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A long time in the making (I have over 25,000 LPs!), this is probably my top 600 acts/performers in as close to alphabetical order as possible: AC/DC Aerosmith Al Di Meola Al Green Al Stewart Albert Ayler Albert King Alex Chilton Alexander Spence Alice Cooper Allman Brothers Band Amon Duul II Amy Winehouse Andrew Bird Animals Anna Marie Jopek Any Trouble Aphex Twin Apples in Stereo Arlo Guthrie Art Bears Art Blakely and the Jazz Messengers Art Tatum Artie Shaw Arto Lindsay Ash Ra Temple Astrud Gilberto Autosalvage B.B. King Ben E. King B-52s Bach Back Door Badfinger Badlands Barry White Bauhaus Beach Boys Beastie Boys Beatles Beaver & Krause Bebop Deluxe Beck Beethoven Bela Fleck + The Flecktones Belle & Sebastian Belly Ben Folds Five Benny Goodman Big Star Bill Evans Bill Haley + The Comets Bill Laswell Billie Holiday Billy Bragg Billy Joel Birthday Party Bjork Black Merda Black Sabbath Blind Faith Blondie Blossom Dearie Blue Ash Blue Cheer Blue Oyster Cult Blur Bo Diddley Bob Dylan Bob Marley Bob Seger Bonzo Do Dah Band Bootsy Collins Box Tops Bread Brecker Brothers Breeders Brenda Lee Brian Eno Brian Wilson Bruce Haacke Bruce Springsteen Bryan Ferry Bubble Puppy Buckcherry Buddy Holly Buddy Rich + Max Roach Budgie Buffalo Springfield Buffy Sainte-Marie Butthole Surfers Buzzcocks Byrds Cab Calloway Cactus Cake Can Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Caravan Carol King Cars Cat Stevens Cecil Taylor Charles Mingus Charlie Hayden Charlie Parker Cheap Trick Chemical Brothers Chet Baker Chi-Lites Chocolate Watchband Chopin Chris Bell Chuck Berry Clifford Brown Clinic Cochise Cocteau Twins Cold Blood Comus Corduroy Cornershop Count Basie Country Joe and the Fish Cowboy Junkies Crackow Klezmer Band Cradle of Filth Cream Creedence Clearwater Revival Curved Air Cypress Hill Danzig Dave Brubeck Dave Von Rank David Bowie Dead Boys Dead Kennedys Dean Martin Death Cab for Cutie Decemberists Deep Purple Depeche Mode Derek and the Dominos Die Toten Hosen Dillard & Clark Dinah Washington Dion & The Belmonts Dire Straits Disturbed Django Reinhardt Doctor John Donna Summer Donovan Doors Dramatics DreamTheater Dresden Dolls Drifters Duke Ellington Dust Dvorak Dwight Twilley Band Eagles Earth Wind & Fire Eddie Cochrane Edgar Varese Edith Piaf Einsturzende Neubauten Electric Flag Electric Light Orchestra Electric Prunes Elephant’s Memory Ella Fitzgerald Elliott Carter Elliott Smith Elton John Elvis Costello Elvis Presley Emmylou Harris Eric Clapton Eric Dolphy Etta James Eugene McDaniels Faces Fairport Convention Fatboy Slim Fats Domino Fats Waller Faust Fear Feist Fifty Foot Hose Fiona Apple Flaming Groovies Flaming Lips Flatts & Scruggs Fleetwood Mac Floating Opera Flying Burrito Brothers Focus Foghat Foo Fighters Four Seasons Four Tops Frank Black Frank Sinatra Frank Zappa Frankie Lymon Fred Frith Free Fugi Fugs Funkadelic Gary McFarland Gene Clark Gene Vincent Generation X Genesis (early) Gentle Giant George Harrison Germs Gil Scott-Heron Glenn Gould Glenn Miller Godz Goldfrapp Gong Gram Parsons Grandmaster Flash Grateful Dead Greenslade Grin Guns N’ Roses Hampton Grease Band Hank Williams Harry Chapin Harry Nilsson Hatfield & The North Hawkwind Henry Cow Henry Cowell Henry Mancini Herbie Hancock Hole Hollies Holy Modal Rounders Horace Silver Hot Tuna Howlin’ Wolf HP Lovecraft Hugh Hopper Humble Pie Iggy Pop Insect Trust International Submarine Band Iron Maiden Isotope Jaco Pastorius Jacques Brel Jade Warrior James Brown James Gang Jane’s Addiction Janis Joplin Jay-Z Jeff Beck Jeff Buckley Jeff Mangum Jefferson Airplane Jellybean Jerry Garcia Band Jerry Lee Lewis Jesus and Mary Chain Jethro Tull Jewel Jim Croce Jimi Hendrix Jimmy Cliff Jimmy Smith Jobriath Joe Cocker Joe Jackson John Cage John Cale John Coltrane John Fahey John Lee Hooker John Lennon John Williams (gtr) Johnny Cash Johnny Thunders Johnny Winter Jonathan Richman + The Modern Lovers Jonathan Round (great maniac!) Joni Mitchell Joy Division Judas Priest Judy Garland Judy Henske + Jerry Yester Juliana Hatfield Julie London Kaleidoscope Kazik Keith Jarrett Kevin Ayers King Crimson Kinks Kraftwerk Kronos Quartet Last Poets Laura Nyro Leadbelly Led Zeppelin Lee Hazelwood Legendary Stardust Cowboy Leo Kotke Leonard Cohen Leonard Nimoy Lightnin’ Hopkins Link Wray Litter Little Richard Living Colour Loretta Lynn Lothar & The Hand People Lou Reed