1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die was first published in 2005 by Universe Publishing. Edited by Robert Dimery, it contains a chronological list of albums chosen by a panel of music critics to be the most important, influential, and best in popular music between the 1950s and the 2000s. It was reissued in 2008 with a revised list, and again in 2011, 2013 and 2016. From first publication the list has been a topic of much debate, with some disagreement regarding albums left out or included; however, it is widely regarded as a very useful starting point for the main musical references of the late 20th century. As the 2005 book is the first and has the most impact, that is the list I've used here.
I'm working my way through the list, and also comparing it with other lists.
Albums marked RS are on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums
Albums marked MC are on Mojo's 100 Records That Changed The World
Albums marked CCC are on Robert Christgau's Core Collection (pre-1980 albums)
Albums marked C4 are on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Albums
Albums marked NM are on NARM The Definitive 200
Albums marked G50 are on The Guardian 50 Albums That Changed Music
Albums marked UC are on Uncut's 200 Greatest Albums Of All Time
Albums marked NME are on NME's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
This list is those albums I would have on my list of 1001 albums you must hear before you die.
On the original list
$ Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours (RS) (MC) (NM) (NME)
$ Louis Prima – Wildest
$ Frank Sinatra – Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! (RS) (C4) (G50)
$ Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley (RS) (CCC) (G50) (NM)
$ Duke Ellington – Ellington At Newport
$ Marty Robbins – Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs
$ Buddy Holly and The Crickets – The Chirping Crickets (RS)
$ Little Richard – Here's Little Richard (RS)
$ Dave Brubeck – Time Out (NM)
$ Joan Baez – Joan Baez
$ Muddy Waters – At Newport (RS)
$ Muddy Waters – At Newport (RS)
$ Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba
$ Count Basie – Atomic Mr Basie
$ Sabu Martínez – Palo Congo
$ The Everly Brothers – A Date with the Everly Brothers
$ Tito Puente & His Orchestra – Dance Mania
$ Ray Price – Night Life
$ Booker T. & the M.G.'s – Green Onions
$ Astrud Gilberto – Beach Samba$ Count Basie – Atomic Mr Basie
$ Sabu Martínez – Palo Congo
$ The Everly Brothers – A Date with the Everly Brothers
$ Tito Puente & His Orchestra – Dance Mania
$ Ray Price – Night Life
$ Booker T. & the M.G.'s – Green Onions
$ The Kinks – Face to Face
$ Rolling Stones – Aftermath (RS) (CCC)
$ Love – Forever Changes (RS) (CCC) (C4)
$ John Mayall’s Blues Breakers – With Eric Clapton (RS)
$ The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (RS) (MC) (C4) (NM) (G50) (NME)
$ Country Joe & the Fish – Electric Music for the Mind & Body
$ Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde (RS) (CCC) (NME)
$ The Beach Boys – Today! (RS)
$ James Brown – Live at the Apollo (RS) (CCC) (G50)
$ Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (RS) (MC) (CCC) (NME)
$ Stan Getz & João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto (RS)
$ Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty
$ Rolling Stones – Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hit Makers)
$ Bert Jansch – Bert Jansch
$ Bob Dylan – Bringing it All Back Home (RS) (CCC) (G50) (NM)
$ Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited (RS) (CCC) (NM)
$ The Beatles – Revolver (RS) (MC) (C4) (NM) (NME)
$ The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (RS) (MC) (C4) (NM) (G50) (UC) (NME)
$ Fred Neil – Fred Neil
$ John Coltrane – A Love Supreme (RS) (C4) (NM)
$ Otis Redding – Otis Blue… Sings Soul (RS) (G50)
$ The Beatles – Rubber Soul (RS) (CCC) (NM) (NME)
$ Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NM) (G50)
$ Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet (RS) (CCC) (NM)
$ Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (RS) (MC) (C4) (G50)
$ Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (RS) (MC) (C4) (G50) (NME)
$ The Doors – The Doors (RS) (MC) (C4) (NM)
$ Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn (RS)
$ Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat (RS)
$ Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe as Milk
$ Traffic – Traffic
$ Small Faces – Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake
$ Miles Davis – In a Silent Way
$ Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul (RS)
$ Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash (RS)
$ Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NM) $ James Brown – Live at the Apollo (RS) (CCC) (G50)
$ Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (RS) (MC) (CCC) (NME)
$ Stan Getz & João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto (RS)
$ Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty
$ Rolling Stones – Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hit Makers)
$ Bert Jansch – Bert Jansch
$ Bob Dylan – Bringing it All Back Home (RS) (CCC) (G50) (NM)
$ Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited (RS) (CCC) (NM)
$ The Beatles – Revolver (RS) (MC) (C4) (NM) (NME)
$ The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (RS) (MC) (C4) (NM) (G50) (UC) (NME)
$ Fred Neil – Fred Neil
$ John Coltrane – A Love Supreme (RS) (C4) (NM)
$ Otis Redding – Otis Blue… Sings Soul (RS) (G50)
$ The Beatles – Rubber Soul (RS) (CCC) (NM) (NME)
$ Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NM) (G50)
$ Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet (RS) (CCC) (NM)
$ Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (RS) (MC) (C4) (G50)
$ Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (RS) (MC) (C4) (G50) (NME)
$ The Doors – The Doors (RS) (MC) (C4) (NM)
$ Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn (RS)
$ Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat (RS)
$ Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe as Milk
$ Traffic – Traffic
$ Small Faces – Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake
$ Miles Davis – In a Silent Way
$ Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul (RS)
$ Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash (RS)
$ Jeff Beck – Truth
$ Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (RS) (NME)
$ Leonard Cohen – Songs of Leonard Cohen
$ Laura Nyro – Eli & the Thirteenth Confession
$ Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (RS) (NME)
$ Leonard Cohen – Songs of Leonard Cohen
$ Laura Nyro – Eli & the Thirteenth Confession
$ Frank Zappa – Hot Rats
$ King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King
$ Fairport Convention – Liege & Lief (MC) (G50)
$ The Who – Tommy (RS) (C4)
$ Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (RS) (NM)
$ Pentangle – Basket of Light
$ Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NM) (NME)
$ Grateful Dead – Live/Dead (RS)
$ Dusty Springfield – Dusty in Memphis (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NME)
$ Johnny Cash – At San Quentin
$ Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails (RS)
$ Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
$ Sly and the Family Stone – Stand! (RS)
$ The Beatles – Abbey Road (RS) (NM) (NME)
$ Santana – Abraxas (RS)
$ Derek & the Dominos – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (RS) (CCC)
$ Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (RS) (MC) (G50)
$ Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà vu (RS) (NM)
$ Neil Young – After the Gold Rush (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NME)
$ The Who – Live at Leeds (RS)
$ Syd Barrett –The Madcap Laughs
$ Deep Purple – In Rock
$ Van Morrison – Moondance (RS) (CCC) (NM)
$ Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water (RS) (C4) (NM)
$ Cat Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman (RS) (NM)
$ James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (RS)
$ Led Zeppelin – III (RS)
$ Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (RS)
$ Jethro Tull – Aqualung (RS) (NM)
$ Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die
$ The Stooges – Fun House (RS) (MC)
$ The Who – Who’s Next (RS) (NM)
$ The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East (RS)
$ David Crosby – If Only I Could Remember My Name
$ Carole King – Tapestry (RS) (MC) (NM) (NME)
$ Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers (RS) (CCC) (NM) (NME)
$ John Lennon – Imagine (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NM)
$ The Doors – LA Woman (RS)
$ Can – Tago Mago (MC)
$ Led Zeppelin – IV (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NM)
$ Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells a Story (RS) (CCC) (C4)
$ T. Rex – Electric Warrior (RS)
$ David Bowie – Hunky Dory (RS) (NME)
$ Don McLean – American Pie
$ Yes – The Yes Album
$ Hawkwind – Space Ritual
$ Stevie Wonder – Talking Book (RS) (CCC)
$ Roxy Music – Roxy Music
$ Lou Reed – Transformer (RS) (C4) (NME)
