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Fifty recordings were added to the registry in the first four years (2002-2005). The 2006 registry was 25 recordings.

In late 2006, National Public Radio broadcast a five-part series of programs spotlighting selections from the 2005 Registry.


SELECTION CRITERIA

The criteria for selection are as follows:1

  • Recordings selected for the National Recording Registry are those that are culturally, historically or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States.

  • For the purposes of recording selection, "sound recordings" are defined as works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds, but not including the sound component of a moving image work, unless it is available as an autonomous sound recording or is the only extant component of the work.

  • Recordings may be a single item or group of related items; published or unpublished; and may contain music, non-music, spoken word, or broadcast sound.

  • Recordings will not be considered for inclusion into the National Recording Registry if no copy of the recording exists.

  • No recording should be denied inclusion into the National Recording Registry because that recording has already been preserved.

  • No recording is eligible for inclusion into the National Recording Registry until ten years after the recording's creation.



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