria
  • John Fahey - Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
  • Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
  • Manuel de Falla - Sombrerde Tres Picos (Three-Cornered Hat) [Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande]
  • Tal Farlow - Swinging Guitar of...
  • Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry
  • Gabriel Fauré - Requiem / Pelléas et Mélisande (Suite) / Pavane [Charles Dutoit / Montreal Symphony Orchestra & Chorus]
  • Faust - Faust / SFar (2 on 1)
  • CheFelician- Che(1972)
  • José Felician- Sentimiento, la Voz, y la Guitarra
  • Narvel Felts - Drift Away: Best of Narvel Felts 1973-1979
  • Fishbone - Truth & Soul
  • Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella & Louis
  • Roberta Flack - First Time Ever I Saw Your Face [7”]
  • Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
  • Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Jamboree
  • Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1975)
  • Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On
  • Frank EmiliFlynn - Musica Original de Cuba
  • Four Freshman - & 5 Trombones
  • Four Tops - Anthology
  • Franc& TPOK Jazz - Rough Guide tFranco
  • Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace
  • Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
  • Lefty Frizzell - Look What Thoughts Can Do
  • Fugazi - Repeater
  • Fugees - The Score
  • Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
  • Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel [III]
  • Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
  • Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour 1974
  • Gang of Four - Entertainment!
  • Jan Garbarek & Ralph Towner - Dis
  • Carlos Gardel - Best of...
  • Judy Garland - Judy at Carnegie Hall
  • Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea
  • Djivan Gasparyan - I Will Not Be Sad in this World
  • Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
  • Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get it On
  • Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through the Grapevine [7”]
  • Genesis - Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
  • George Gershwin - Complete Works for Pian& Orchestra (including Rhapsody in Blue) [Michael Boriskin / Eos Orchestra / John Sheffer]
  • George Gershwin - Porgy & Bess [Anne Brown / Eva Jessye Choir / Decca Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Smallens]
  • Stan Getz & JoãGilbert- Getz/Gilberto
  • Ghazal [Kayhan Kalhor, Shujaat Husain Khan, Swapan Chaudhuri] - Lost Songs of the Silk Road
  • Joe Gibbs / Errol Thompson - Mighty Two
  • Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado [Sir Charles Mackerras / Orchestra & Chorus of the Welsh National Opera]
  • Bebel Gilbert- TantTempo
  • JoãGilbert- JoãGilbert(1973)
  • Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra - Afro
  • Jimmy Giuffre - 1961
  • Philip Glass & Robert Wilson - Einstein on the Beach [Michael Riesman]
  • OsvaldGolijov - Ainadamar [Dawn Upshaw / Atlanta Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Robert Spano]
  • Gong - Gazeuse!
  • Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Complete 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert
  • Dexter Gordon - Go!
  • Henryk Górecki - Symphony N3 ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’ [Dawn Upshaw / London Sinfonietta / David Zinman]
  • Hildegard of Bingen - A Feather on the Breath of God: Sequences & Hymns [Gothic Voices with Emma Kirkby]
  • Gran Combde PuertRic- 30 Aniversario
  • Grateful Dead - American Beauty
  • Green Day - American Idiot
  • Al Green - Call Me
  • Grant Green - Feelin’ the Spirit
  • Edvard Grieg - Lyric Pieces [Emil Gilels]
  • Edvard Grieg - PianConcert(with Robert Schumann: PianConcerto) [Leif Ove Andsnes / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons]
  • Bessie Griffin & the Gospel Pearls - Live at ‘The Bear’ in Chicago
  • Juan Luis Guerra y 440 - Fogaraté!
  • Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
  • Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction
  • Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads
  • Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues
  • Charlie Haden - Nocturnes
  • Merle Haggard & the Strangers - Mama Tried
  • Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around the Clock [78rpm / 7”]
  • Tom T Hall - In Search of a Song
  • Oscar Hammerstein II & Jerome Kern - Show Boat [Frederica von Stade / Ambrosian Chorus / London Sinfonietta / John McGlinn]
  • Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
  • Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
  • George Frideric Handel - GiuliCesare (Julius Caesar) [Magdalena Kožená / Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski]
  • George Frideric Handel - Messiah [Paul McCreesh / Gabrieli Consort & Players]
  • George Frideric Handel - Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks) [Hervé Niquet / Concert Spirituel Orchestra]
  • Larry Harlow - Salsa
  • Joe Harriott Double Quintet - Indo-Jazz Suite
  • Emmylou Harris - Pieces of the Sky
  • George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
  • George Harrison & Various Artists - Concert for Bangladesh
  • PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
  • Clara Haskil - Wolfgang Mozart: PianConcertN20 / DomenicScarlatti: 11 Sonatas
  • Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything
  • Coleman Hawkins - Body & Soul [78rpm]
  • Ted Hawkins - Next Hundred Years
  • Joseph Haydn - 12 ‘London’ Symphonies [Eugen Jochum / London Philharmonic Orchestra]
  • Isaac Hayes - Shaft: Soundtrack
  • Ofra Haza - Fifty Gates of Wisdom: Yemenite Songs
  • Jascha Heifetz - Johannes Brahms - Violin Concert/ Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto
  • Fletcher Henderson - A Study in Frustration: Story
  • Joe Henderson - Power tthe People
  • Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
  • Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies
  • Jerry Herman - Hello Dolly! [Original Broadway Cast]
  • Bernard Herrmann - Psycho [Joel McNeely / Royal Scottish National Orchestra]
  • Andrew Hill - Point of Departure
  • Lauryn Hill - Miseducation of...
  • Roscoe Holcomb - High Lonesome Sound
  • Dave Holland - Conference of the Birds
  • Billie Holliday - Ultimate Collection [Verve, 2006]
  • Buddy Holly - Collection: 50 Classic Recordings
  • Gustav Holst - The Planets [William Steinberg / Boston Symphony Orchestra]
  • John Lee Hooker - Plays & Sings the Blues
  • Sol Hoopii - Master of the Hawaiian Guitar: Volumes 1 & 2
  • Lightnin’ Hopkins - Lightnin’ Hopkins (1959)
  • Shirley Horn - Close Enough for Love
  • Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz at the Met (includes works by DomenicScarlatti; Frédéric Chopin; Franz Liszt; Sergei Rachmaninoff)
  • Son House - Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues
  • Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
  • Howlin’ Wolf - Moanin’ in the Moonlight
  • Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay
  • Mississippi John Hurt - Today!
  • Husker Dü - Zen Arcade
  • Bobby Hutcherson - Components
  • Huun-Huur-Tu - Orphan’s Lament
  • Abdullah Ibrahim - Yarona
  • Iggy & the Stooges - Raw Power
  • Ilê Aiyê - CantNegro
  • Incredible String Band - Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter
  • Isley Brothers - Heat is On
  • Burl Ives - Wayfaring Stranger [Columbia]
  • Charles Ives - Symphony N2 / Symphony N3 ‘Camp Meeting’ [Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic]
  • Jackson 5 - I Want You Back [7”]
  • Joe Jackson - Night & Day
  • Mahalia Jackson - ApollSessions: 1946-1951
  • Michael Jackson - Thriller
  • Ahmad Jamal - But Not for Me: At the Pershing
  • Elmore James - Sky is Crying: History of...
