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500 ALBUMS YOU NEED
ABBA: Abba Gold (1992), “Knowing Me, Knowing You.”
DAVID ACKLES: The Road to Cairo (1968), “Down River” Subway to the Country(1969), “That’s No Reason to Cry.”
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY: The Best of Cannonball Adderley (1968), “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy.”
AMY ALLISON: The Maudlin Years (1996), “The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter.”
MOSE ALLISON: The Best of Mose Allison (1970), “Your Mind Is on Vacation.”
ALMAMEGRETTA: Lingo (1998), “Gramigna.”
LOUIS ARMSTRONG: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (2000), “Wild Man Blues,” “Tight Like This.”
FRED ASTAIRE: The Astaire Story (1952), “They Can’t Take That Away from Me.”
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier (Edwin Fischer; 1934);The Six Cello Suites (Pablo Casals; 1936); Six Partitas BWV 825–830 (Andras Schiff; 1984); Mass in B Minor (conductor: Otto Klemperer; 1999).
BURT BACHARACH: The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection (1998), “Alfie.”
CHET BAKER: The Best of Chet Baker Sings (1989), “The Thrill Is Gone,” “You Don’t Know What Love Is” Broken Wing (1978).
THE BAND: Music from Big Pink (1968), “Tears of Rage” The Band (1969), “The Unfaithful Servant.”
DAVE BARTHOLEMEW: The Monkey (1985).
BÉLA BARTÓK: Six String Quartets (Emerson String Quartet; 1988).
CECILIA BARTOLI: If You Love Me, 18th Century Italian Songs (1992), Alessandro Parisotti—“Se Tu M’Ami,” Antonio Vivaldi—“Sposa son disprezzata.”
COUNT BASIE: The Atomic Mr. Basie (1957), “Li’l Darlin’.”
THE BEACH BOYS: Pet Sounds (1966), “Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder),” “God Only Knows” Carl and the Passions—So Tough (1972), “Cuddle Up” Holland(1973), “The Trader” Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys (boxed set; 1993), “Surf’s Up,” “Wonderful.”
BEASTIE BOYS: Paul’s Boutique (1989), “Shadrach.”
THE BEATLES: With the Beatles (1963), “You Really Got a Hold on Me” A Hard Day’s Night (1964), “Things We Said Today” Help! (1965), “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”Rubber Soul (1965), “Girl” Revolver (1966), “And Your Bird Can Sing,” “For No One”Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), “A Day in the Life” The Beatles(White Album; 1968), “I’m So Tired” Past Masters, Vol. 2 (1988), “Paperback Writer,” “Rain.”
BECK: Odelay (1996), “The New Pollution.”
BEE GEES: Best of Bee Gees (1969), “To Love Somebody.”
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Otto Klemperer Live at the Concertgebouw (1954),Symphony No. 9; Piano Sonatas Op. 109, 110, 111 (Sviatoslav Richter; 1965);Symphony No. 7 (conductor: Carlos Kleiber; 1975); Late Quartets (Budapest String Quartet; 1997); Violin Concerto (soloist: Yehudi Menuhin; 1997).
DEREK BELL: Derek Bell Plays with Himself (1981).
TONY BENNETT and BILL EVANS: The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album (1975), “Some Other Time.”
ALBAN BERG: Violin Concerto (soloist: Anne-Sofie Mutter; 1993).
HECTOR BERLIOZ: Damnation of Faust (conductor: John Eliot Gardiner; 1987).
AGNES BERNELLE: Father’s Lying Dead on the Ironing Board (1995).
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: West Side Story (1957).
CHUCK BERRY: Chuck Berry’s Golden Decade (1967), “Don’t Lie to Me.”
BJÖRK: Debut (1993), “Venus as a Boy” Post (1995), “Hyper-ballad.”
RUBÉN BLADES: Buscando America (1984).
BOBBY BLUE BLAND: Two Steps from the Blues (1961).
BLONDIE: The Best of Blondie (1981), “In the Flesh.”
BLUR: 13 (1999), “No Distance Left to Run.”
DIRK BOGARDE: Lyrics for Lovers (1960), “A Foggy Day.”
DAVID BOWIE: Hunky Dory (1971), “Life on Mars?” Station to Station (1976), “Wild Is the Wind” Low ( 1977), “Always Crashing in the Same Car” Heroes (1977), “Joe the Lion.”
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Ein Deutsches Requiem (conductor: Otto Klemperer; 1962).
JOHNNY BRISTOL: Hang On in There Baby (1974).
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (soloist: Ian Bostridge; 1996).
CHARLES BROWN: Driftin’ Blues: The Best of Charles Brown (1992), “Black Night.”
CLIFFORD BROWN: Clifford Brown with Strings (1955), “Yesterdays.”
JAMES BROWN: Live at the Apollo (1963), “I Found Someone” Star Time (boxed set; 1991), “Talkin’ Loud & Sayin’ Nothing.”
