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The Wire: 100 Records That Set the World on Fire (+30 Runner-Ups)

Tired of being reminded by other magazines that the best albums in the world were made by The Beatles, Beach Boys and Rolling Stones? So is The Wire magazine. They polled their writers to come up with a guide to 100 records that should have ignited the world's imagination, except that everyone else was fiddling. Plus 30 additional runner-ups.
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Charles Ives - Symphony No. 4
Charles Ives - Symphony No. 4
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Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)
Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)
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Stan Kenton City of Glass: Stan Kenton Plays Bob Graettinger
Stan Kenton City of Glass: Stan Kenton Plays Bob Graettinger
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Louis and Bebe Barron - Forbidden Planet
Louis and Bebe Barron - Forbidden Planet
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Esquivel and His Orchestra - Other Worlds Other Sounds
Esquivel and His Orchestra - Other Worlds Other Sounds
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Joe Meek & the Blue Men - I Hear a New World: An Outer Space Music Fantasy (1960)
Joe Meek & the Blue Men - I Hear a New World: An Outer Space Music Fantasy (1960)
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Joe Harriott - Abstract
Joe Harriott - Abstract
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Son House - Father of Folk Blues (1965)
Son House - Father of Folk Blues (1965)
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William Burroughs - Call Me Burroughs
William Burroughs - Call Me Burroughs
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Steve Reich - Early Works
Steve Reich - Early Works
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Albert Ayler - Albert Ayler in Greenwich Village
Albert Ayler - Albert Ayler in Greenwich Village
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The Bill Dixon Orchestra - Intents and Purposes
The Bill Dixon Orchestra - Intents and Purposes
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Gottfried Michael Koenig - Terminus II / Funktion Grun
Gottfried Michael Koenig - Terminus II / Funktion Grun
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Sun Ra - Strange Strings
Sun Ra - Strange Strings
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Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
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Dr. John - Gris-Gris
Dr. John - Gris-Gris
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Pearls Before Swine - Balaklava (1968)
Pearls Before Swine - Balaklava (1968)
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The Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Karyōbin
The Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Karyōbin
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The United States of America - The United States of America
The United States of America - The United States of America
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El Camaron De La Isla Con Paco De Lucia – Camaron De La Isla (1969)
El Camaron De La Isla Con Paco De Lucia – Camaron De La Isla (1969)
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Ram John Holder - Black London Blues
Ram John Holder - Black London Blues
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Phil Ochs - Rehearsals for Retirement
Phil Ochs - Rehearsals for Retirement
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Buffy Sainte-Marie - Illuminations (1969)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - Illuminations (1969)
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Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman
Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman
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Silver Apples - Contact
Silver Apples - Contact
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Skip Spence - Oar
Skip Spence - Oar
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Kevin Ayers and the Whole World - Shooting at the Moon
Kevin Ayers and the Whole World - Shooting at the Moon
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Comus - First Utterance
Comus - First Utterance
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Michael Gibbs - Michael Gibbs
Michael Gibbs - Michael Gibbs
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Alvin Lucier ‎– I Am Sitting in a Room (1981)
Alvin Lucier ‎– I Am Sitting in a Room (1981)
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Cluster - Cluster (1971)
Cluster - Cluster (1971)
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The Last Poets - The Last Poets
The Last Poets - The Last Poets
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Master Musicians of Jajouka - Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka
Master Musicians of Jajouka - Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka
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John Cale - Paris 1919
John Cale - Paris 1919
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Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness (1971)
Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness (1971)
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Miles Davis - On the Corner
Miles Davis - On the Corner
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Hugh Hopper - 1984
Hugh Hopper - 1984
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The Modern Lovers - The Original Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers - The Original Modern Lovers
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Annette Peacock - I'm the One
Annette Peacock - I'm the One
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Pierre Akendengue - Nandipo
Pierre Akendengue - Nandipo
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