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CD Wish List: Recordings Stuck in the Analog Age
Music Insiders Pick Albums that Should Be Issued on CD
 Listen to the picks from Dec. 22.
Listen to the picks from Dec. 15.
Listen to the picks from Dec. 8.
Listen to the picks from Dec. 1.
December 2002 -- Odds are, many holiday shoppers will stumble into a record store at some point. While they peruse row upon row of CDs, they may not think about what they're not seeing. There are classic recordings by Neil Young, Aretha Franklin and Cannonball Adderley -- just to name a few -- that have never been officially released on compact disc. So in a four week series beginning Dec. 1, 2002 Weekend Edition Sunday is putting this question to people throughout the music community: What are the best albums that never made it to CD?
Week 4, Dec. 22, 2002:
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L. Pellegrinelli Photo: Melissa Richard.
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Lara Pellegrinelli, a freelance reporter who has written about music for the Village Voice and Jazz Times, chooses Embers and Ashes (Stereo-Craft, 1960), by Shirley Horn.
 Listen to Lara Pellegrinelli.
Listen to 30 seconds of I Thought About You from Embers and Ashes.
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Joe Goldmark Photo: Robert Foothorap
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Joe Goldmark, a recording artist and the manager/co-owner of Amoeba Music in San Francisco, chooses Clover (Mercury, 1977), by Clover.
Listen to Joe Goldmark.
Listen to 30 seconds of Santa Fe from Clover.
Bill Malone, retired Tulane University history professor and author of the first book on the history of country music -- Country Music U.S.A., chooses The Blue Sky Boys (RCA Victor, 1964), by The Blue Sky Boys.
Listen to Bill Malone.
Listen to 30 seconds of Asleep in the Briny Deep from The Blue Sky Boys.
Week 3, Dec. 15, 2002:
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S. T. Erlewine
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine, the director of content for pop music at All Music Guide, chooses Back in '72 (Reprise 1973), by Bob Seger.
Listen to Stephen Thomas Erlewine.
Listen to 30 seconds of the title track from Back in '72.
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Sam Brylawski
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Sam Brylawski, the head of the recorded sound section at the Library of Congress, chooses the 78 RPM recording On San Francisco Bay (Columbia, 1913), by the Hedges Bros. & Jacobson.
Listen to Sam Brylawski.
Listen to 30 seconds of On San Francisco Bay.
Michael Gray, discographer with Andante Magazine, directs Voice of America's Research Library and Digital Audio Archive projects. He chooses Cakewalk by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra with Eugene Ormandy conducting (Columbia 1952).
Listen to Michael Gray.
Listen to 30 seconds of The Banjo from Cakewalk.
Week 2, Dec. 8, 2002:
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Laura Cantrell |
Laura Cantrell, recording artist and host of WFMU's Radio Thrift Shop, chooses Don't Take Advantage of Me (Capitol, 1965), by Bonnie Owens.
Listen to Laura Cantrell.
Listen to 30 seconds of You Don't Have Very Far to Go from Don't Take Advantage of Me.
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Greg Loescher |
Greg Loescher, editor of Goldmine magazine, chooses American Tour (Epic, 1964), by The Dave Clark Five.
Listen to Greg Loescher.
Listen to 30 seconds of Who Does He Think He Is? from American Tour.
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Mark Anthony Neal |
Mark Anthony Neal, author of Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic, chooses In Search of Happiness (Fantasy, 1973), by Natural Essence.
Listen to Mark Anthony Neal.
Listen to 30 seconds of The Other Side of Town from In Search of Happiness.
Week 1, Dec. 1, 2002:
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Anthony DeCurtis |
Anthony DeCurtis, a contributing editor of Rolling Stone magazine, chooses Buckingham Nicks (Polydor, 1973), an early effort by two of the principal musicians of Fleetwood Mac.
Listen to Anthony DeCurtis.
Listen to 30 seconds of Don't Let Me Down Again from Buckingham Nicks.
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Bill Ferris |
Bill Ferris, founding director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, chooses
Mississippi Folk Voices, a compilation (Southern Folklore Records 1972). Listen to Bill Ferris.
Listen to 30 seconds of Mama, Talk to Your Daughter from Mississippi Folk Voices.
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Tim Page |
Tim Page, classical music critic for The Washington Post, chooses
Carl Friedberg Plays Brahms and Schumann (Zodiac 1955). Listen to Tim Page.
Listen to 30 seconds of Baby Going To Sleep from Carl Friedberg Plays Brahms and Schumann.
Other Resources
 Amoeba Music
All Music Guide
Library of Congress Recorded Sound Reference Center
Andante Magazine
Laura Cantrell's Web page
Goldmine magazine
Mark Anthony Neal's column at Popmatters.com
An interview with Anthony DeCurtis at RockCritics.com
The Center for the Study of Southern Culture
Tim Page conducts an online chat every other Wednesday at washingtonpost.com
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