  • Etta James - Tell Mama
  • Rick James - Street Songs
  • Skip James - Complete Early Recordings of Skip James
  • Leoš Janá?ek - Piano Works [Rafael Lubelik]
  • Jane’s Addiction - Ritual de lHabitual
  • Keith Jarrett - Köln Concert
  • Keith Jarrett - My Song
  • Eddie Jefferson - Jazz Singer
  • Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes
  • Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
  • FlacJiménez - Squeeze Box King
  • AntôniCarlos Jobim - Composer of ‘Desafinado’ Plays
  • Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  • Little Willie John - Very Best of... [Collectables]
  • Blind Willie Johnson - Complete
  • James P Johnson - Original: 1942-1945
  • Lonnie Johnson - Original Guitar Wizard
  • Robert Johnson - Complete Recordings
  • Tommy Johnson - Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order: 1928-1929
  • Freedy Johnston - Can You Fly
  • Joi - We Are Three
  • Fern Jones - Glory Road
  • George Jones - Grand Tour
  • Norah Jones - Come Away with Me
  • Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates
  • Janis Joplin - Pearl
  • Scott Joplin - Elite Syncopations: Classic Ragtime from Rare PianRolls 1859-1917
  • Louis Jordan - Best of Louis Jordan [MCA]
  • Josquin Desprez - Missa Pange Lingua / Motets [Bernard Fabre-Garrus / A Sei Voci]
  • Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
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  • Pepe Kalle - Gigantafrique!
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  • King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
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  • Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
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  • Kod? - Live at Acropolis, Athens, Greece
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  • Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross - Hottest New Group in Jazz
  • Héctor Lavoe - De ti Depende
  • Lead Belly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Legacy Vol 1
  • ErnestLecuona - Ultimate Collection: Lecuona Plays Lecuona
  • Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won
  • Led Zeppelin - II
  • Peggy Lee - Black Coffee
  • Michel Legrand - Legrand Jazz
  • John Lennon - Imagine
  • Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe - My Fair Lady [Rex Harrison / Julie Andrews]
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  • Mekons - Rock ‘n’ Roll
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  • Wilson Pickett - The Exciting...
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  • Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art
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  • Louis Prima - Wildest!
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  • Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano
  • Serge Prokofiev - Romeo& Juliet Op 64 [Lorin Maazel / Cleveland Orchestra]
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  • Willis Alan Ramsey - Willis Alan Ramsey
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  • Jimmy Reed - Very Best of Jimmy Reed [Blues Masters/Rhino]
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  • Jill Scott - Whis Jill Scott? Words & Sounds Vol 1
  • Jimmy Scott - Falling in Love is Wonderful
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  • Screaming Trees - Dust
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  • Paul Simon - Graceland
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  • Staple Singers - Best of the...
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  • Howard Tate - Get it While You Can
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  • Mikis Theodorakis - Best of Mikis Theodorakis [Delta]
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  • Tokens - Lion Sleeps Tonight [7”]
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  • Ralph Towner - Solstice
  • Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
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  • Lennie Tristan- Tristan/ New Tristan(2 on 1)
  • Ernest Tubb - Definitive Collection [MCA/Universal]
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  • McCoy Tyner - Real McCoy
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  • FranciscUlloa - Ultramerengue! Squeezebox Merengue from the Dominican Dynamaestro
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  • Uncle Tupel- Anodyne
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  • Velvet Underground - & Nico
  • Giuseppe Verdi - Aida [Leontyne Price / Jon Vickers / Orchestra e Cordell’Opera di Roma / Sir Georg Solti]
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  • Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung [Birgit Nilsson / Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti]
  • Richard Wagner - Tristan & Isolde [Deborah Voigt / Thomas Moser / Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Christian Thielemann]
  • Richard Wagner - Die Walküre [Astrid Varnay / Hans Hotter / Bayreuther Festspiele Orchester / Joseph Keilberth]
  • Rufus Wainwright - Want One
  • Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
  • Fats Waller - If You Got tAsk, You Ain’t Got It!
  • William Walton - Symphony N1 / Belshazzar’s Feast [Thomas Hampson / Chorus & Orchestra of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle]
  • War - Why Can’t We Be Friends?
