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The Alternative Top 40

The Alternative Top 40

500 of the best and most historically relevant to NEVER make the top 40 album charts, chosen by Tom Ryan and presented chronologically.

Bob Marley & The Wailers 'Natty Dread'

Bob Marley & The Wailers: Natty Dread

Album #199 - October 1974

The third album by the Wailers brought significant changes in that two of the three bandmembers were no longer present.

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    John Coltrane: Giant Steps

    John Coltrane: Giant Steps

    Album #33 - February 1960

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      Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz to Come

      Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz to Come

      Album #32 - November 1959

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        Mingus Ah Um/Charles Mingus: Better Git It in Your Soul, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Boogie Stop Shuffle, Self-Portrait in Three Colors, Open Letter to Duke, Bird Calls, Fables of Faubus, Pussy Cat Dues, Jelly Roll

        Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um

        Album #31 - October 1959

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          Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

          Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

          Album #30 - August 1959

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            Chuck Berry Is On Top

            Chuck Berry: Chuck Berry Is On Top

            Album #29 - July 1959

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              Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight

              Howlin’ Wolf: Moanin’ In The Moonlight

              Album #28 - April 1959

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                Chet

                Chet Baker: Chet

                Album #27 - February 1959

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                  Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers: Moanin'

                  Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers: Moanin'

                  Album #26 - January 1959

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                    Milestones - Miles Davis

                    Miles Davis: Milestones

                    Album #25 - September 1958

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                      Something' Else - Cannon Ball Adderley, Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Art Blakey, Blue Note

                      Cannon Ball Adderley: Something' Else

                      Album #24 - August 1958

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                        Little Richard

                        Little Richard: Little Richard

                        Album #23 - July 1958

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                          Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin - Ray Ellis and his orchestra

                          Billie Holiday: Lady in Satin

                          Album #22 - June 1958

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