$ David Bowie – Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (RW) (MC) (C4) (NM) (G50) (NME)
$ Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NM) (NME)
$ Yes – Close to the Edge
$ Paul McCartney – Band on the Run (RS) (NM)
$ Todd Rundgren – A Wizard, a True Star
$ Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (RS) (C4) (NM) (G50)
$ Brian Eno – Here Come the Warm Jets (RS)
$ Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
$ King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King
$ Fairport Convention – Liege & Lief (MC) (G50)
$ The Who – Tommy (RS) (C4)
$ Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (RS) (NM)
$ Pentangle – Basket of Light
$ Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NM) (NME)
$ Grateful Dead – Live/Dead (RS)
$ Dusty Springfield – Dusty in Memphis (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NME)
$ Johnny Cash – At San Quentin
$ Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails (RS)
$ Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
$ Sly and the Family Stone – Stand! (RS)
$ The Beatles – Abbey Road (RS) (NM) (NME)
$ Santana – Abraxas (RS)
$ Derek & the Dominos – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (RS) (CCC)
$ Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (RS) (MC) (G50)
$ Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà vu (RS) (NM)
$ Neil Young – After the Gold Rush (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NME)
$ The Who – Live at Leeds (RS)
$ Syd Barrett –The Madcap Laughs
$ Deep Purple – In Rock
$ Van Morrison – Moondance (RS) (CCC) (NM)
$ Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water (RS) (C4) (NM)
$ Cat Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman (RS) (NM)
$ James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (RS)
$ Led Zeppelin – III (RS)
$ Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (RS)
$ Jethro Tull – Aqualung (RS) (NM)
$ Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die
$ The Stooges – Fun House (RS) (MC)
$ The Who – Who’s Next (RS) (NM)
$ The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East (RS)
$ David Crosby – If Only I Could Remember My Name
$ Carole King – Tapestry (RS) (MC) (NM) (NME)
$ Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers (RS) (CCC) (NM) (NME)
$ John Lennon – Imagine (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NM)
$ The Doors – LA Woman (RS)
$ Can – Tago Mago (MC)
$ Led Zeppelin – IV (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NM)
$ Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells a Story (RS) (CCC) (C4)
$ T. Rex – Electric Warrior (RS)
$ David Bowie – Hunky Dory (RS) (NME)
$ Don McLean – American Pie
$ Yes – The Yes Album
$ Hawkwind – Space Ritual
$ Stevie Wonder – Talking Book (RS) (CCC)
$ Roxy Music – Roxy Music
$ Lou Reed – Transformer (RS) (C4) (NME)
$ David Bowie – Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (RW) (MC) (C4) (NM) (G50) (NME)
$ Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NM) (NME)
$ Yes – Close to the Edge
$ Paul McCartney – Band on the Run (RS) (NM)
$ Todd Rundgren – A Wizard, a True Star
$ Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (RS) (C4) (NM) (G50)
$ Brian Eno – Here Come the Warm Jets (RS)
$ Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
$ Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard (RS) (CCC)
$ Patti Smith – Horses (RS) (MC) (CCC) (C4) (G50) (NME)
$ David Bowie – Young Americans
$ Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run (RS) (MC) (CCC) (C4) (NM)
$ Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic (RS) (NM)
$ Wire – Pink Flag (RS) (CCC)
$ Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NM) (NME)
$ Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NM) (NME)
$ Blondie – Parallel Lines (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NME)
$ Dire Straits – Dire Straits
$ The Buzzcocks – Another Music in a Different Kitchen
$ Magazine – Real Life
$ Pretenders – Pretenders (RS)
$ Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers (RS)
$ X – Wild Gift (RS)
$ The Clash – London Calling (RS) (MC) (C4) (NM) (G50)
$ Michael Jackson – Off the Wall (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NM) (NME)
$ Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures (MC) (NME)
$ John Cale – Paris 1919
$ Kraftwerk – Autobahn
$ 10cc – Sheet Music
$ Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (C4)
$ The Human League – Dare (C4) (G50)
$ Michael Jackson – Thriller (RS) (MC) (C4) (NM) (G50) (NME)
$ Dexys Midnight Runners – Too Rye Ay
$ Duran Duran – Rio (C4)
$ Malcolm McLaren – Duck Rock