  • Clara Ward - Take My Hand, Precious Lord
  • Dionne Warwick - Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits [Rhino]
  • Dinah Washington - Dinah! (1956)
  • Weather Report - Heavy Weather
  • Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht - Sieben Todsünden (Seven Deadly Sins) / Berlin Theatre Songs [Lotte Lenya]
  • Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
  • kanYe West - College Dropout
  • Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant - Stratosphere Boogie: Flaming Guitars of…
  • Randy Weston - Spirits of Our Ancestors
  • Kenny Wheeler - Gnu High
  • Barry White - Can’t Get Enough
  • White Stripes - Elephant
  • Chris Whitley - Living with the Law
  • Who- Tommy
  • Who- Who’s Next
  • Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
  • Wild Tchoupitoulas - Wild Tchoupitoulas
  • Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency!
  • Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits
  • Lucinda Williams - Sweet Old World
  • Marion Williams - Strong Again
  • Mary Lou Williams - Zodiac Suite: Town Hall Concert
  • Sonny Boy Williamson [II] - One Way Out
  • Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys - Tiffany Transcriptions (Vol 2: Best of the Tiffanys / Vol 3: Basin St Blues)
  • Cassandra Wilson - Blue Light ‘Til Dawn
  • Jackie Wilson - Very Best of... [Brunswick/Ace]
  • Bill Withers - Still Bill
  • Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
  • Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
  • Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
  • Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
  • Tammy Wynette - Anniversary: Twenty Years of Hits
  • X - Wild Gift
  • XTC - Skylarking
  • Gorô Yamaguchi - Shakuhachi Music: A Bell Ringing in the Empty Sky
  • Yardbirds - Yardbirds [aka Roger the Engineer / Over, Under, Sideways, Down]
  • Yes - Yes Album
  • Faron Young - Complete Capitol Hits of...
  • Larry Young - Unity
  • Lester Young - Kansas City Sessions: 1938-1944
  • Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
  • Frank Zappa - Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
  • Tom Zé - Com Defeitde Fabricaçã(Fabrication Defect)
  • Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
  • Zombies - Odessey & Oracle
  • ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
  • Various Artists - Best of Sugar Hill Records [Sugar Hill/Rhino]
  • Various Artists - Cameo-Parkway: 1957-1967 [ABKCO]
  • Various Artists - Concert of the Century at Carnegie Hall (1976) [Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Vladimir Horowitz / Yehudi Menuhin / Mstislav Rostropovich / Isaac Stern / Lyndon Woodside / New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein]
  • Various Artists - Dazed & Confused: Film Soundtrack
  • Various Artists - DoWop Box: 101 Vocal Gems from the Golden Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll [Rhino]
  • Various Artists - Fabulous Swing Collection: Foot Tappin’ Favorites & Jumpin’ Jitterbugs from the Fabulous Swing Era [RCA]
  • Various Artists - From Spirituals tSwing: Legendary 1938 & 1939 Carnegie Hall Concerts [Sidney Bechet / Lester Young / Hot Lips Page / Count Basie Orchestra / etc]
  • Various Artists - Great American Train Songs [CMH]
  • Various Artists - Great Cantors [David Roitman / Gershon Sirota / Joseph Rosenblatt / etc]
  • Various Artists - Indestructible Beat of Soweto
  • Various Artists - Music from the Morning of the World: Balinese Gamelan & Ketjak, Ramayana Monkey Chant [Nonesuch]
  • Various Artists - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968
  • Various Artists - Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack
  • Various Artists - Phases of the Moon: Traditional Chinese Music [Columbia]
  • Various Artists - Rembetica: Historic Urban Folk Songs from Greece [Rounder]
  • Various Artists - Ska Bonanza: Studio One Ska Years [Heartbeat]
  • Various Artists - Spirit Cries: Music from the Rainforests of South America & the Caribbean (LOC Endangered Music Project) [Rykodisc]
  • Various Artists - Stormy Weather: Soundtrack [Lena Horne / Fats Waller / Cab Calloway / etc]
  • Various Artists - Trainspotting: Soundtrack
  • Various Artists - World of Gnawa [Rounder]
  • Various Artists - Anthology of American Folk Music: Edited by Harry Smith
Cloned From: 
1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (Tom Moon's list)