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eighteen albums

The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl

The Beatles - Please Please Me

The Beatles - With the Beatles

James Brown - Live at the Apollo

Sandy Bull - Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo

James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir - Peace Be Still

Sam Cooke - Night Beat

Bob Dylan -

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

The Impressions

Burl Ives Presents America's Musical Heritage

Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band - Unblushing Brassiness

Lonnie Mack - The Wham of That Memphis Man

The Miracles - The Fabulous Miracles

Peter, Paul and Mary - Moving

Peter, Paul and Mary - In the Wind

Jimmy Scott - Falling in Love Is Wonderful

Dave Van Ronk - Folksinger

Hedy West Accompanies Herself on the 5 String Banjo

fifty-three singles and deep cuts

The Angels - 'My Boyfriend's Back', My Boyfriend's Back

The Astronauts - 'Baja' ['Baja (Pronounced Ba-ha)'], Surfin' with the Astronauts

Bobby Bare - 'Detroit City', Detroit City and Other Hits by Bobby Bare

Bobby Bare - '500 Miles Away from Home', 500 Miles Away from Home

The Beach Boys - 'Surfin' U.S.A.', Surfin' U.S.A.

The Beatles - 'From Me to You'

The Beatles - 'She Loves You'

The Beatles - 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'

Chad and Jeremy - 'Yesterday's Gone', Yesterday's Gone [1964]

The Chiffons - 'He's So Fine'

The Dave Clark Five - 'Glad All Over', Glad All Over [1964]

The Cookies - 'Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)'

The Crystals - 'Da Doo Ron Ron'

The Crystals - 'Then He Kissed Me'

The Drifters - 'On Broadway', Our Biggest Hits [1964]; Under the Boardwalk [1964; revised version of Our Biggest Hits]

The 4 Seasons - 'Walk like a Man', Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others...

Inez Foxx - 'Mockingbird', Mockingbird

Freddie and the Dreamers - 'I'm Telling You Now'

Gerry and the Pacemakers - 'How Do You Do It?'

Gerry and the Pacemakers - 'I Like It'

Gerry and the Pacemakers - 'You'll Never Walk Alone', How Do You Like It?

Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs - 'Sugar Shack', Sugar Shack

Lesley Gore - 'It's My Party', I'll Cry If I Want To

John Lee Hooker - 'Don't Look Back', John Lee Hooker on Campus

Jan and Dean - 'Surf City', Surf City and Other Swingin' Cities

Jan and Dean - 'Dead Man's Curve', Drag City; remixed version, Dead Man's Curve/ The New Girl in School [1964]

George Jones/ Melba Montgomery - 'We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds', George Jones and Melba Montgomery Singing What's in Our Hearts

The Kingsmen - 'Louie Louie', The Kingsmen in Person

Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas - 'Bad to Me'

Major Lance - 'The Monkey Time', The Monkey Time

Major Lance - 'Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um', Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um: The Best of Major Lance [1964]

Barbara Lewis - 'Hello Stranger', Hello Stranger

Martha and the Vandellas - 'Come and Get These Memories', Come and Get These Memories

Martha and the Vandellas - 'Heat Wave', Heat Wave

Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters - 'Cry Baby', Cry Baby

The Orlons - 'South Street', South Street

Buck Owens - 'Act Naturally'

Ray Price - 'Night Life', Night Life

Prince Buster - 'Madness', I Feel the Spirit

Boots Randolph - 'Yakety Sax', Boots Randolph's Yakety Sax!

The Ronettes - 'Be My Baby', ...Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica

Ruby and the Romantics - 'Our Day Will Come'

The Searchers - 'Sweets for My Sweet', Meet the Searchers

The Searchers - 'Love Potion Number Nine', Meet the Searchers

The Surfaris - 'Wipe Out', Wipe Out

Screaming Lord Sutch - 'Jack the Ripper'

Little Johnny Taylor - 'Part Time Love'

Nino Tempo/ April Stevens - 'Deep Purple', Deep Purple

Rufus Thomas - 'Walking the Dog', Walking the Dog

The Tymes - 'So Much in Love', So Much in Love

Bobby Vinton - 'Blue Velvet', Blue Velvet

Muddy Waters - 'You Need Love'

Little Stevie Wonder - 'Fingertips - Pt 1'/ 'Fingertips - Pt 2', The 12 Year Old Genius

two archival and compilation albums

Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash

Lightnin' Hopkins - Early Recordings