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forty-seven albums
Johnny Adams - A Room with a View of the Blues
American Music Club - California
A. R. Kane - 69
Bad Religion - Suffer
Beat Happening - Jamboree
Camper Van Beethoven - Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
Tracy Chapman
Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
The Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
Rodney Crowell - Diamonds and Dirt
Death - Leprosy
Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
Enya - Watermark
Front 242 - Front by Front
Diamanda Galás - You Must Be Certain of the Devil
Galaxie 500 - Today
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
Guy
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Manowar - Kings of Metal
Metallica - ...And Justice for All
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey
Morrissey - Viva Hate
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Naked Raygun - Jettison
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
Rage - Perfect Man
R. E. M. - Green
Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shocked
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peepshow
Slayer - South of Heaven
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Souled American - Fe
The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good
Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow when I Can't Even Smile Today
Talking Heads - Naked
Testament - The New Order
They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
Lucinda Williams
Dwight Yoakam - Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room
twenty-eight songs
The Bangles - 'Eternal Flame', Everything
Boy Meets Girl - 'Waiting for a Star to Fall', Reel Life
Bobby Brown - 'My Prerogative', Don't Be Cruel
The Cardiacs - 'Is This the Life?', A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window
Neneh Cherry - 'Buffalo Stance', Raw like Sushi [1989]
The Church - 'Under the Milky Way', Starfish
Danzig - 'Mother', Danzig; new version, Thrall-Demonsweatlive [1993]
Deacon Blue - 'Real Gone Kid', When the World Knows Your Name
Erasure - 'A Little Respect', The Innocents
E. U. - 'Da Butt', [Various artists] School Daze: Original Soundtrack Album
Fine Young Cannibals - 'She Drives Me Crazy', The Raw & the Cooked [1989]
Guns n' Roses - 'Patience', G n' R Lies
The La's - There She Goes', The La's [1990]
Living Colour - 'Cult of Personality', Vivid
Bobby McFerrin - 'Don't Worry, Be Happy', Simple Pleasures
Bette Midler - 'Wind beneath My Wings', Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording
Randy Newman - 'It's Money That Matters', Land of Dreams
Billy Ocean - 'Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car', Tear Down These Walls
Operation Ivy - Hectic [E. P.]
The Pet Shop Boys - 'Left to My Own Devices', Introspective
The Pooh Sticks - 'On Tape'
The Pooh Sticks - The Pooh Sticks [E. P.—box-set version with five one-sided 45s]
Prince - 'Alphabet St.', Lovesexy
The Proclaimers - 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)', Sunshine on Leith
Psychic T. V. - 'Tune In (Turn On the Acid House)'
Snapper - Snapper [E. P.]
The Stone Roses - 'Elephant Stone'
Neil Young - 'This Note's for You', This Note's for You
seven archival and compilation albums
The Beatles - Past Masters Volume One
The Beatles - Past Masters Volume Two
Martha Carson's Greatest Gospel Hits
Jerry Lee Lewis - Up through the Years, 1958-1963
The Pastels - Suck On
The Wedding Present - Tommy (1985-1987)
Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Vol. 1