$ Culture Club – Colour by Numbers
$ ZZ Top – Eliminator (RS) (NM)
$ The Police – Synchronicity (RS) (C4) (NM)
$ The Pogues – Rum Sodomy & the Lash (RS)
$ Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (RS)
$ The Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy (MC)
$ Paul Simon – Graceland (RS) (C4) (NM)
$ George Michael – Faith (RS) (C4) (NM)
$ Terence Trent D’Arby – Introducing the Hardline According to…
$ The Sugarcubes – Life’s Too Good
$ Spacemen 3 – Playing with Fire
$ fIREHOSE – fROMOHIO
$ Orange Juice – Rip it Up
$ Barry Adamson – Moss SideStory
$ Soul II Soul – Club Classics: Vol One Soul / Dance
$ De La Soul – 3 Feet High & Rising (RS) (C4) (G50) Hip-hop
$ The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses (C4) (G50) (NME)
$ Talking Heads – Remain in Light (RS)
$ The Go-Go's – Beauty & the Beat (RS)
$ The Style Council (Paul Weller) – Café Bleu
$ The The – Soul Mining
$ Associates – Sulk
$ Haircut One Hundred – Pelican West
$ Big Black – Atomizer
$ Simply Red – Picture Book
$ The Psychedelic Furs – Talk, Talk, Talk
$ Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club
$ P.J. Harvey – Dry$ Michael Jackson – Off the Wall (RS) (CCC) (C4) (NM) (NME)
$ Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures (MC) (NME)
$ John Cale – Paris 1919
$ Kraftwerk – Autobahn
$ 10cc – Sheet Music
$ Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (C4)
$ The Human League – Dare (C4) (G50)
$ Michael Jackson – Thriller (RS) (MC) (C4) (NM) (G50) (NME)
$ Dexys Midnight Runners – Too Rye Ay
$ Duran Duran – Rio (C4)
$ Malcolm McLaren – Duck Rock
$ Culture Club – Colour by Numbers
$ ZZ Top – Eliminator (RS) (NM)
$ The Police – Synchronicity (RS) (C4) (NM)
$ The Pogues – Rum Sodomy & the Lash (RS)
$ Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (RS)
$ The Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy (MC)
$ Paul Simon – Graceland (RS) (C4) (NM)
$ George Michael – Faith (RS) (C4) (NM)
$ Terence Trent D’Arby – Introducing the Hardline According to…
$ The Sugarcubes – Life’s Too Good
$ Spacemen 3 – Playing with Fire
$ fIREHOSE – fROMOHIO
$ Orange Juice – Rip it Up
$ Barry Adamson – Moss SideStory
$ Soul II Soul – Club Classics: Vol One Soul / Dance
$ De La Soul – 3 Feet High & Rising (RS) (C4) (G50) Hip-hop
$ The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses (C4) (G50) (NME)
$ Talking Heads – Remain in Light (RS)
$ The Go-Go's – Beauty & the Beat (RS)
$ The Style Council (Paul Weller) – Café Bleu
$ The The – Soul Mining
$ Associates – Sulk
$ Haircut One Hundred – Pelican West
$ Big Black – Atomizer
$ Simply Red – Picture Book
$ The Psychedelic Furs – Talk, Talk, Talk
$ Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club
$ Nirvana – Nevermind (RS) (C4) (NM) (G50) (NME)
$ Belle and Sebastian – Tigermilk
$ Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha
$ Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas
$ My Bloody Valentine – Loveless (RS) (NME)
$ The La’s – The La’s
$ Slint – Spiderland
$ Belle and Sebastian – Tigermilk
$ Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha
$ Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas
$ My Bloody Valentine – Loveless (RS) (NME)
$ The La’s – The La’s
$ Slint – Spiderland
$ Metallica – Metallica [aka Black Album] (NM)
$ Primal Scream – Screamadelica (C4) (G50) (NME)
$ The Lemonheads – It’s a Shame About Ray
$ Primal Scream – Screamadelica (C4) (G50) (NME)
$ The Lemonheads – It’s a Shame About Ray
$ k.d. lang – Ingénue
$ Suede – Dog Man Star (NME)
$ Koffi Olomidé – Haut de Gamme: Koweït, Rive Gauche
$ Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted (RS)
$ Björk – Debut (C4)
$ William Orbit – Strange Cargo: III
$ Blur – Parklife (C4) (NME)
$ Oasis – Definitely Maybe (MC) (C4) (NME)
$ Hole – Live Through This (RS)
$ Suede – Suede (NME)
$ Supergrass – I Should Coco
$ Elastica – Elastica
$ Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York (RS)
$ Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill (RS) (C4) (NM)
$ The Divine Comedy – Casanova
$ Beck – Odelay (C4) (NM)
$ Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (RS) (C4) (NM) (NME)
$ The Verve – Urban Hymns (C4)
$ Bob Dylan – Bootleg Series Vol 4: Live 1966
$ The Prodigy – Fat of the Land (C4)
$ David Gray – White Ladder
$ Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come a Long Way,Baby
$ Cheb Khaled – Kenza
$ Bebel Gilberto – Tanto Tempo
$ The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free (C4)
$ Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters
$ The Zutons – Who Killed the Zutons?