JACKSON BROWNE: Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using) (1972), “My Opening Farewell.”
ANTON BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 (conductor: Gunter Wand; 1990).
JEFF BUCKLEY: Grace (1994), “Corpus Christi Carol.”
HAROLD BUDD and BRIAN ENO: Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980), “Above Chiangmai.”
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD: Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield (1969), “Expecting to Fly.”
BULGARIAN STATE RADIO & TELEVISION FEMALE CHOIR: Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares (1990).
T BONE BURNETT: Proof Through the Night (1983), “Fatally Beautiful” T Bone Burnett (1986), “River of Love” The Talking Animals (1988), “Image.”
THE BYRDS: Younger than Yesterday (1967), “So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star”The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968), “Goin’ Back,” “Artificial Energy” Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968), “Hickory Wind.”
JOHN CALE: Music for a New Society (1982), “Taking Your Life in Your Hands.”
MARIA CALLAS: Five Heroines—Operatic Extracts (1990), “Vissi d’arte.”
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND: Trout Mask Replica (1969), “The Dust Blows Forward ’n’ the Dust Blows Back” Clear Spot (1972), “Big Eyed Beans from Venus.”
HOAGY CARMICHAEL: Hoagy Sings Carmichael (1956), “Rockin’ Chair.”
JAMES CARR: At the Dark End of the Street (1987), “Pouring Water on a Drowning Man.”
JOHNNY CASH: The Essential Johnny Cash (1992), “I Still Miss Someone.”
JUNE CARTER CASH: Press On (1999), “Tiffany Anastasia Lowe.”
RAY CHARLES: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962), “You Don’t Know Me” A Life in Music (1982), “I Believe to My Soul,” “Just for a Thrill.”
CHIC: Chic’s Greatest Hits (1979), “My Forbidden Lover.”
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (pianist, conductor: Krystian Zimerman; 1978).
THE CLASH: London Calling (1979), “Rudie Can’t Fail” The Singles (1991), “(White Man) In the Hammersmith Palais.”
PATSY CLINE: Greatest Hits (1973), “Sweet Dreams.”
THE COASTERS: The Ultimate Coasters (1986), “Shoppin’ for Clothes.”
LEONARD COHEN: The Best of Leonard Cohen (1976), “Who by Fire” More Best Of(1997), “The Future,” “Tower of Song.”
ORNETTE COLEMAN: The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959), “Peace.”
JOHN COLTRANE: My Favorite Things (1961), “Every Time We Say Goodbye” The Impulse! Years (1993), “A Love Supreme.”
RY COODER: Paradise and Lunch (1974), “Married Man’s a Fool.”
SAM COOKE: Night Beat (1963), “Get Yourself Another Fool.”
DON COVAY: Checkin’ In with Don Covay (1989), “It’s Better to Have than Not Have.”
NOËL COWARD: The Master’s Voice: His HMV Recordings (1993), “The Stately Homes of England.”
BING CROSBY: His Legendary Years (1993), “Gigi.”
DAVID CROSBY: If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971 ), “Laughing.”
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG: Déjà Vu (1970), “Helpless.”
CROWDED HOUSE: Temple of Low Men (1988), “Into Temptation.”
D’ANGELO: Voodoo (2000), “Devil’s Pie.”
MILES DAVIS: Birth of the Cool (1956), “Boplicity” Miles Ahead (1957), “My Ship”Porgy and Bess (1958), “Bess, You Is My Woman Now” Kind of Blue (1959), “All Blues”Sketches of Spain (1960); My Funny Valentine (1964); In a Silent Way (1969), “Shhh” On the Corner (1969), “New York Girl.”
MILES DAVIS and STAN GETZ and LEE KONITZ: Conception (1975), “Ezz-thetic.”
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Pelléas et Mélisande (conductor: Claudio Abbado; 1992);Preludes (Krystian Zimerman; 1994).
ALFRED DELLER: William Byrd and His Age (1956), “Ye Sacred Muses.”
DESTINY’S CHILD: The Writing’s on the Wall (1999), “Say My Name.”
BO DIDDLEY: His Best (1997), “Crackin’ Up.”
DR. JOHN: Dr. John’s Gumbo (1972), “Junko Partner.”
ERIC DOLPHY: Outward Bound (1960), “G.W.” Iron Man (1969), “Come Sunday.”
LEE DORSEY: Ride Your Pony (1966), “Get out of My Life, Woman,” “Wonder Woman”Yes We Can (1970), “Tears, Tears and More Tears.”
JOHN DOWLAND: Awake Sweet Love (The Deller Consort; 1965), “Flow My Tears”Dowland: The Collected Works (Consort of Musicke; 1980), A Pilgrimes Solice.
JOHN DOWLAND and WILLIAM BYRD: Night’s Black Bird (Fretwork; 1989).
