1. bob dylan - blonde on blonde (columbia, 1966)
2. the beatles - white album (apple, 1968)
3. frank sinatra - songs for swingin' lovers! (capitol, 1955-1956)
4. elvis presley - his hand in mine (rca, 1960)
5. miles davis - the legendary prestige quintet sessions (concord, 1955-1956)
6. dean martin - dream with dean (reprise, 1964)
7. peggy lee and benny goodman - the complete recordings (columbia, 1941-1947)
8. bill evans - sunday at the village vanguard (riverside, 1961)
9. ella fitzgerald - sings the cole porter songbook (verve, 1956)
10. the strokes - is this it (rca, 2001)
11. hank williams - 40 greatest hits (mercury, 1947-1952)
12. red garland - all kinds of weather (prestige, 1958)
13. grant green - the complete quartets with sonny clark (blue note, 1961-1962)
14. the fine arts quartet - beethoven: complete string quartets + grosse fuge (everest, 1969)
15. buddy holly - the buddy holly collection (mca, 1956-1968) [dates include posthumous overdubs]
16. gene vincent - bluejean bop! (capitol, 1956)
17. johnny burnette and the rock 'n roll trio (coral, 1956)
18. the everly brothers - it's everly time! (warner bros, 1960)
19. howlin' wolf - his best (chess, 1951-1964)
20. the doo wop box (rhino, 1948-1987)
21. kiss me, kate: original broadway cast re-recording (columbia, 1959)
22. thelonious monk - thelonious monk trio (prestige, 1952-1954)
23. billie holiday - lady day: the best of billie holiday (legacy, 1935-1941)
24. herbie nichols - herbie nichols trio (blue note, 1955-1956)
25. charles mingus - the black saint and the sinner lady (impulse!, 1963)
26. john coltrane - blue train (blue note, 1957)
27. muddy waters - at newport (chess, 1960)
28. bix beiderbecke - bix beiderbecke, vol. 1: singin' the blues (columbia, 1927)
29. the tátrai quartet - haydn: erdődy quartets, op. 76 (hungaroton, 1964)
30. johnny cash - the complete sun recordings (time life, 1955-1958)
31. bing crosby - a centennial anthology of his decca recordings (mca, 1934-1956)
32. fritz reiner - schubert: unfinished + symphony no. 5 (rca, 1960)
33. big mama thornton - hound dog: the peacock recordings (mca, 1952-1957)
34. charlie feathers - get with it: essential recordings (revenant, 1954-1969)
35. patsy cline - the ultimate collection (hip-o, 1956-1961)
36. carl perkins - up through the years (bear family, 1954-1957)
37. charles munch - schumann: symphony no. 1 'spring' + manfred overture (rca, 1959)
38. bruno walter - mozart: the last six symphonies (columbia, 1959-1960)
39. the rolling stones - exile on main st. (rolling stones, 1972)
40. angelo badalamenti and david lynch - twin peaks: fire walk with me (warner bros, 1992)
41. antal doráti - tchaikovsky: the nutcracker (mercury, 1962)
42. bill haley - rock around the clock (decca, 1954-1955)
43. chuck berry - the anthology (chess, 1955-1972)
44. little richard - the georgia peach (specialty, 1955-1957)
45. morton gould - copland: billy the kid / rodeo + grofé: grand canyon suite (rca, 1957)
46. jerry lee lewis - live at the star club, hamburg (philips, 1964)
47. june christy - day dreams (capitol, 1947-1955)
48. sam cooke - live at the harlem square club (rca, 1963)
49. elmore james - blues after hours (crown, 1954-1955)
50. tammy wynette - inspiration (epic, 1969)