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Origins
- Louis Armstrong
- Jimmie Rodgers
- Robert Johnson
- Billie Holiday
- Woody Guthrie
- Hank Williams
- Muddy Waters
Early Rock
- Bo Diddley
- Buddy Holly
- Carl Perkins
- Chuck Berry
- Cliff Richard and The Shadows
- Dion
- Eddie Cochran
- Everly Brothers
- Elvis Presley (1st RCA album)
- Elvis Presley – Elvis -(2nd RCA Album)
- Fats Domino
- Johnny Burnette and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Trio
- Little Richard
- Roy Orbison
- Sam Cooke
- The Platters
Dad’s 45s
- Dad’s 45s, Part 1, 1955-58
- Dad’s 45s, Part 2, 1959-63
- Dad’s 45s, Part 3, 1964-65
- Dad’s 45s, Part 4, 1966
- Dad’s 45s, Part 5, 1967
60s
Beatles
- Please Please Me
- With The Beatles
- A Hard Day’s Night
- Beatles for Sale
- Help!
- Rubber Soul
- Revolver
- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Magical Mystery Tour
- The Beatles (White Album)
- Yellow Submarine
- Let It Be . . . Naked
- Abbey Road
- Past Masters, Volume One
- Past Masters, Volume Two
- McCartney
- John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
- All Things Must Pass
- Ram
- Imagine
- Flaming Pie
Stones
- Out of Our Heads
- December’s Children (And Everybody’s)
- Aftermath (UK Version)
- Between the Buttons (UK Version)
- Their Satanic Majesties Request
- Beggars Banquet
- Let It Bleed
- Sticky Fingers
- Exile on Main St.
- Some Girls
- Tattoo You
Kinks
- The Kinks Greatest Hits
- The Kink Kontroversy
- Face to Face
- Something Else
- Village Green Preservation Society
- Arthur
- Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround
- The Kink Kronikles
- Muswell Hillbillies
- The Great Lost Kinks Album
- Everybody’s in Show Biz
- Preservation (Acts 1 and 2)
- Soap Opera
- Schoolboys in Disgrace
- Low Budget
- Come Dancing
- Other People’s Lives by Ray Davies
British Invasion
- The Dave Clark Five
- The Animals
- Herman’s Hermits
- The Hollies
- The Zombies: Odessey and Oracle
- The Byrds
- The Lovin’ Spoonful
- The Monkees
Psychedelic Series
- Part One
- Electric Music for the Mind and Body
- Moby Grape
- The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- Strange Days
- Procol Harum
- Axis: Bold as Love
- Mr. Fantasy
- The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter
- Anthem of the Sun
- Cheap Thrills
- The Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse
- S. F. Sorrow
- Stand!
- It’s a Beautiful Day
- Woodstock
Who
- My Generation
- A Quick One
- The Who Sell Out
- Who’s Next
- Tommy
- Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy
- Quadrophenia
- The Who By Numbers
Phil Ochs
- All the News that’s Fit to Sing
- I Ain’t Marching Anymore
- In Concert
- Pleasures of the Harbor
- Tape from California
- Rehearsals for Retirement
- Greatest Hits and Gunfight at Carnegie Hall
70s
Tull
- This Was
- Stand Up
- Benefit
- Aqualung
- Thick as a Brick
- Living in the Past
- A Passion Play
- War Child
- Minstrel in the Gallery
- Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die
- Songs from the Wood
- Heavy Horses
- Stormwatch
- A
- The Broadsword and the Beast
- Crest of a Knave
Bowie
- Hunky Dory
- Ziggy Stardust
- Aladdin Sane
- Station to Station
- Low
- “Heroes”
- Lodger
- Scary Monsters
Pink Floyd
- The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- Meddle
- The Dark Side of the Moon
- Wish You Were Here
- Animals
- The Wall
Clash
- The Clash
- Give ‘Em Enough Rope
- London Calling
- Sandinista!
- Combat Rock
- Streetcore
80s
XTC
- Drums and Wires
- Black Sea
- English Settlement
- Mummer
- The Big Express
Richard Thompson
- I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
- Shoot Out the Lights
- Amnesia
- Rumor and Sigh
- Mirror Blue
- Mock Tudor
- Sweet Warrior
- Electric
90s
Britpop
- Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish
- Blur – Parklife
- Blur – The Great Escape
- Blur – Blur
- Denim – Back in Denim
- Denim – Denim on Ice
- Elastica
- Oasis
- Pulp – His ‘N’ Hers
- Pulp-Different Class
- Pulp – This Is Hardcore
- Pulp – We Love Life
- Sleeper – Smart
- Sleeper – The It Girl
- Supergrass – I Should Coco
- Supergrass – In It for the Money
- Suede (album)
Third Wave
- Bikini Kill – The First Two Records
- Liz Phair – Exile in Guyville
- Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill
- Ani DiFranco – Not a Pretty Girl
- Spice Girls – Spice
- Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
Radiohead
- Pablo Honey
- The Bends
- OK Computer
- Kid A
- Amnesiac
- Hail to the Thief
- In Rainbows
- The King of Limbs
- A Moon Shaped Pool
21st Century
Great Broads
- The Andrews Sisters
- Ani DiFranco – Out of Range
- Annette Peacock – X-Dreams
- Aretha Franklin – Never Loved a Man
- Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul
- Billie Holiday – Lady Day
- Brody Dalle – Diploid Love
- Early Girl 7″ Hits Part 1
- Early Girl 7″ Hits Part 2
- Edith Piaf – Vol. 4
- Françoise Hardy – La Question
- Joni Mitchell – Hejira
- Joni Mitchell – The Hissing of Summer Lawns
- June Tabor – Airs and Graces
- Memphis Minnie
- Neko Case – Fox Confessor
- Nina Simone – The Essential Nina Simone
- Patti Smith – Horses
- Patti Smith – Radio Ethiopia
- Peggy Lee
- Phoebe Snow
- PJ Harvey – 4-Track Demos
- PJ Harvey – Is This Desire
- PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
- The Shangri-Las
- Sade – Love Deluxe
- Sexcapades
- The Shirelles
- Sinead O’Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
- Sol Seppy – The Bells of 1 2
- Tanita Tikaram – Ancient Heart
Blues
- A Peter Green Playlist
- Albert King – King of the Blues Guitar
- Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East
- Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite – Get Up!