HENRI DUPARC: Melodies (baritone: Bernard Kruysen; 1971), “Phidyle.”
JIMMY DURANTE: September Song (1963).
IAN DURY: New Boots and Panties!! (1977), “Sweet Gene Vincent.”
DYKE AND THE BLAZERS: So Sharp (1983).
BOB DYLAN: Bringing It All Back Home (1965), “Subterranean Homesick Blues”Blonde on Blonde (1966), “Most Likely You Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine” John Wesley Harding (1968), “All Along the Watchtower” Planet Waves (1974), “Dirge” Blood on the Tracks (1974), “You’re a Big Girl Now” The Basement Tapes (1975), “Nothing Was Delivered” Shot of Love (1981 ), “Every Grain of Sand” Time out of Mind (1997), “Not Dark Yet” Bob Dylan Live 1966: The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert (1998), “Like a Rolling Stone,” “I Don’t Believe You.”
EDWARD ELGAR: Symphony No. 1 (conductor: Edward Elgar; 1957); Cello Concerto(Jacqueline Du Pré; 1965).
DUKE ELLINGTON: Anatomy of a Murder (1959), “Haupe” . . . And His Mother Called Him Bill (1968), “Blood Count” The Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (boxed set; 1999), “East St. Louis Toodle-oo,” “In a Sentimental Mood,” “Tonk.”
DUKE ELLINGTON with CHARLES MINGUS and MAX ROACH: Money Jungle(1962), “Wig Wise.”
EMINEM: The Marshall Mathers LP (2000), “The Way I Am.”
THE BILL EVANS TRIO: Waltz for Debby (1961 ), “Waltz for Debby.”
THE GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA: Out of the Cool (1960), “Where Flamingos Fly.”
THE EVERLY BROTHERS: It’s Everly Time (1960), “Sleepless Nights.”
THE FAIRFIELD FOUR: I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray (1997), “There Must Be a City.”
MARIANNE FAITHFULL: Blazing Away ( 1990), “Strange Weather.”
GEORGIE FAME: Sound Venture (1966), “Funny How Time Slips Away.”
GABRIEL FAURÉ: L’Horizon Chimérique (baritone: Gerard Souzay; 1999).
MORTON FELDMAN: Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety (1991 ) (conductor on “American Elegies”: John Adams).
ELLA FITZGERALD: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956), “Miss Otis Regrets.”
ELLA FITZGERALD and LOUIS ARMSTRONG: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong on Verve (1997), “Let’s Do It.”
FLEETWOOD MAC: Greatest Hits (1971), “Man of the World.”
THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS: The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969), “Juanita.”
THE FOUR TOPS: Anthology (1974), “Bernadette,” “Seven Rooms of Gloom.”
ARETHA FRANKLIN: I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967), “Do Right Woman—Do Right Man,” “Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business),” “Soul Serenade,” etc., etc.; Aretha’s Gold (1969), “I Say a Little Prayer,” “Chain of Fools,” “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” Amazing Grace ( 1972).
BILL FRISELL: Quartet (1996), “Egg Radio.”
FUGEES: The Score ( 1996), “Ready or Not.”
FUNKADELIC: One Nation Under a Groove (1978).
MARVIN GAYE: Super Hits (1970), “The End of Our Road” What’s Going On (1971 );Let’s Get It On (1973); Here, My Dear (1979), “When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You.”
MARVIN GAYE and TAMMI TERRELL: Greatest Hits (1970), “You Ain’t Livin’ till You’re Lovin’.”
STAN GETZ: Stan Getz Plays (1952), “Stella by Starlight.”
STAN GETZ and ASTRID GILBERTO: Getz/Gilberto (1963), “Desafinado (Off Key).”
DIZZY GILLESPIE: Perceptions (1961), “The Sword of Orion.”
ALLEN GINSBERG: The Lion for Real (1989).
GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION: Release Yourself (1974).
GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE and THE SUGAR HILL GANG: Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five vs. the Sugar Hill Gang (1997), “The Message.”
GRATEFUL DEAD: Workingman’s Dead (1970), “Dire Wolf” American Beauty(1970), “Box of Rain” Europe ’72 (1972), “Tennessee Jed” Wake of the Flood (1973), “Stella Blue.”
AL GREEN: Call Me (1973); You Say It! Raw! Rare! and Unreleased! (1990), “I’m a Ram.”
EDVARD GRIEG: Lieder (soloist: Anne Sofie von Otter; 1993), “Haugtussa.”
CHARLES HADEN and HANK JONES: Steal Away (1995), “Hymn Medley: Abide with Me, etc.”
MERLE HAGGARD: The Best of the Best of (1972), “No Reason to Quit.”
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Marian Cantatas (mezzo-soprano: Anne Sofie von Otter; 1994); Heroes (countertenor: Andreas Scholl; 1999), “Ombra mai fu” from Serse.
