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Old 04.12.2006, 09:53 AM   #1
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This is fucking amazing and GREAT! SONIC FUCKING YOUTH!!!! This is a great honor. Long live my musical gods, SONIC YOUTH!!!!!!

Kerry Paine sent me this link to the Library of Congress' National Recording registry. Every year they select recordings deemed culturally and musically relevant to the united states and preserve them. Check out 1988's selection!!!!

National Recording Registry picks for 2006
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The Library of Congress’ 2006 selections for the National Recording Registry, in chronological order.
“Canzone del Porter” from “Martha (von Flotow),” Edouard de Reszke 1903
“Listen to the Lambs,” Hampton Quartette; recorded by Natalie Curtis Burlin 1917
“Over There,” Nora Bayes 1917
“Crazy Blues,” Mamie Smith 1920
“My Man” and “Second Hand Rose,” Fanny Brice 1921
“Ory’s Creole Trombone,” Kid Ory June 1922
Inauguration of Calvin Coolidge, March 4 1925
“Tanec pid werbamy/Dance Under the Willows,” Pawlo Huemiuk 1926
“Singin’ the Blues,” Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke 1927
First official trans-Atlantic telephone conversation Jan. 7, 1927
“El Manisero” (“The Peanut Vendor”), Rita Montaner, vocal with orchestra, 1927; “El Manisero,” Don Azpiazu and his orchestra 1930
Light’s Golden Jubilee Celebration Oct. 21, 1929
Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Op. 84, Modesto, Calif., High School band 1930
“Show Boat,” Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson, James Melton and others; Victor Young, conductor; Louis Alter, piano 1932
“Wabash Cannonball,” Roy Acuff 1936
“One O’clock Jump,” Count Basie and his Orchestra 1937
Archibald MacLeish’s “Fall of the City,” Orson Welles, narrator, Burgess Meredith, Paul Stewart April 11, 1937
“The Adventures of Robin Hood” radio broadcast May 11, 1938
Joe Louis-Max Schmeling fight, Clem McCarthy, announcer June 22, 1938
“John the Revelator,” Golden Gate Quartet 1938
“Adagio for Strings,” Arturo Toscanini, conductor; NBC Symphony 1938
“Command Performance” show No. 21, Bob Hope, master of ceremonies July 7, 1942
“Straighten Up and Fly Right,” Nat “King” Cole 1943
Allen’s Alley segment from “The Fred Allen Show”, radio broadcast Oct. 7, 1945
“Jole Blon,” Harry Choates 1946
“Tubby the Tuba,” Paul Tripp (words) and George Kleinsinger (music) 1946
“Move on up a Little Higher,” Mahalia Jackson 1948
“Anthology of American Folk Music,” edited by Harry Smith 1952
“Schooner Bradley,” performed by Pat Boone 1952-60
“Damnation of Faust,” Boston Symphony Orchestra with the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society 1954
“Blueberry Hill,” Fats Domino 1956
“Variations for Orchestra,” Louisville Orchestra 1956
“Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” Jerry Lee Lewis 1957
“That’ll Be the Day,” Buddy Holly 1957
“Poeme Electronique,” Edgard Varese 1958
“Time Out,” The Dave Brubeck Quartet 1959
Studs Terkel interview with James Baldwin Sept. 29, 1962
William Faulkner address at West Point Military Academy 1962
“Dancing in the Street,” Martha and the Vandellas 1964
“Live at the Regal,” B.B. King 1965
“Are You Experienced?” Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967
“We’re Only in It for the Money,” Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention 1968
“Switched-On Bach,” Wendy Carlos 1968
“Oh Happy Day,” Edwin Hawkins Singers 1969
“Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers,” Firesign Theatre 1970
“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” Gil Scott-Heron 1970
“Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1972
The old foghorn, Kewaunee, Wis., recorded by James A. Lipsky 1972
“Songs in the Key of Life,” Stevie Wonder 1976
“Daydream Nation,” Sonic Youth 1988


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