$ Radiohead – OK Computer (RS) (C4) (NM) (NME)
$ Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
$ Pulp – Different Class (C4) (NME)
$ Maxwell – Urban Hang Suite
212 albums
My additions
+ Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads (MC) (CCC)
+ Bessie Smith - Empress of The Blues
+ Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller
+ Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
+ Bessie Smith - Empress of The Blues
+ Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller
+ Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
+ Gene Autry - Christmas Album
+ Professor Longhair - New Orleans Piano
+ Hank Williams - Memorial Album
+ Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino
+ Julie London - Julie Is Her Name
+ Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock / Shake Rattle and Roll
+ B.B. King – Singin' The Blues
+ Big Joe Turner - Boss Of The Blues
+ Big Joe Turner - Boss Of The Blues
+ Louis Jordan - Somebody Up There Digs Me
+ Lonnie Donegan - Lonnie Donegan Showcase
+ Harry Belafonte - Calypso
+ Perez Prado - Havana, 3 a.m.
+ Billie Holiday - Lady Sings The Blues (C4)
+ Ravi Shankar – Three Ragas
+ Nat King Cole - After Midnight
+ Chuck Berry - After School Session
+ Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
+ Jackie Wilson - He's So Fine
+ The Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio
+ Cliff Richard (and The Shadows) - Cliff
+ Eddie Cochran - Eddie Cochran
+ John Lee Hooker - I'm John Lee Hooker
+ Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (RS)
+ Various - Loud, Fast & Out Of Control: The Wild Sounds Of '50s Rock (1999)
+ The Coasters - Greatest Hits (2005)
+ Etta James - At Last! (RS) (NM)
+ The Platters - Encore of Golden Hits (CCC)
+ Ella Fitzgerald - Ella In Berlin
+ Various - The Very Best of Doo-Wop (2015)
+ Various - The Best of the Girl Groups (1990) (RS) (CCC)
+ Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte
+ Sun Ra - The Futurist Sounds of Sun Ra
+ Ike & Tina Turner - The Soul of Ike and Tina Turner
+ Erik Darling - True Religion
+ Robert Johnson King of the Delta Blues Singers (RS) (MC) (G50)
+ Various - West Side Story
+ Ruth Brown - Along Comes Ruth
+ Gene Pitney - The Many Sides of Gene Pitney
+ Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated - R&B from the Marquee
+ The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Other Hits
+ The Miracles - The Fabulous Miracles
+ Sandy Bull - Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo
+ Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album
+ The Beatles - Please Please Me (RS) (NME)
+ Davey Graham - Folk, Blues and Beyond
+ The Yardbirds - Five Live Yardbirds
+ The Temptations - Meet The Temptations
+ Leo Ferre - Verlaine et Rimbaud
+ Phil Ochs - All The News That's Fit to Sing
+ Burt Bacharach - Hit Maker
+ The Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (RS)
+ John Fahey - The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
+ Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank
+ The Beau Brummels - Introducing The Beau Brummels
+ Them - The Angry Young Them
+ The Impressions (Curtis Mayfield) - People Get Ready
+ The Yardbirds - For Your Love
+ The Beatles - Help! (RS)
+ Graham Bond Organisation - The Sound of 65
+ Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party
+ Fred Neil – Bleeker Street
+ Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High [or Proud Mary (RS) ]
+ Wilson Picket - The Exciting Wilson Pickett
+ Various - What's Shakin'
+ The Spencer Davis Group - The Second Album
+ The Seeds - A Web of Sound
+ Small Faces - Small Faces
+ Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Comin'
+ The Fugs - The Fugs First Album
+ Procol Harum - Procol Harum
+ Incredible String Band – The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion
+ The Red Crayola (or Krayola) - The Parable Of Arable Land
+ The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
+ The Nice - The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack
+ Gary Burton - Duster
+ Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant
+ The Hollies - Greatest Hits
+ Mississippi John Hurt - The Immortal
+ Various Artists - The Rock Machine Turns You On
+ Various - Hair
+ Cream - Wheels of Fire (RS)
+ Nina Simone - See-Line Woman: The Best of Nina Simone
+ Captain Beefheart - Strictly Personal
+ Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention – Fillmore East – June 1971
+ Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei
+ Grand Funk Railroad - On Time
+ Renaissance - Renaissance
+ Buffalo Springfield - Retrospective
+ The Mamas & the Papas - Hits of Gold
+ Al Stewart - Love Chronicles
+ It's A Beautiful Day - It's A Beautiful Day
+ Roy Harper - Folkjokeopus
+ Kevin Ayers - Joy of a Toy
+ Phil Spector - Back To Mono (1958-1969)
+ White Noise - An Electric Storm
+ Tyrannosaurus Rex - My People Were Fair...