TIM HARDIN: Tim Hardin (1966), “Hang On to a Dream.”
SLIM HARPO: The Best of Slim Harpo (1997), “I’m a King Bee.”
EMMYLOU HARRIS: Elite Hotel (1976), “One of These Days.”
PJ HARVEY: Rid of Me (1993), “50 Ft. Queenie.”
COLEMAN HAWKINS: Body and Soul (1988); Rainbow Mist (1993), “Yesterdays.”
JOSEPH HAYDN: Complete Piano Sonatas (Alfred Brendel; 1987); String Quartets(Quatuor Mosaïques; 1990).
TUBBY HAYES: Tubby’s Groove (1959), “Embers.”
RICHARD HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS: Blank Generation (1977), “New Pleasure.”
JIMI HENDRIX: Smash Hits (1968), “Wind Cries Mary” Electric Ladyland (1968), “Crosstown Traffic” Live at Woodstock (1994), “Star Spangled Banner.”
THE HEPTONES: Night Food (1976), “I’ve Got the Handle.”
DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS: Last Train to Hicksville . . . the Home to Happy Feet (1973), “It’s Not My Time to Go.”
LAURYN HILL: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), “Ex-Factor.”
JOHNNY HODGES: Passion Flower (1995), “Day Dream.”
BILLIE HOLIDAY: Lady in Satin (1958), “Glad to Be Unhappy,” “I’m a Fool to Want You” The Billie Holiday Story (1972), “The Man I Love,” “Body and Soul” The Complete Decca Recordings (1991), “Don’t Explain.”
THE HOLLIES: The Best of the Hollies (1978), “Look Through Any Window.”
HOWLIN’ WOLF: His Best (1997), “Hidden Charms.”
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Super Hits (1976), “Behind a Painted Smile.”
CHARLES IVES: The Unanswered Question for Orchestra (conductor: Leonard Bernstein; 1998).
JACKSON 5: Greatest Hits (1971), “I Want You Back.”
THE JAM: All Mod Cons (1978).
SKIP JAMES: The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James (1994), “Devil Got My Woman.”
LEOŠ JANÁČEK: String Quartets (Talich Quartet; 1994).
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE: Crown of Creation (1968), “Greasy Heart.”
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN: Psychocandy (1985), “You Trip Me Up.”
ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM: Jazz Masters 13 (1995), “Insensatez.”
LITTLE WILLIE JOHN: Free at Last (1970), “Leave My Kitten Alone,” “Need Your Love So Bad.”
ROBERT JOHNSON: Complete Recordings (1990), “Love in Vain.”
GEORGE JONES: Anniversary: Ten Years of Hits (1982), “The Grand Tour” Cup of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years (1994), “Mr. Fool,” “Window Up Above,” “Relief Is Just a Swallow Away.”
OUM KALTSOUM: Anthologie de la Musique Arabe, Vols. 1–8 (1989).
THE KINKS: The Ultimate Collection (1989), “Waterloo Sunset,” “Dead End Street,” “Where Have All the Good Times Gone?”
RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK: The Inflated Tear (1968).
ERICH KORNGOLD: From the Operas of Erich Korngold (1993), “Glück das Mir Verblieb” from Die Tote Stadt (conductor: Erich Korngold).
THE LA’S: The La’s (1990), “There She Goes.”
PEGGY LEE: Miss Peggy Lee (1998), “Don’t Smoke in Bed.”
JOHN LENNON: Plastic Ono Band (1970), “I Found Out” Imagine (1971), “How?”Shaved Fish (1975), “Instant Karma!”
ALAN JAY LERNER AND FREDERICK LOEWE: My Fair Lady (1956), “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face” Gigi (1958), “I’m Glad I’m Not Young Anymore.”
JERRY LEE LEWIS: Rockin’ My Life Away (1991), “Rita Mae,” “Don’t Let Go.”
LITTLE FEAT: Sailin’ Shoes (1972), “Willin’” Feats Don’t Fail Me Now (1974), “Rock and Roll Doctor.”
LITTLE RICHARD: Here’s Little Richard (1957), “Slippin’ and Slidin’ (Peepin’ and Hidin’)” The Explosive Little Richard (1967), “Commandments of Love.”
THE LOUVIN BROTHERS: When I Stop Dreaming: The Best of the Louvin Brothers (1995), “My Baby’s Gone.”
THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL: Anthology (1990), “Six O’Clock.”
NICK LOWE: Jesus of Cool (1978), “36 Inches High” The Impossible Bird (1994), “Shelley My Love.”
DONAL LUNNY: Donal Lunny (1987), “Declan.”
LORETTA LYNN: The Best of Loretta Lynn (1999), “One’s on the Way.”
MACHITO AND HIS AFRO-CUBANS: Cubop City (1992), “Si Si, No No.”
MADNESS: The Rise and Fall (1982), “Tomorrow’s Just Another Day.”
