But the 1957 record has made the list, along with 49 others this year. There are now 200 titles in the National Recording Registry, which aims through its annual selections to highlight, according to the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, works that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and worthy of preservation. Registry recordings must be at least 10 years old.
Other Registry recordings from the rock era are Jimi Hendrix's extraordinary 1967 debut album, "Are You Experienced?" featuring not one but five classic tracks: "The Wind Cries Mary," "Hey Joe," "Foxey Lady," "Purple Haze" and "Fire."
The new additions range from these famous works to such obscure but important recordings as Beethoven's Egmont Overture, performed by the Modesto High School Band in 1930 -- one of the earliest extant high school band recordings; "Jole Blon" (1946) recorded by Harry Choates, who is credited with introducing Cajun music to a national audience; and "Schooner Bradley" (ca. 1952-1960), by Pat Bonner, which is reflective of the music of the Great Lakes sailors at the end of the schooner era.