+ Syd Barrett - Barrett
+ Fotheringay - Fotheringay
+ The Beatles - Let It Be (RS)
+ Donovan – Greatest Hits
+ Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson
+ Various - Jesus Christ Superstar
+ Various - Woodstock
+ Hawkwind - In Search Of Space
+ Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne
+ The Strawbs - From The Witchwood
+ Laura Nyro - Gonna Take A Miracle
+ The O'Jays - Back Stabbers (RS)
+ Various - The Harder They Come (RS) (CCC)
+ Various - Glastonbury Fayre
+ Gary Glitter - Glitter
+ Various - Nuggets (MC)
+ Man/Brinsley Schwartz/Hawkwind - Greasy Truckers Party
+ Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, and The East Street Shuffle (RS)
+ Beaver & Krause - All Good Men
+ The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys In Concert
+ The Upsetters - 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle (MC)
+ John Denver - Greatest Hits
+ Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette
+ Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1 Flying Teapot
+ Faust - The Faust Tapes
+ Various - Synth Pop
+ Steve Winwood – Winwood Greatest Hits Live
+ Youssou N'Dour – 7 Seconds, The Best of Youssou N'Dour
+ Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X
+ Avril Lavigne - Let Go
+ Beyonce - Dangerously In Love
+ Omar - There's Nothing Like This
+ Dwight Yoakam - If There Was A Way
+ Butthole Surfers – Butthole Surfers/Brown Reason To Live/Pee Pee The Sailor
+ Tindersticks - Tindersticks
+ L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
+ The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
+ Lonnie Donegan - Lonnie Donegan Showcase
+ Harry Belafonte - Calypso
+ Perez Prado - Havana, 3 a.m.
+ Billie Holiday - Lady Sings The Blues (C4)
+ Ravi Shankar – Three Ragas
+ Nat King Cole - After Midnight
+ Chuck Berry - After School Session
+ Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
+ Jackie Wilson - He's So Fine
+ The Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio
+ Cliff Richard (and The Shadows) - Cliff
+ Eddie Cochran - Eddie Cochran
+ John Lee Hooker - I'm John Lee Hooker
+ Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight (RS)
+ Various - Loud, Fast & Out Of Control: The Wild Sounds Of '50s Rock (1999)
+ The Coasters - Greatest Hits (2005)
+ Etta James - At Last! (RS) (NM)
+ The Platters - Encore of Golden Hits (CCC)
+ Ella Fitzgerald - Ella In Berlin
+ Various - The Very Best of Doo-Wop (2015)
+ Various - The Best of the Girl Groups (1990) (RS) (CCC)
+ Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte
+ Sun Ra - The Futurist Sounds of Sun Ra
+ Ike & Tina Turner - The Soul of Ike and Tina Turner
+ Erik Darling - True Religion
+ Robert Johnson King of the Delta Blues Singers (RS) (MC) (G50)
+ Various - West Side Story
+ Ruth Brown - Along Comes Ruth
+ Gene Pitney - The Many Sides of Gene Pitney
+ Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated - R&B from the Marquee
+ The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Other Hits
+ The Miracles - The Fabulous Miracles
+ Sandy Bull - Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo
+ Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album
+ The Beatles - Please Please Me (RS) (NME)
+ Davey Graham - Folk, Blues and Beyond
+ The Yardbirds - Five Live Yardbirds
+ The Temptations - Meet The Temptations
+ Leo Ferre - Verlaine et Rimbaud
+ Phil Ochs - All The News That's Fit to Sing
+ Burt Bacharach - Hit Maker
+ The Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (RS)
+ John Fahey - The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
+ Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank
+ The Beau Brummels - Introducing The Beau Brummels
+ Them - The Angry Young Them
+ The Impressions (Curtis Mayfield) - People Get Ready
+ The Yardbirds - For Your Love
+ The Beatles - Help! (RS)
+ Graham Bond Organisation - The Sound of 65
+ Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party
+ Fred Neil – Bleeker Street
+ Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High [or Proud Mary (RS) ]
+ Wilson Picket - The Exciting Wilson Pickett
+ Various - What's Shakin'
+ The Spencer Davis Group - The Second Album
