National Recording Registry
List of recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry is a registry of recordings selected by the National Recording Preservation Board, for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress for each year since 2002.[1]
The legislative intent of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 was to develop a national program to guard America's sound recording heritage. The results of the act were the formations of the National Recording Registry, The National Recording Preservation Board and a Fund-raising foundation to aid their efforts.[2] The National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 established the National Recording Registry specifically for the purpose of maintaining and preserving sound recordings and collections of sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and for other purposes.[3] Beginning in 2002, the National Recording Preservation Board began selecting 50 nominated recordings each year to be preserved. There have been 200 recordings preserved in the National Recording Registry thus far. Each year, open nominations are accepted until July 1 for inclusion in that year's list of selections to be announced the following spring. Thus, nominations for the 2007 list to be announced in the spring of 2008 must be submitted by July 1, 2007 although nominations are accepted year round.[1] So far, the announcements have been made later each year.
Each of first four yearly lists have included a few recordings that had already been selected for inclusion in the holdings of the National Archives' audiovisual collection. The National Archives is an independent federal agency that maintains holdings of documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government that are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever.[4] The National Archives' formal mission is: The National Archives and Records Administration serves American democracy by safeguarding and preserving the records of our Government, ensuring that the people can discover, use, and learn from this documentary heritage. We ensure continuing access to the essential documentation of the rights of American citizens and the actions of their government. We support democracy, promote civic education, and facilitate historical understanding of our national experience.[5] Thus, those recordings in the list of recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry that are of a political nature will tend to overlap with the audiovisual collection of the National Archives. The list below shows the overlapping items and whether the National Archives has an original or a copy of the recording.
2002
In January 2003, the following 50 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board.[6]
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2003
In March 2004, the following 50 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board.[9]
2004
In April 2005, the following 50 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board.[10]
2005
In April 2006, the following 50 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board.[13]
| Image | Recording/Collection | Performer | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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"Canzone del Porter" from Martha (von Flotow) |
Edouard de Reszke | 1903 | |
| "Listen to the Lambs." | Hampton Quartette; recorded by Natalie Curtis Burlin |
1917 | ||
|
"Over There" | Nora Bayes | 1917 | |
| "Crazy Blues." | Mamie Smith | 1920 | ||
| "My Man" and "Second Hand Rose" | Fanny Brice | 1921 | ||
| "Ory’s Creole Trombone." | Kid Ory | June 1922 | ||
|
Inauguration Ceremony | Calvin Coolidge | March 4, 1925 | |
| "Tanec pid werbamy/ Dance Under the Willows" Ukrainian violin solo with cymbaly, bass and sleigh bells |
Pawlo Humeniuk | 1926 | ||
| "Singin’ the Blues" | Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke |
1927 | ||
| First official transatlantic telephone conversation |
January 7, 1927 | original | ||
| "El Manisero" ("The Peanut Vendor") | Rita Montaner, vocal with orchestra Don Azpiazu and his Havana Casino orchestra |
1927 1930 |
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| Light's Golden Jubilee Celebration | October 21, 1929 | copy | ||
|
Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Op. 84, | Modesto High School Band | 1930 | |
|
Show Boat. | Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson, James Melton and others; Victor Young, conductor; Louis Alter, piano |
1932 | |
| "Wabash Cannonball" | Roy Acuff | 1936 | ||
|
"One o'Clock Jump" | Count Basie and his Orchestra | 1937 | |
|
Archibald MacLeish's "Fall of the City". | Orson Welles, narrator, Burgess Meredith, Paul Stewart |
April 11, 1937 | copy |
| "The Adventures of Robin Hood", radio broadcast |
May 11, 1938 | |||
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Joe Louis-Max Schmeling fight, | Clem McCarthy, announcer | June 22, 1938 | |
| "John the Revelator" | Golden Gate Quartet | 1938 | ||
| "Adagio for Strings", recorded broadcast |
Arturo Toscanini, conductor; NBC Symphony |
November 5, 1938 | ||
| File:Bhope.jpg | "Command Performance", show No. 21, |
Bob Hope, master of ceremonies | July 7, 1942 | copy |
| File:Nat King Cole 2.jpg | "Straighten up and Fly Right" | Nat “King” Cole | 1943 | |
| "The Fred Allen Show", recorded broadcast |
October 7, 1945 | |||
| "Jole Blon" | Harry Choates | 1946 | ||
| "Tubby the Tuba" | Paul Tripp (words) and George Kleinsinger (music) |
1946 | ||
|
"Move on up a Little Higher" | Mahalia Jackson | 1948 | |
| Anthology of American Folk Music. | Edited by Harry Smith | 1952 | ||
| "Schooner Bradley" | Pat Bonner | 1952-60 | ||
| "Damnation of Faust." | Boston Symphony Orchestra with the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society |
1954 | ||
| File:FatsDominoStatue.jpg | "Blueberry Hill" | Fats Domino | 1956 | |
| "Variations for Orchestra." representative of the Louisville Orchestra First Edition Recordings series |
Louisville Orchestra | 1956 | ||
| "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1957 | ||
| "That'll Be the Day.” | The Crickets | 1957 | ||
|
“Poeme Electronique” | Edgard Varèse | 1958 | |
|
Time out | The Dave Brubeck Quartet | 1959 | |
| Studs Terkel interview with James Baldwin, representative of the Studs Turkel Collection at the Chicago History Museum (formerly the Chicago Historical Society) |
September 29, 1962 | |||
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West Point Military Academy address | William Faulkner | 1962 | |
| "Dancing in the Street" | Martha and the Vandellas | 1964 | ||
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Live at the Regal | B.B. King | 1965 | |
| Are You Experienced? | Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1967 | ||
| File:Frank Zappa Bust.jpg | We're Only in It for the Money | Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention | 1968 | |
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Switched-On Bach | Wendy Carlos | 1968 | |
| "Oh Happy Day." | Edwin Hawkins Singers | 1969 | ||
| Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers. | Firesign Theatre | 1970 | ||
| "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" | Gil Scott-Heron | 1970 | ||
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 1972 | ||
| The old foghorn, Kewaunee, Wis. | Recorded by James A. Lipsky | 1972 | ||
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Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | 1976 | |
| Daydream Nation | Sonic Youth | 1988 |
See also
- National Recording Registry
- National Film Registry
- List of films preserved in the United States National Film Registry
External link
Notes
- ^ a b "Current Registry". The Library of Congress. 2006-11-03. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
- ^ "Overview". The Library of Congress. 2006-11-16. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
- ^ "Current Registry". The Library of Congress. 2006-11-03. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
- ^ "About the National Archives". U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved March 1.
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{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "The National Recording Registry 2002". The Library of Congress. 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
- ^ National Parks Service Edison Cylinders page last accessed on February 24, 2007
- ^ The original 25 recordings from July 24, 1933 and July 28, 1934 are preserved at the Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, NY as per "National Archives Sound Recordings Named to National Recording Registry". U.S. Newswire. 2003-01-23. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
- ^ "The National Recording Registry 2003". The Library of Congress. 2006-10-25. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
- ^ "The National Recording Registry 2004". The Library of Congress. 2006-10-25. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
- ^ The National Recording Registry lists this as a 1965 recording. The album was recorded in 1962 and released in 1963 (according to its article page last accessed on February 24, 2007).
- ^ The National Recording Registry lists this as a 1989 recording. The album was recorded in 1989 and released in 1990 (according to its article page last accessed on February 24, 2007).
- ^ "The National Recording Registry 2005". The Library of Congress. 2006-10-25. Retrieved 2007-02-09.