- B.B. King – Live at Cook County Jail
- Electric Flag – A Long Time Comin’
- Elmore James – Best of the Fire Sessions
- Howlin’ Wolf – His Best
- Little Walter – His Best
- John Lee Hooker – Best Of
- John Mayall – Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
- John Mayall – The Turning Point
- Memphis Minnie – Essential Recordings
- Muddy Waters – Best Of
- Robert Johnson – The Complete Recordings
- Sonny Landreth – Grant Street
Jazz
- Bill Evans Trio – Portrait in Jazz
- Billie Holiday – Lady Day
- Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um
- Charlie Parker – Best of the Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings
- Duke Ellington – Masterpieces
- Frank Sinatra – In the Wee Small Hours
- Frank Sinatra – Songs for Swingin’ Lovers
- Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
- John Coltrane – Giant Steps
- John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
- Les McCann and Eddie Harris – Swiss Movement
- Louis Armstrong: The Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
- Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
- Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain
- Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
- Thelonious Monk – Monk’s Dream
Soul/R&B
- Ruth Brown – The Essentials
- Motown!
- Aretha Franklin – Never Loved a Man
- Aretha – Lady Soul
- Ben E King – The Very Best of
- Bill Withers Live at Carnegie Hall
- Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
- Dusty in Memphis
- James Brown & The Famous Flames – Live at the Apollo
- Michael Jackson – Thriller
- Otis Redding – Best Of
- Patti Austin – That Secret Place
- Sade – Love Deluxe
- Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
Punk
- The Stooges – Fun House
- New York Dolls
- The Ramones – Rocket to Russia
- Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks
- The Clash – The Clash (album)
- Gang of Four – Entertainment!
- Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady
- Bikini Kill – The First Two Records
- Offspring – Smash
- Fugazi – The Argument
- Chumbawamba – Tubthumper
- $wingin’ Utter$ – Poorly Formed
Progressive
UK Folk
- Donovan – Fairytale
- Donovan – Sunshine Superman
- Fairport Convention – Liege & Lief
- June Tabor – Airs and Graces
- June Tabor – Against the Streams
- June Tabor – Angel Tiger
- Maddy Prior and June Tabor – Silly Sisters
- The Pentangle – Basket of Light
- Sandy Denny – Sandy
- Steeleye Span – Below the Salt
- Steeleye Span – Parcel of Rogues
US Folk/Country
- Dave Van Ronk – Folksinger
- Hank Williams – 20 of Hank Williams’ Greatest Hits
- Jimmie Rodgers – The Essential Jimmie Rodgers
- Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
- Patsy Cline – The Definitive Collection
- Ramblin’ Jack Elliot – Young Brigham
- Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger
- Woody Guthrie – Woody at 100
Singer-Songwriter
- Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill
- Ani DiFranco – Out of Range
- Ani DiFranco – Not a Pretty Girl
- Anya Marina – Felony Flats – Review
- Billy Joel – The Stranger
- Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
- Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
- Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
- Bob Seger – Ultimate Hits
- Jimmy Buffett – Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitudes
- Jarvis Cocker – The Jarvis Cocker Record
- Joni Mitchell – Clouds
- Joni Mitchell – For the Roses
- Joni Mitchell – The Hissing of Summer Lawns
- Joni Mitchell – Hejira
- Liz Phair – Exile in Guyville
- Neil Young – After the Gold Rush
- Nick Drake – Way To Blue – Part One
- Nick Drake – Way To Blue – Part Two
- Paul Simon – Graceland – Classic Music Review
- Tanita Tikaram – Ancient Heart
Multilingual/Non-English
- Alejandra Guzmán – Libre
- Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté – In the Heart of the Moon
- Angélique Kidjo – Oremi
- Anik Jean – Schizophrène
- Christine and the Queens – Chaleur Humaine
- Christophe Maé – Mon paradis
- Claudia Gomez – Tierradentro
- Edith Piaf – Vol. 4 1943-1944-1945
- Françoise Hardy – La Question
- Milton Nascimento, Lô Borges – Clube Da Esquina
Song Series
- “The Best” – Bonnie Tyler – Tina Turner – Noah Reid
- “American Pie” by Don McLean
- “The Rodeo Song” – Garry Lee and the Showdown/Gaye Delorme
- Anti-War Songs – Edwin Starr – June Tabor/Eric Bogle – Dire Straits
- Song Series – Bitter Breakups
Chick Riffs
- The Truth About Beets
- The De-Evolution of Modern Music
- Guilty Pleasures
- Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
- Book Review: Sleeping with Patty Hearst by Mary Lambeth Moore
- Desert Island Disks
- Desert Island Movies and Television Series
- Making Noise
- My Daughter (A Guest Post by My Father)
- Ma Fille (A Guest Post by My Mother)
The Honeymoon Series
- Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
- Whoa-oh Baby, Back Where I Belong
- Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
- Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle
- Elton John – Honky Château
- XTC – Drums and Wires
- Pearl Jam – Ten
- Full Circle – End of the Honeymoon Series
The Top 20
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