GUSTAV MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 (conductor: Klaus Tennstedt; 1968); “Kindertotenlieder & Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen.”
THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS: A Gathering of Flowers (1970), “I Saw Her Again Last Night.”
AIMEE MANN: Whatever (1993), “4th of July.”
BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS: African Herbsman (1972), “Small Axe” Natty Dread (1975), “Lively Up Yourself.”
THE MARVELETTES: The Return of the Marvelettes (1970), “No More Tear-Stained Make-Up.”
GROUCHO MARX: An Evening with Groucho (1972), “Lydia, the Tattooed Lady.”
MASSIVE ATTACK: Protection (1994), “Karmacoma.”
MATCHING MOLE: Matching Mole (1972), “O Caroline.”
CURTIS MAYFIELD: The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield (1996), “Move On Up,” “(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below We’re All Going to Go.”
CURTIS MAYFIELD and THE IMPRESSIONS: The Anthology 1961–1977 (1992), “Keep on Pushing,” “I’m So Proud.”
PAUL McCARTNEY: McCartney (1970), “Maybe I’m Amazed” Flaming Pie (1997), “Little Willow.”
KATE AND ANNA McGARRIGLE: Kate and Anna McGarrigle (1975), “Go Leave.”
TOMMY McLAIN: The Essential Collection (1997), “Sweet Dreams.”
THE METERS: The Best of the Meters (1975), “Cissy Strut.”
MINA: Gli Anni d’Oro (1984), “Un Bacio e Troppo Poco.”
CHARLES MINGUS: Blues and Roots (1959); Mingus Ah-Um (1959), “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” Pre-Bird (also known as Mingus Revisited) (1960), “Weird Nightmare”Mingus at Antibes (1960), “What Love?” Mingus Plays Piano (1963), “Myself When I Am Real” Let My Children Hear Music (1971), “Don’t Be Afraid, the Clown’s Afraid Too”Epitaph (1990), “The Children’s Hour of Dream.”
JONI MITCHELL: Blue (1971), “The Last Time I Saw Richard” For the Roses (1972), “Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire” Court and Spark (1974), “Down to You” The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975), “Shades of Scarlet Conquering” Hejira (1976), “Amelia” Taming the Tiger (1998), “Man from Mars,” “Stay in Touch.”
THE MODERN LOVERS: The Modern Lovers (1976), “Pablo Picasso,” “Someone to Care About.”
THELONIOUS MONK: Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 (1951), “Off Minor”Brilliant Corners (1957); Monk’s Music (1958), “Abide with Me,” “Off Minor.”
BILL MONROE: The Music of Bill Monroe (1994), “Walls of Time.”
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: L’Incoronazione di Poppea (conductor: John Eliot Gardiner; 1993).
MOONDOG: The Story of Moondog (1957).
VAN MORRISON: Astral Weeks (1968), “Beside You” Moondance (1970), “Into the Mystic” His Band and Street Choir (1970), “Street Choir” Veedon Fleece (1974), “Linden Arden Stole the Highlights.”
JELLY ROLL MORTON: Birth of the Hot (1995), “Dead Man Blues,” “Wolverine Blues.”
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION: We’re Only in It for the Money (1968), “Who Needs the Peace Corps?”
THE MOVE: The Best of the Move (1974), “Blackberry Way.”
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 (pianist: Clifford Curzon; 1970); Requiem (conductor: John Eliot Gardiner; 1986); Quartets Dedicated to Haydn(Quatuor Mosaïques; 1991); La Clemenza di Tito (conductor: John Eliot Gardiner; 1993);Le Nozze di Figaro (conductor: Karl Bohm; 1993).
MODEST MUSSORGSKY: Songs and Dances of Death (soloist: Sergei Leiferkus; 1995).
ROY NATHANSON: Fire at Keaton’s Bar and Grill (2000), “Bend in the Night.”
OLIVER NELSON: The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961), “Stolen Moments”Straight Ahead (1961), “Images.”
WILLIE NELSON: Stardust (1978), “Moonlight in Vermont.”
BOB NEUWIRTH: Back to the Front (1988), “Annabelle Lee.”
AARON NEVILLE: Greatest Hits (1990), “Tell It Like It Is.”
RANDY NEWMAN: Randy Newman (1968), “Cowboy” Sail Away (1972); Good Old Boys (1974); Trouble in Paradise (1983), “Real Emotional Girl.”
NEW YORK DOLLS: New York Dolls (1973), “Personality Crisis.”
NIRVANA: Nevermind (1991), “Lithium.”
LUIGI NONO: Fragmente-Stille an Diotima (LaSalle Quartet; 1983).
NRBQ: NRBQ (1969), “Rocket #9.”
LAURA NYRO and LABELLE: Gonna Take a Miracle (1971), “The Bells.”
