The Wire's "100 Most Important Records Ever Made"

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"To mark our milestone we’ve chosen the most significant records made in the 20th Century – in a chart which sets down all the finest most marvellous and most great moments on record as they happened."

(<a href="http://www.thewire.co.uk/archive/charts/100_mostever.html">List Source</a>)

[ Due to out-of-print status or obscruity of several items, best available approximations are used. ]

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  1. 1.
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    On The Halls
    by Various Artists

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  2. 2.
    Anton Webern: Complete Works, Opp. 1-31
    by Anton Webern

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  3. 3.
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    Early Negro Vocal Quartets, Vol. 1
    by The Dinwiddie Colored Quartet

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  4. 5.
    Bartók at the Piano-1

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  5. 6.
    Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1
    by Bessie Smith

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  6. 7.
    Jelly Roll Morton:Complete Victor Recordings
    by Jelly Roll Morton

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  7. 8.
    The Hot Fives & Sevens
    by Louis Armstrong

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  8. 9.
    Complete Recordings 1929-34
    by Charley Patton

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  9. 10.
    Praise God I'm Satisfied
    by Blind Willie Johnson

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    Really! The Country Blues
    by Various Artists

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    Enthusiasm (Entuziazm: Simfoniya Donbassa) (1931)
    by Dziga Vertov

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  12. 13.
    The Complete Recordings
    by Robert Johnson

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  14. 15.
    Complete Original American Decca Recordings
    by Count Basie

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  15. 16.
    The Ragtime Band Sessions
    by Muggsy Spanier & His Ragtime Band

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  16. 17.
    Body and Soul
    by Coleman Hawkins

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  17. 18.
    Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
    by Duke Ellington

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  18. 19.
    The Complete Savoy Sessions
    by Charlie Parker

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  19. 20.
    Complete: Genius Modern Music
    by Thelonious Monk

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  20. 21.
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    Four Brothers
    by Woody Herman

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  21. 22.
    Intuition
    by Lennie Tristano

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  23. 24.
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    Folk Music of the Mediterranean
    by Various Artists

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  24. 25.
    The Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces
    by Art Tatum

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  25. 26.
    That's All Right
    by Elvis Presley

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  26. 27.
    Julie Is Her Name
    by Julie London

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  27. 28.
    Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
    by Frank Sinatra

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  28. 29.
    Saxophone Colossus
    by Sonny Rollins

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  29. 30.
    It's Hard But It's Fair: King Hits and Rarities
    by The "5" Royales

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  30. 31.
    Sweet Little Sixteen (single)
    by Chuck Berry

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  31. 32.
    Kind of Blue
    by Miles Davis

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  32. 33.
    Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley
    by Bo Diddley

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  33. 34.
    Stockhausen: Kontakte No12

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  34. 35.
    Change of the Century
    by Ornette Coleman

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  35. 36.
    Out of the Cool
    by Gil Evans Orchestra

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  36. 37.
    The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961
    by Bill Evans

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  37. 38.
    The Blues and the Abstract Truth
    by Oliver Nelson

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  38. 39.
    Green Onions
    by Booker T. & The MG's

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  39. 40.
    The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady
    by Charles Mingus

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    Sunday Morning Blues
    by La Monte Young

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    King Of Kings
    by Ezz Reco & The Launchers

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  42. 43.
    Spiritual Unity
    by Albert Ayler

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  43. 44.
    Louie Louie
    by The Kingsmen

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  44. 45.
    Out to Lunch
    by Eric Dolphy

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    A Collection Of 16 Tamla Motown Hits
    by Various Artists

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  46. 47.
    The Singles Collection
    by The Kinks

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  47. 48.
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    Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
    by James Brown

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  48. 49.
    Highway 61 Revisited
    by Bob Dylan

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  49. 50.
    ALEGRE ALL STARS

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