National Recording Registry

The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and inform or reflect life in the United States". The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board, whose members are appointed by the librarian of Congress. The recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry form a registry of recordings selected yearly by the National Recording Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress.

Selection criteria

The criteria for selection are: • Recordings selected for the National Recording Registry are "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant", and inform or reflect culture in the United States. • Recordings will not be considered for inclusion in the National Recording Registry if no copy of the recording exists. • No recording is eligible for inclusion in the National Recording Registry until ten years after the recording's creation. ==Inductees==

Inductees

The list shows overlapping items and whether the National Archives has an original or a copy of the recording. Notes ==Statistics==

Statistics

, the oldest recording on the list is Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville's Phonautograms, which date back to the 1850s. The most recent is the original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton from 2015. Alexander Scourby's recitation of the King James Bible is over 80 hours, and Lyndon B. Johnson's recordings are nearly 850 hours in length. Two significant podcast episodes are included: "The Giant Pool of Money" from This American Life (focusing on the subprime mortgage crisis causing the Great Recession) and the Robin Williams interview from WTF with Marc Maron (before his death from suicide in 2014). The Super Mario Bros. theme was the first piece of video game music to be selected for the Registry. ==Multiple entries==

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