ROY ORBISON: The Orbison Way (1966), “Crawling Back.”
AUGUSTUS PABLO: El Rockers (2000), “Black Gunn.”
GIOVANNI PALESTRINA: Missa Viri Galilaei (direction: Philippe Herreweghe; 1992).
CHARLIE PARKER: The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions (1978), “Ko-Ko.”
VAN DYKE PARKS: Discover America (1972), “Jack Palance.”
GRAM PARSONS: GP (1973), “We’ll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning” Grievous Angel (1974), “Hearts on Fire.”
ANN PEEBLES: I Can’t Stand the Rain (1974).
DAN PENN: Nobody’s Fool (1973), “Raining in Memphis.”
DAN PENN AND SPOONER OLDHAM: Moments from This Theater (1999), “It Tears Me Up.”
SAM PHILLIPS: Martinis and Bikinis (1994), “Same Rain.”
THE POGUES: Rum, Sodomy & the Lash (1985), “The Old Main Drag,” “I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Every Day.”
DULCE PONTES: Caminhos (1998), “O Infante.”
IGGY POP: The Idiot (1977), “Nightclubbin’” Lust for Life (1977), “Some Weird Sin.”
PORTISHEAD: Dummy (1994), “Sour Times,” “Glory Box” Portishead (1997), “Western Eyes.”
FRANCIS POULENC: Melodies (baritone: Pierre Bernac; 1950), “Hotel.”
BUD POWELL: The Best of Bud Powell on Verve (1994), “April in Paris.”
ELVIS PRESLEY: The Sun Sessions (1976), “Blue Moon of Kentucky” The Memphis Album (1987), “Power of My Love.”
PRETENDERS: Pretenders (1980), “Kid,” “Precious” The Singles (1987), “Message of Love.”
PRINCE: Around the World in a Day (1985), “Pop Life” Parade (1986), “Kiss” Sign of the Times (1987), “If I Was Your Girlfriend.”
JOHN PRINE: John Prine (1972), “Sam Stone.”
SERGEY PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet (conductor: Charles Dutoit; 1998).
PULP: Different Class (1995), “Sorted Out for E’s and Wiz.”
HENRY PURCELL: Dido and Aeneas (Dido: Dame Janet Baker; 1993); Fantasias & in Nomines (Fretwork; 1995).
RADIOHEAD: The Bends (1995), “The Bends” O.K. Computer (1997), “No Surprises.”
BONNIE RAITT: Give It Up (1972), “Love Has No Pride.”
OTIS REDDING: The Very Best of Otis Redding (1992), “Mr. Pitiful.”
JIMMY REED: The Best of Jimmy Reed (1962), “Take Out Some Insurance on Me Baby.”
LOU REED: Berlin (1973), “The Kids.”
R.E.M.: Reckoning (1984), “Pretty Persuasion” Green (1988), “Orange Crush.”
THE REPLACEMENTS: All Shook Down (1990), “Nobody.”
MARC RIBOT: Marc Ribot y los Cubanos Postizos (1998), “No Me Llores Mas.”
CHARLIE RICH: Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich (1997), “A Woman Left Lonely.”
JEANNIE ROBERTSON: The Queen Among the Heather (1998), “Son David.”
SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES: The Anthology (1973), “Going to A-Go-Go.”
THE ROLLING STONES: Aftermath (1966), “Stupid Girl,” “Take It or Leave It”Between the Buttons (1967), “My Obsession” Let It Bleed (1969), “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” Some Girls (1978), “Shattered.”
SONNY ROLLINS: Saxophone Colossus (1964), “St. Thomas.”
DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES: The Ultimate Collection (1997), “Reflections,” “I’m Living in Shame.”
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: Rossini Arias (mezzo-soprano: Cecilia Bartoli; 1989), “Assisa a piè d’un salice.”
OTIS RUSH: His Cobra Recordings (1989), “It Takes Time.”
GEORGE RUSSELL: The Jazz Workshop (1956), “Ye Hypocrite, Ye Beelzebub.”
SALT’N PEPA: The Best of Salt’N Pepa (1999), “Whatta Man.”
SAM AND DAVE: The Best of Sam and Dave (1969), “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby.”
FRANZ SCHUBERT: B-flat Major Piano Sonata, D. 960 (Alfred Brendel; 1971); F-sharp Minor Piano Sonata (fragment), D. 571 (Andras Schiff; 1993); Winterreise(Wolfgang Holzmair; 1996); 22 Lieder (boxed set; 1997), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore, “Meerestille.”
JIMMY SCOTT: Heaven (1996).
RAYMOND SCOTT: Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights (1992); Manhattan Research Inc. (2000), “Limbo: The Organized Mind.”
ANDRES SEGOVIA: Andres Segovia and His Contemporaries, Vol. 6 (1999) (Maria Luisa Anido: Bouree BWV 1009, J. S. Bach).