+ The Seeds - A Web of Sound
+ Small Faces - Small Faces
+ Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Comin'
+ The Fugs - The Fugs First Album
+ Procol Harum - Procol Harum
+ Incredible String Band – The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion
+ The Red Crayola (or Krayola) - The Parable Of Arable Land
+ The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
+ The Nice - The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack
+ Gary Burton - Duster
+ Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant
+ The Hollies - Greatest Hits
+ Mississippi John Hurt - The Immortal
+ Various Artists - The Rock Machine Turns You On
+ Various - Hair
+ Cream - Wheels of Fire (RS)
+ Nina Simone - See-Line Woman: The Best of Nina Simone
+ Captain Beefheart - Strictly Personal
+ Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention – Fillmore East – June 1971
+ Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei
+ Grand Funk Railroad - On Time
+ Renaissance - Renaissance
+ Buffalo Springfield - Retrospective
+ The Mamas & the Papas - Hits of Gold
+ Al Stewart - Love Chronicles
+ It's A Beautiful Day - It's A Beautiful Day
+ Roy Harper - Folkjokeopus
+ Kevin Ayers - Joy of a Toy
+ Phil Spector - Back To Mono (1958-1969)
+ White Noise - An Electric Storm
+ Tyrannosaurus Rex - My People Were Fair...
+ Syd Barrett - Barrett
+ Fotheringay - Fotheringay
+ The Beatles - Let It Be (RS)
+ Donovan – Greatest Hits
+ Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson
+ Various - Jesus Christ Superstar
+ Various - Woodstock
+ Hawkwind - In Search Of Space
+ Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne
+ The Strawbs - From The Witchwood
+ Laura Nyro - Gonna Take A Miracle
+ The O'Jays - Back Stabbers (RS)
+ Various - The Harder They Come (RS) (CCC)
+ Various - Glastonbury Fayre
+ Gary Glitter - Glitter
+ Various - Nuggets (MC)
+ Man/Brinsley Schwartz/Hawkwind - Greasy Truckers Party
+ Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, and The East Street Shuffle (RS)
+ Beaver & Krause - All Good Men
+ The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys In Concert
+ The Upsetters - 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle (MC)
+ John Denver - Greatest Hits
+ Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette
+ Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1 Flying Teapot
+ Faust - The Faust Tapes
+ Barry White - Can't Get Enough
+ Elton John - Greatest Hits
+ Eagles - Desperados
+ Eagles - Desperados
+ Various - June 1, 1974
+ The Residents – Meet The Residents
+ Bob Dylan/The Band: Before the Flood (CCC)
+ Elvis Presley - The Sun Collection / The Sun Sessions (RS) (CCC) (C4)
+ John Lennon - Rock 'n' Roll
+ Grover Washington Jr - Mister Magic
+ Dr. Feelgood - Down By The Jetty
+ Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (RS)
+ Graham Parker and the Rumour - Howlin' Wind (CCC)
+ Augustus Pablo and King Tubby - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (G50)
+ Bee Gees & Others - Saturday Night Fever (RS) (C4) (NM)
+ Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (Pure Pop for Now People) (CCC)
+ Supertramp – Breakfast in America
+ Madness - One Step Beyond... (C4)
+ Linton Kwesi Johnson / Poet and The Roots - Dread Beat an' Blood
+ Maria Muldaur - Maria Muldaur
+ Misty In Roots - Live at the Counter Eurovision 79
+ Madness - One Step Beyond... (C4)
+ Linton Kwesi Johnson / Poet and The Roots - Dread Beat an' Blood
+ Maria Muldaur - Maria Muldaur
+ Misty In Roots - Live at the Counter Eurovision 79
+ Ultravox - Vienna
+ The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
+ The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
+ Various - We Do Em Our Way
+ Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
+ The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
+ Various - We Do Em Our Way
+ Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
+ Au Pairs - Playing With A Different Sex
+ Squeeze - Singles
+ Laurie Anderson Big Science
+ Kid Creole and the Coconuts - Tropical Gangsters
+ Laurie Anderson Big Science
+ Kid Creole and the Coconuts - Tropical Gangsters
+ The Jam - Snap!
