The Wire - 100 Most Important Records Ever Made

(from 1992, roughly chronological)

Anton Webern - Complete Works Conducted By Pierre Boulez
Various - On The Halls
Bessie Smith - The World's Greatest Blues Singer / Any Woman's Blues /
  Empty Red Blues / The Empress / Nobody's Blues But Mine
Blind Willie Johnson - Praise God I'm Satisfied
Charley Patton - Founder Of The Delta Blues
Dinwiddie Colored Quartet - Early Negro Vocal Quartets Volume One
Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird / Petrushka / The Rite Of Spring
Jelly Roll Morton - Centennial: His Complete Victor Recordings
Louis Armstrong - Hot Five And Hot Seven
Various - Really! The Country Blues
Billie Holiday With The Teddy Wilson Orchestra - The Complete
Coleman Hawkins - Body And Soul
Count Basie - The Original American Decca Recordings
Duke Ellington - The Blanton-Webster Years
Dziga Vertov - Enthusiasm: Symphony Of The Donbas
Muggsy Spanier - The Great 16
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings
Charlie Parker - The Savoy Sessions
Lennie Tristano - Intuition
Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music Volumes One And Two
Woody Herman - Four Brothers
Art Tatum - The Tatum Solo Masterpieces
Elvis Presley - That's All Right (Mama) / Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swinging Lovers
Julie London - Julie Is Her Name
Olivier Messiaen - Turangalia Symphony
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Collosus
Various - Folk Music Of The Mediterranean
Bill Evans - The Village Vanguard Sessions / Move From The Vanguard
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley
Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen
Gil Evans - Out Of The Cool
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang Der Junglinge / Kontakt
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Oliver Nelson - Blues And The Abstract Truth
Ornette Coleman - Change Of The Century
The Five Royales - Dedicated To The One I Love
Bela Bartok - Bartok At The Piano 1920-45
Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity
Booker T And The MGs - Green Onions
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Ezz Reco And The Launchers - King Of Kings
Lamonte Young - Sunday Morning Blues
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
Alegre All-Stars - They Don't Make 'Em Like Us Anymore
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
The Kinks - See My Friend
Various - A Collection Of 16 Tamla Motown Hits
Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples Of The Moon
The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold As Love
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
Scott Walker - Scott 3
Sly And The Family Stone - Dance To The Music
The Melodians - Pre-meditation
The Meters - Look A Py Py
The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Soft Machine - Third
The Stooges - Funhouse
Various Whales - Songs Of The Humpback Whale
Bob Marley - Catch A Fire
Joni Mitchell - Ladies Of The Canyon
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Philip Glass - Music In Twelve Parts
Ravi Shankar And Ali Akbar Khan - In Concert 1972
Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Various - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965- 68
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Can - Soon Over Babaluma
Fela Ransome Kuti And The Africa 70 - Kalakuta Show
Grupo Folklorio Y Experimental Nuevayorquino - Concepts In Unity
Patti Smith - Horses
Evan Parker - Monoceros
Hans Jurgen Syberberg - Hitler, A Film From Germany
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing
Public Image Ltd - Metal Box
The Clash - The Clash
Alban Berg - Lulu
Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five - The Adventures Of Grandmaster   Flash On The Wheels Of Steel
The Fall - Slates, Slags Etc
The Pop Group - Y
Christian Marclay - Record Without A Cover
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
King Sunny Ade - Juju Music
Madonna - Into The Groove
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Minor Threat - Minor Threat
Various - The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto
Ami Koita - Tata Sira
Cecil Taylor - In Berlin '88
Mr Fingers - Washing Machine
Public Enemy - Bring The Noise

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