Another pick by the National Recording Registry this year is Morton Subotnick’s Silver Apples of the Moon, the first album of all-electronic music. Released in 1967, it found favor with electronics geeks, as well as legions of stoners who soaked in its mind-blowing sounds.
The Sounds of American Culture, our series highlighting works in the National Recording Registry, receives production support from the Library of Congress.
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