THE SEX PISTOLS: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977), “Pretty Vacant.”
RON SEXSMITH: Ron Sexsmith (1995), “Wastin’ Time.”
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1 (cellist: Mstislav Rostropovich; 1959); The String Quartets (Brodsky Quartet; 1991); 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 (pianist: Tatiana Nikolayeva; 1995); Shostakovich Plays Shostakovich, Cello Sonata,Op. 40 (cellist: Mstislav Rostropovich; pianist: Dmitry Shostakovich; 1998); Symphony No. 14 (soloists: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Julia Varady; 2000).
PAUL SIMON: Paul Simon (1972), “Congratulations,” “Peace Like a River” There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973), “American Tune.”
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL: Bookends (1968), “Overs.”
NINA SIMONE: The Best of Nina Simone (1969), “Mississippi Goddam,” “I Loves You, Porgy.”
FRANK SINATRA: In the Wee Small Hours (1955), “Dancing on the Ceiling,” “When Your Lover Has Gone” Songs for Swingin’ Lovers (1956), “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”Only the Lonely (1958), “Good-bye” No One Cares (1959), “I Can’t Get Started” Live in Paris (1962), “Without a Song.”
FRANK SINATRA and ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM: Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967), “How Insensitive.”
PERCY SLEDGE: When a Man Loves a Woman (1967), “Out of Left Field.”
SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: Anthology (1981), “Stand!,” “Family Affair.”
THE SMALL FACES: The Immediate Years (1995), “Itchycoo Park.”
ELLIOTT SMITH: XO (1998), “Waltz #2.”
THE SMITHS: The Smiths (1984), “Still Ill.”
SON VOLT: Trace (1995), “Loose String.”
THE SPECIALS: The Specials (1979), “Blank Expression.”
PHIL SPECTOR: Back to Mono (1991), the Crystals, “He’s Sure the Boy I Love.”
THE SPINNERS: The Best of the Spinners (1978), “Rubberband Man.”
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: Dusty in Memphis (1969), “I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore,” “Just One Smile” Greatest Hits (1979), “I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten.”
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle (1973), “The E Street Shuffle” The River (1980), “Point Blank” Tunnel of Love (1987), “Brilliant Disguise” The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995), “Galveston Bay.”
SQUEEZE: East Side Story (1981), “A Woman’s World.”
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers (1996), “Gathering Flowers for the Master’s Bouquet.”
STEELY DAN: Countdown to Ecstasy (1973), “Show Biz Kids.”
ROD STEWART: The Mercury Anthology (1992), “You Wear It Well.”
RICHARD STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier (conductor: Carlos Kleiber; 1934); Four Last Songs (soloist: Gundula Janowitz; 1996).
IGOR STRAVINSKY: L’Histoire du Soldat (conductor: Stravinsky; 1938); Le Sacre du Printemps (conductor: Leonard Bernstein; 1958); Igor Stravinsky Edition(conductor: Stravinsky; 1963).
THE STYLISTICS: The Best of the Stylistics (1975), “People Make the World Go ’Round.”
JUNE TABOR: Abyssinians (1983), “A Smiling Shore.”
HOWARD TATE: Get It While You Can (1967), “I Learned It All the Hard Way.”
ART TATUM: 20th Century Piano Genius (1992), “Love for Sale.”
JOHNNIE TAYLOR: Raw Blues (1968), “That’s Where It’s At.”
TELEVISION: Marquee Moon (1977), “See No Evil.”
THE TEMPTATIONS: Anthology (1973), “Just My Imagination,” “Ball of Confusion.”
JOE TEX: The Best of Joe Tex (1965), “Love You Save (May Be Your Own).”
THEM: The Story of Them (1997), “Don’t Look Back.”
IRMA THOMAS: Ruler of Hearts (1989).
RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight(1974), “Calvary Cross.”
HENRY THREADGILL: Easily Slip into Another World (1987), “Black Hands Bejewelled.”
T.L.C.: Fanmail (1999), “Unpretty.”
MEL TORME: Easy to Remember (1979), “They Didn’t Believe Me.”
TRIBE CALLED QUEST: Anthology (1999), “Check the Rhime.”
TRICKY: Maxinquaye (1995), “Overcome.”
LENNIE TRISTANO: The New Tristano (1960), “Requiem,” “Line Up,” “Turkish Mambo.”
BIG JOE TURNER: The Very Best of Big Joe Turner (1998), “Honey Hush.”
U2: The Unforgettable Fire (1984), “Pride (In the Name of Love),” “Bad” Achtung Baby (1991), “One” Pop (1997), “Please.”
THE UNDERTONES: The Undertones (1980), “Teenage Kicks.”
VELVET UNDERGROUND: The Velvet Underground & Nico (1966), “Femme Fatale.”
THE VERVE: Urban Hymns (1997), “The Drugs Don’t Work,” “Neon Wilderness.”
ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER: Wings in the Night (1996), “De Vilda Svanarna.”
RICHARD WAGNER: Tristan and Isolde (conductor: Wilhelm Furtwangler; 1952);Der Ring des Nibelungen (conductor: George Solti; 1983).
PORTER WAGONER AND DOLLY PARTON: The Right Combination: Burning the Midnight Oil (1972), “Her and the Car and the Mobile Home.”
TOM WAITS: Swordfishtrombones (1983), “16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought-Six,” “In the Neighborhood” Rain Dogs (1985), “Jockey Full of Bourbon,” “Time” Frank’s Wild Years(1987), “Innocent When You Dream,” “Hang on St. Christopher” Bone Machine (1992), “A Little Rain,” “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up” Mule Variations (1999), “Take It with Me,” “Georgia Rae,” “Filipino Box-Spring Hog.”
SCOTT WALKER: Tilt (1995), “Farmer in the City.”
DIONNE WARWICK: The Windows of the World (1968), “Walk Little Dolly.”
MUDDY WATERS: More Real Folk Blues (1967), “Too Young to Know.”
DOC WATSON: The Essential Doc Watson (1973), “Tom Dooley.”
ANTON WEBERN: Complete Works (conductor: Pierre Boulez; 2000).
KURT WEILL: O Moon of Alabama (1994), Lotte Lenya, “Wie lange noch?”
KENNY WHEELER with LEE KONITZ, BILL FRISELL and DAVE HOLLAND:Angel Song (1997).
THE WHO: My Generation (1965), “The Kids Are Alright” Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy (1971), “Substitute.”
HANK WILLIAMS: 40 Greatest Hits (1978), “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “I’ll Never Get out of This World Alive.”
LUCINDA WILLIAMS: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998), “Drunken Angel.”
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON: The Best of Sonny Boy Williamson (1986), “Your Funeral and My Trial,” “Help Me.”
JESSE WINCHESTER: Jesse Winchester (1970), “Quiet About It,” “Black Dog,” “Payday.”
WINGS: Band on the Run (1973), “Let Me Roll It.”
HUGO WOLF: Lieder (soloist: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; 2000), “Alles Endet, Was Entstehet.”
BOBBY WOMACK: The Best of Bobby Womack (1992), “Harry Hippie.”
STEVIE WONDER: Talking Book (1972), “I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)” Innervisions (1973), “Living for the City” Fulfillingness’ First Finale (1974), “You Haven’t Done Nothin’.”
BETTY WRIGHT: The Best of Betty Wright (1992), “Clean Up Woman,” “The Baby Sitter,” “The Secretary.”
ROBERT WYATT: Mid-Eighties (1993), “Te Recuerdo Amanda.”
LESTER YOUNG: Ultimate Lester Young (1998), “The Man I Love.”
NEIL YOUNG: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969), “Down by the River”After the Goldrush (1970), “Birds” Time Fades Away (1973), “Don’t Be Denied” On the Beach (1974), “Ambulance Blues” Freedom (1989), “The Ways of Love” Ragged Glory(1990), “Fuckin’ Up.”
ZAMBALLARANA: Zamballarana (1997), “Ventu.”
SOUNDTRACKS
Betty Blue (Gabriel Yared; 1986); Big Night (Louis Prima et al.; 1996), Claudio Villa, “Stornelli Amorisi” The Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff; 1972), “Many Rivers to Cross”High Society (Cole Porter; 1956), Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, “Well Did You Evah?”One from the Heart (Tom Waits; 1982); Torn Curtain (Bernard Herrmann; 1978); The Wood (1999), Mystikal & Outkast, “Neck uv da Woods.”
VARIOUS
The Alan Lomax Collection Sampler (1997), Genoese longshoremen, “La Partenza”Anthology of American Folk Music (1997), Dock Boggs, “Country Blues” The Birth of the Third Stream (1957); Chess Golden Decade: The Early ’50s, Vol. 1 (circa 1970), Willie Mabon, “I’m Mad” Éthiopiques: Ethio Jazz and Musique Instrumentale 1969–1974, Vol. 4 (1998), Mulatu Astatqé;, “Yèkèrmo Sèw” Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones (1996); Mysteries of the Sabbath: Classic Cantorial Recordings, 1907–47 (1994); Nuggets (1998), the Knickerbockers, “Lies,” the Barbarians, “Moulty”The Real Kansas City of the ’20s, ’30s, & ’40s (1996), Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra, “Queer Notions” The Secret Museum of Mankind, Ethnic Music Classics: 1925–48 (1995–1998); There Will Be No Sweeter Sound: Columbia Okeh Post-War Gospel Story 1947–1962 (1998), Mello-Tones, “Looking for That City Called Heaven” Tougher Than Tough: The Story of Jamaican Music (1993), Dave and Ansel Collins, “Double Barrel.”