Louis Armstrong Louis Prima Louise Attaque Love Love and Rockets Lovin’ Spoonful Lucinda Williams Ludacris Lynyrd Skynyrd M.I.A. Madness Madonna Magma Mahavishnu Orchestra Mars Volta Marvellettes Marvin Gaye Massacre Matching Mole Matthew Sweet MC5 Meat Loaf Meat Puppets Megadeth Melvins Metallica Meters Michael Hurley Mike Bloomfield Mike Oldfield Miles Davis Milton Babbitt Mimi and Richard Farina Misfits Moby Monkees Moondog Morrissey Mose Allison Motorhead Mott the Hoople Move Mozart Mr Bungle Muddy Waters Naked City Nat King Cole Nazareth Neil Diamond Neil Young Neutral Milk Hotel New Order New York Dolls Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Nick Drake Nine Inch Nails Nirvana Norah Jones Notorious B.I.G. Nucleus Offspring Ohio Players Olivia Tremor Control Ornette Coleman Os Mutantes Otis Redding OutKast Outlaws Ozzy Osbourne Parliament Partridge Family Pat Martino Pat Methany Patsy Cline Patty Waters Paul Butterfield Blues Band Paul McCartney Pearl Jam Pearls Before Swine Peggy Lee Pere Ubu Pet Shop Boys Peter Gabriel PFM Phil Ochs Philip Glass Pink Floyd Pixies Platters Police Posies Pretenders Pretty Things Primus Prince Procol Harum Professor Longhair Psychedelic Furs Public Image Limited Pulp Queen Queens of the Stone Age R.E.M. Raconteurs Radiohead Raincoats Ramones Randy Newman Rascals Raspberries Rasputina Ray Charles Red Hot Chili Peppers Regina Spektor Replacements Residents Return to Forever Richard Hell Richard Thompson Richard Wagner Rickie Lee Jones Ringo Starr Rob Zombie Robert Johnson Robert Palmer Robert Wyatt Roberta Flack Robyn Hitchcock + The Egyptians Rockpile Rod Stewart Rolling Stones Ron Sexsmith Ronnettes Roxy Music Roy Buchanan Roy Wood Rufus Wainwright RUN DMC Runaways Rush Rzewski Sagittarius Sam Cooke Samhain Santana Sarah MacLachlan Sarah Vaughan Satie Savage Resurrection Savoy Brown (early) Scott Joplin Seeds Sensational Alex Harvey Band Serpent Power Sex Pistols Shakira Shangri-Las Shelby Lynne Shirelles Shoes Silver Apples Simon and Garfunkel Sir Lord Baltimore Slade Slapp Happy Slayer Sly & The Family Stone Small Faces Smashing Pumpkins Smithereens Smiths Soft Boys Soft Machine Sonic Youth Sonny Rollins Soul Coughing Soundgarden Sparks Spinners Spirit Spooky Tooth SRC Staple Singers Steely Dan Steve Miller Band Steve Reich Stevie Ray Vaughan Stevie Wonder Stone Temple Pilots Stooges Stravinsky Strokes Sugarcubes Suicide Sun Ra Supertramp Supremes Suzanne Vega Swamp Dogg Sweet Syd Barrett 10cc T. Love T. Rex Tammy Wynette Tchaikovsky Teenage Fanclub Television Temptations Ten Years After Terry Reid Terry Riley The Band The Clash The Cult The Cure The Who Thelonius Monk Thin Lizzy Third Ear Band Thirteenth Floor Elevators This Mortal Coil Throbbing Gristle Tim Buckley Tim Hardin Todd Rundgren Tom Lehrer Tom Petty Tom Waits Tommy James & The Shondells Tony Bennett Tool Toots & the Maytals Tower of Power Traffic Triumph Troggs TSA Tupac Shakur Turtles U2 UFO Ultimate Spinach Uncle Tupelo United States of America Ute Lemper Van Dyke Parks Van Morrison Velvet Opera Velvet Underground Vladimir Horowitz War Warren Zevon Weather Report Weezer Weird Al Yankovic West Coast Pop Art Experiment Band White Stripes Wilco Wild Magnolias Wild Man Fisher Wild Tchoupitoulas William Shatner Willie Dixon Willy Nelson Wizzard Woody Guthrie X X Ray Specs Yardbirds Yes Zombies ZZ Top
Way too long, so I only begin to write film lists, hits and misses: LOVE groucho, grant (cary), allen, altman, ashby, antonioni, bergman, bertolucci, bresson (r & l) & master bunuel, cassavetes & coppola (father great, daughter ok), demme, eisenstein in vertov's eye, fellini forever fassbinder bound & frears without fear, goddard when he decides not to preach, herzog & huston with much to teach, jarmusch & kurosawa in black & white towers & kieslowski a decaloque of red, white & blue, too (!), lang and lee’s fight while lynch lynching makavejev with malle, mendel, meyer, pasolini's road & his t. rex toad resnais, roeg, rohmer roaming for a knee at the beach with rudolph asking for remembrance with russell & robinson withnail & boil, scorcese taxiing to truffaut but shooting the piano player & the wounded wander in wajda-eyed wonder at waters in the welles & wilder, wenders & wertmuller; many pythons & hollywood greats, domestic or imported: capra, chaplin, curtiz, hawks, hitchcock, nichols, coens, kaufman, tarantino, aronofsky, paul thomas anderson …