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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ARCHIVES RECORDINGS
The Library of Congress has announced this year's 50 selections to be added to the National Recording Registry. The 2000 National Recording Preservation Act charges the Library of Congress with choosing recordings each year that are at least 10 years old and are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" to be included in the registry. The registry dovetails with a number of other efforts to preserve recorded material in digital format in order to sidestep a future in which vast numbers of recordings disappear, either because they are on volatile media that are not properly preserved or because the technology to play them becomes obsolete and scarce. Researchers warn that government and private efforts must begin now to ensure the long-term accessibility of millions of tapes and records at risk. The Library of Congress has also begun digitizing nearly 4 million sound and video recordings it maintains, including 80,000 vinyl 45-rpm records. Federal Computer Week, 13 April 2006 The full Article can be found here....
2005 National Recording Registry (in chronological order)
1. "Canzone del Porter†from “Martha(von Flotow),†Edouard de Reszke (1903)
2. "Listen to the Lambs,†Hampton Quartette; recorded by Natalie Curtis Burlin (1917)
3. "Over There,†Nora Bayes (1917)
4. "Crazy Blues,†Mamie Smith (1920)
5. “My Man†and “Second Hand Rose,†Fanny Brice (1921)
6. “Ory’s Creole Trombone,†Kid Ory (June 1922)
7. Inauguration of Calvin Coolidge (March 4, 1925)
8. “Tanec pid werbamy/Dance Under the Willows,†Pawlo Huemiuk (1926)
9. “Singin’ the Blues,†Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke (1927)
10. First official transatlantic telephone conversation (Jan. 7, 1927)
11. “El Manisero†(“The Peanut Vendorâ€), Rita Montaner, vocal with orchestra (1927); “El Manisero,†Don Azpiazu and his orchestra (1930)
12. Light’s Golden Jubilee Celebration (Oct. 21, 1929)
13. Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Op. 84, Modesto High School Band (1930)
14. “Show Boat,†Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson, James Melton and others; Victor Young, conductor; Louis Alter, piano (1932)
15. “Wabash Cannonball,†Roy Acuff (1936)
16. “One O’Clock Jump,†Count Basie and his Orchestra (1937)
17. Archibald MacLeish’s “Fall of the City,†Orson Welles, narrator, Burgess Meredith, Paul Stewart (April 11, 1937)
18. “The Adventures of Robin Hood†radio broadcast of May 11, 1938
19. Joe Louis-Max Schmeling fight, Clem McCarthy, announcer (June 22,1938)
20. “John the Revelator,†Golden Gate Quartet (1938)
21. “Adagio for Strings,†Arturo Toscanini, conductor; NBC Symphony (1938)
22. “Command Performance†show No.21, Bob Hope, master of ceremonies (July 7, 1942)
23. “Straighten Up and Fly Right,†Nat “King†Cole (1943)
24. Allen’s Alley segment from “The Fred Allen Show†(Radio broadcast of Oct. 7, 1945)
25. “Jole Blon,†Harry Choates (1946)
26. “Tubby the Tuba,†Paul Tripp (words) and George Kleinsinger (music) (1946)
27. “Move on up a Little Higher,†Mahalia Jackson (1948)
28. “Anthology of American Folk Music,†edited by Harry Smith (1952)
29. “Schooner Bradley,†performed by Pat Bonner (1952-60)
30. “Damnation of Faust,†Boston Symphony Orchestra with the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society (1954)
31. “Blueberry Hill,†Fats Domino (1956)
32. “Variations for Orchestra,†Louisville Orchestra (1956)
33. “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,†Jerry Lee Lewis (1957)
34. “That’ll Be the Day,†Buddy Holly (1957)
35. “Poeme Electronique,†Edgard Varese (1958)
36. “Time Out,†The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959)
37. Studs Terkel interview with James Baldwin (Sept. 29, 1962)
38. William Faulkner address at West Point Military Academy (1962)
39. “Dancing in the Street,†Martha and the Vandellas (1964)
40. “Live at the Regal,†B.B. King (1965)
41. “Are You Experienced?†Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
42. “We’re Only in It for the Money,†Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (1968)
43. “Switched-On Bach,†Wendy Carlos (1968)
44. “Oh Happy Day,†Edwin Hawkins Singers (1969)
45. “Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers,†Firesign Theatre (1970)
46. “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,†Gil Scott-Heron (1970)
47. “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,†Nitty Gritty Dirt Band(1972)
48. The old fog horn, Kewaunee, Wis., recorded by James A. Lipsky (1972)
49. “Songs in the Key of Life,†Stevie Wonder (1976)
50. “Daydream Nation,†Sonic Youth (1988)