+ Spandau Ballet - True
+ This Mortal Coil - It'll End In Tears
+ Fine Young Cannibals - Fine Young Cannibals
+ The Waterboys - This Is The Sea
+ The Cult - Love
+ Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel - Nail
+ The Cult - Love
+ Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel - Nail
+ The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
+ Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (NM)
+ Enya - Watermark
+ Ali Farka Touré - Ali Farka Touré
+ The dB's - Stands For Decibels
+ Television Personalities - And Don't The Kids Just Love It
+ The Wonder Stuff - Eight Legged Groove Machine
+ Ali Farka Touré - Ali Farka Touré
+ The dB's - Stands For Decibels
+ Television Personalities - And Don't The Kids Just Love It
+ The Wonder Stuff - Eight Legged Groove Machine
+ S'Express Original Soundtrack
+ Transvision Vamp - Velveteen
+ Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
+ The Durutti Column - Return of The Durutti Column
+ The Monochrome Set - Strange Boutique
+ Smiley Culture - Tongue In Cheek
+ Various - Produced by Trevor Horn
+ Transvision Vamp - Velveteen
+ Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
+ The Durutti Column - Return of The Durutti Column
+ The Monochrome Set - Strange Boutique
+ Smiley Culture - Tongue In Cheek
+ Various - Produced by Trevor Horn
+ Inspiral Carpets - Life
+ The Brand New Heavies - The Brand New Heavies
+ The Brand New Heavies - The Brand New Heavies
+ Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - 30 Something
+ P.M. Dawn - Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience
+ ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
+ Codeine - Frigid Stars LP
+ Codeine - Frigid Stars LP
+ Shakespeares Sister - Hormonally Yours
+ Ride – Going Blank Again
+ James - Laid
+ Various - The Best Punk Album in the World Ever!
+ Sleeper - Smart
+ Sleeper - Smart
+ The Spice Girls - Spice (G50)
+ Placebo - Placebo
+ Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley Shoals
+ Kula Shaker - K
+ Placebo - Placebo
+ Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley Shoals
+ Kula Shaker - K
+ Babybird - Ugly Beautiful
+ Will Smith - Big Willie Style (NM)
+ Embrace - The Good Will Out
+ Tom Jones - Reload
+ Dido - No Angel (C4)
+ Dido - No Angel (C4)
+ Dolly Parton – Ultimate Dolly Parton
+ Madeleine Peyroux - Careless Love
+ Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
+ Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
+ The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
+ Various - Sugar Sugar: The Birth of Bubblegum Pop
+ Bob Dylan - Tempest
+ Various - Sugar Sugar: The Birth of Bubblegum Pop
+ Bob Dylan - Tempest
+ Various - Now That's What I Call Classic Rock
+ Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (NME)
+ Andrea Bocelli - Romanza
+ The Three Tenors - Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert
+ Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (NME)
+ Andrea Bocelli - Romanza
+ The Three Tenors - Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert
+ Steve Winwood – Winwood Greatest Hits Live
+ Youssou N'Dour – 7 Seconds, The Best of Youssou N'Dour
+ Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X
+ Avril Lavigne - Let Go
+ Beyonce - Dangerously In Love
+ Omar - There's Nothing Like This
+ Dwight Yoakam - If There Was A Way
+ Butthole Surfers – Butthole Surfers/Brown Reason To Live/Pee Pee The Sailor
+ Tindersticks - Tindersticks
+ L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
+ The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
204 albums
Total so far: 211 + 204 = 415
