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Our Musical Past
All-time top 100 TV themes [sound recording]
Always in my heart [sound recording]: classic songs from World War II, volume two
Atlantic ultimate '50s R&B smashes! [sound recording]
Blues gods [sound recording]: essential blues
Classic African American gospel [sound recording] by from Smithsonian Folkways
Classic blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [sound recording]
Classic protest songs from Smithsonian Folkways [sound recording]
Dust bowl ballads [sound recording] by Woody Guthrie
The fabulous big band collection [sound recording]
Have a nice decade [sound recording]: disc 1
It's de lovely [sound recording]: the authentic Cole Porter collection by Porter, Cole, 1891-1964
Jazz [sound recording]: the definitive performances
Left of the dial [sound recording]: dispatches from the 80s underground
Malt shop memories [sound recording]
Now that's what I call the 90s [sound recording]
The pop parade [sound recording]: hits of the '40s, '50s & '60s
The Roaring Twenties [sound recording]
60's pop hits [sound recording]
Roots music [sound recording]: an American journey
Summer of love gold [sound recording]
20th Century Fox [sound recording]: 75 years of great film music
Voices of the Civil Rights movement [sound recording]: Black American freedom songs, 1960-1966