Featured Recordings
Every day, we feature a new recording and put Tom's full entry from the 1,000 Recordings book up on the site.
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- The Music of Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe - featured on January 08, 2009
- Surfacing
Sarah McLachlan - featured on January 07, 2009
- La leyenda del tiempo
Camerón de la Isla - featured on January 06, 2009
- Trans-Europe Express
Kraftwerk - featured on January 05, 2009
- A Night at the Opera
Queen - featured on January 04, 2009
- "Leader of the Pack"
The Shangri-Las - featured on January 03, 2009
- Moanin' in the Moonlight
Howlin' Wolf - featured on January 02, 2009
- The Joshua Tree
U2 - featured on January 01, 2009
- His Royal Hipness
Lord Buckley - featured on December 31, 2008
- DecksandDrumsandRockandRoll
The Propellerheads - featured on December 30, 2008
- Brain Salad Surgery
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - featured on December 29, 2008
- The Crane Wife
The Decemberists - featured on December 28, 2008
- Paul's Boutique
The Beastie Boys - featured on December 27, 2008
- Blues Breakers
John Mayall - featured on December 26, 2008
- The Nutcracker
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - featured on December 25, 2008
- Superunknown
Soundgarden - featured on December 24, 2008
- La perfecta
Eddie Palmieri - featured on December 23, 2008
- Pirates
Rickie Lee Jones - featured on December 22, 2008
- Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette - featured on December 21, 2008
- Vulgar Display of Power
Pantera - featured on December 20, 2008
- "Toxic"
Britney Spears - featured on December 19, 2008
- The Fantastic, Vol. 1
Slum Village - featured on December 18, 2008
- Native Dancer
Wayne Shorter - featured on December 17, 2008
- Solid Air
John Martyn - featured on December 16, 2008
- The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips - featured on December 15, 2008
- Truth and Soul
Fishbone - featured on December 14, 2008
- Everything Is Everything
Donny Hathaway - featured on December 13, 2008
- Avalon
Roxy Music - featured on December 12, 2008
- Learning to Crawl
The Pretenders - featured on December 11, 2008
- Africa/Brazil
Jorge Ben - featured on December 10, 2008
- Dream Letter: Live in London, 1968
Tim Buckley - featured on December 09, 2008
- Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt - featured on December 08, 2008
- XO
Elliott Smith - featured on December 07, 2008
- The Band
The Band - featured on December 06, 2008
- The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers - featured on December 05, 2008
- Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
Odetta - featured on December 04, 2008
- The Trio: Rediscovered
Billy Bean - featured on December 03, 2008
- The Essential Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers - featured on December 02, 2008
- Dust Bowl Ballads
Woody Guthrie - featured on December 01, 2008
- Chimurenga Singles, 1976-1980
Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited - featured on November 30, 2008
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
Henry Mancini - featured on November 29, 2008
- "California Dreamin'"
The Mamas and the Papas, - featured on November 28, 2008
- Symphony No. 9
Gustav Mahler - featured on November 27, 2008
- Undercurrent
Bill Evans and Jim Hall - featured on November 26, 2008
- Come Away with Me
Norah Jones - featured on November 25, 2008
- Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth - featured on November 24, 2008
- Kind of Blue
Miles Davis - featured on November 23, 2008
- American Beauty
The Grateful Dead - featured on November 22, 2008
- In Concert in Paris
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - featured on November 21, 2008
- My Fair Lady
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe - featured on November 20, 2008
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37
Sergey Rachmaninoff - featured on November 19, 2008
- Revolver
The Beatles - featured on November 18, 2008
- I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Bright Eyes - featured on November 17, 2008
- Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - featured on November 16, 2008
- Neon Bible
The Arcade Fire - featured on November 15, 2008
- Open Fire, Two Guitars
Johnny Mathis - featured on November 14, 2008
- GP/Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons - featured on November 13, 2008
- Legend of Arab Music
Oum Kalthoum - featured on November 12, 2008
- Spirituals
Marian Anderson - featured on November 11, 2008
- The First Day
Albert Ammons and Meade "Lux" Lewis - featured on November 10, 2008
- Spiritual Unity
Albert Ayler - featured on November 09, 2008
- 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of. . .
Arrested Development - featured on November 08, 2008
- The Complete Hot Fives and Hot Sevens
Louis Armstrong - featured on November 07, 2008
- Urban Bushmen
Art Ensemble of Chicago - featured on November 06, 2008
- Dirt
Alice in Chains - featured on November 05, 2008
- The Real Me: Johnny Adams Sings Doc Pomus
Johnny Adams - featured on November 04, 2008
- Moorish Music from Mauritania
Dimi Mint Abba and Khalifa Ould Eide - featured on November 03, 2008
- Blu Blu Blu
The Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra - featured on November 02, 2008
- Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams - featured on November 01, 2008
- The Complete General Recordings
The Almanac Singers - featured on October 31, 2008
- Allison Wonderland
Mose Allison - featured on October 30, 2008
- The Ultimate Arthur Alexander
Arthur Alexander - featured on October 29, 2008
- Harmonium
John Adams - featured on October 28, 2008
- Shakin' the Rafters
The Abyssinian Baptist Choir - featured on October 27, 2008
- Wild Gift
X - featured on October 26, 2008
- Juju
Wayne Shorter - featured on October 25, 2008
- The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
John Fahey - featured on October 24, 2008
- "Good Vibrations"
The Beach Boys - featured on October 23, 2008
- Whipped Cream and Other Delights
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - featured on October 22, 2008
- How the West Was Won
Led Zeppelin - featured on October 21, 2008
- Harpsichord Music
William Byrd - featured on October 20, 2008
- Raga Darbari Kanada
Hariprasad Chaurasia - featured on October 19, 2008
- Homogenic
Björk - featured on October 18, 2008
- Loveless
My Bloody Valentine - featured on October 17, 2008
- The Kick Inside
Kate Bush - featured on October 16, 2008
- Back in Black
AC/DC - featured on October 15, 2008
- Arepa 3000: A Venezuelan Journey into Space
Los Amigos Invisibles - featured on October 14, 2008
- Dock Boggs: His Folkways Years 1963-68
Dock Boggs - featured on October 13, 2008
- Segundo
Juana Molina - featured on October 12, 2008
- Como & porque
Elis Regina - featured on October 11, 2008
- The Voice of Lightness: Congo Classics, 1961-1977
Tabu Ley Rochereau - featured on October 10, 2008
- Aja
Steely Dan - featured on October 09, 2008
- ¿Dónde están los ladrones?
Shakira - featured on October 08, 2008
- Astral Weeks
Van Morrison - featured on October 07, 2008
- The Best of the Classic Years
King Sunny Ade - featured on October 06, 2008
- Chester and Lester
Chet Atkins and Les Paul - featured on October 05, 2008
- Steppin' Out: Astaire Sings
Fred Astaire - featured on October 04, 2008
- At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band - featured on October 03, 2008
- Air Lore
Air - featured on October 02, 2008
- Purple Rain
Prince and the Revolution - featured on October 01, 2008
