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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.

Richard and Linda Thompson: Hokey Pokey

Richard and Linda Thompson: Hokey Pokey

Album #205 - April 1975

For a guy who has been saddled with impressions of writing “gloom and doom from the tomb” by his own fanbase, there are an awful lot of light moments on “Hokey Pokey.” It ma

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    Sarah Vaughn

    Sarah Vaughn: Sarah Vaughn

    Album #1 - January 1955

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      Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers

      Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers

      Album #2 - July 1956

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        The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life

        The Louvin Brothers: Tragic Songs of Life

        Album #3 - July 1956

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          Louis Prima: The Wildest

          Louis Prima: The Wildest

          Album #4 - November 1956

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            Johnny Burnette and The Rock and Roll Trio

            Johnny Burnette and The Rock and Roll Trio

            Album #5 - December 1956

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              B.B. King - Singin' The Blues

              B.B. King: Singin' The Blues

              Album #6 - February 1957

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                Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight

                Miles Davis: 'Round About Midnight

                Album #7 - March 1957

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                  Thelonius Monk: Brilliant Corners

                  Thelonius Monk: Brilliant Corners

                  Album #8 - March 1957

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                    Chuck Berry - After School Session

                    Chuck Berry: After School Session

                    Album #9 - May 1957

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                      Sonny Rollins: Volume 2

                      Sonny Rollins: Vol. 2

                      Album #10 - June 1957

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                        Ray Charles

                        Ray Charles: (Self Titled)

                        Album #11 - June 1957

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                          Cookin'  with The Miles Davis Quintet

                          The Miles Davis Quintet: Cookin'

                          Album #12 - July 1957

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