1958 Art Blakey – Moanin‘
1959 Cannonball Adderley With Milt.Jackson – Things Are Getting Better
1960 Cannonball Adderley – Them Dirty Blues
1961 Charles Mingus – Oh Yeah
1962 Jimmy Smith – Walk On The Wild Side
1963 Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
1964 Shirley Scott – The Great Live Sessions (2LP)
1965 John Lee Hooker – It Serves You Right To Suffer
1966 Lee Dorsey – Ride Your Poney
1967 Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced
1968 James Brown – Live At The Apollo
1969 Solomon Burke – Proud Mary – The Bell Sessions
1970 Captain Beefheart – Trout Mask Replica
1971 Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
1972 Little Feat – Sailin` Shoes
1973 Little Feat – Dixie Chicken
1974 Professor Longhair – Rock’n’Roll Gumbo
1975 Allen Toussaint – Southern Nights
1976 Tangerine Dream – Stratosfear
1977 Irma Thomas – Irma Thomas Live
1978 Son Seals – Live And Burning
1979 Linton Kwesi Johnson – Forces Of Victory
1980 Linton Kwesi Johnson – Bass Culture
1981 Carla Bley – Social Studies
1982 Bengt Berger – Bitter Funeral Beer
1983 Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
1984 Wim Mertens – Maximizing The Audience
1985 The Silos – About Her Steps
1986 Camper Van Beethoven – Camper van Beethoven
1987 The Brave Combo – Polkatharsis
1988 Soundgarden – Louder Than Love
1989 De La Soul – 3 Feet High And Rising
1990 The Fellow Travellers – No Easy Way
1991 FSK – Son Of Kraut
1992 Stereo MC’s – Connected
1993 Al Green – Don’t Look Back
1994 Gary Floyd -World Of Trouble
1995 Rockers Hi-Fi – Rockers To Rockers
1996 Joe Henry – Trampoline
1997 R.L. Burnside – Mr. Wizard
1998 Johnny Dowd – Wrong Side Of Memphis
1999 John Prine – In Spite Of Ourselves
2000 Dave Alvin – Public Domain
2001 Terry Callier – Alive
2002 The Old Joe Clarks – November
2003 The Band Of Blacky Ranchette – Still Lookin‘ Good To Me
2004 Johnny Dowd – Cemetery Shoes
2005 Mary Gauthier – Mercy Now
2006 Toni Kitanovski & Cherkezi Orchestra – Borderlands
2007 Hazmat Modine – Bahamut
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