the rix mix

National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, "A bill to establish the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress to maintain and preserve sound recordings and collections of sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and for other purposes." This year's Registry list of fifty recordings was just announced. It includes: “Crazy Blues,” Mamie Smith (1920); First official transatlantic telephone conversation (Jan. 7, 1927); “Wabash Cannonball,” Roy Acuff (1936); "In the Mood." Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. (1939):The Fred Allen Show”(Radio broadcast of Oct. 7, 1945); That’ll Be the Day,” Buddy Holly (1957); "We're Only in It for the Money," Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (1968); The old fog horn, Kewaunee, Wis., recorded by James A. Lipsky (1972);"Daydream Nation," Sonic Youth (1988).