As you might imagine, Tom Moon's 2008 book 1000 RECORDINGS TO HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE contains a large number of albums from the current Acclaimed Music top 3000 - over 400, in fact. I may compile and post those when I get the chance (the entire list is accessible at http://www.1000recordings.com), but I'd like to use this thread to focus on eligible albums from the list that are NOT in the AM 3000 at the moment.

First, here are the albums featured in the book which are currently either Bubbling Under or were on the list of upcoming AM database additions that Henrik posted to the forum in November:

Mahmoud Ahmed: Ere Mela Mela [Ethiopiques, Vol. 7] – 1975
Air: Air Lore – 1979 [NOTE: This is –not– the French electro-pop duo, but an American free-jazz ensemble]
Fiona Apple: When the Pawn… – 1999
Erykah Badu: Mama’s Gun – 2000
Tim Buckley: Dream Letter: Live in London 1968 – 1990
Café Tacuba: Cuatro Caminos – 2003
Camaron de la Isla: La Leyenda del Tiempo – 1979
Vic Chesnutt: Is the Actor Happy? – 1995
Karen Dalton: It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going to Love You the Best – 1969
Danger Mouse: The Grey Album – 2004
Sandy Denny: Sandy – 1972
Dixie Chicks: Wide Open Spaces – 1998
Emerson, Lake and Palmer: Brain Salad Surgery – 1973
Fatboy Slim: Better Living Through Chemistry – 1997
Bebel Gilberto: Tanto Tempo – 2000
Joao Gilberto: Joao Gilberto – 1973
Donny Hathaway: Everything is Everything – 1970
Freddie Hubbard: Red Clay – 1970
Keith Jarrett: My Song – 1978
Antonio Carlos Jobim / Elis Regina: Elis & Tom – 1974
George Jones: The Grand Tour – 1974
Salif Keita: Moffou – 2002
Konono No. 1: Congotronics – 2005
Leo Kottke: 6 and 12 String Guitar – 1971
Peggy Lee: Black Coffee – 1953
Henry Mancini: Breakfast at Tiffany’s – 1961
Thelonious Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane: At Carnegie Hall – 2005
Mos Def & Talib Kweli: Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star – 1998
No Doubt: Rock Steady – 2002
Original Broadway Cast: Funny Girl – 1964
Shuggie Otis: Inspiration Information – 1974
Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa – 1984
The Pretty Things: Get the Picture? – 1965
Propellerheads: Decksanddrumsandrockandroll – 1998
Steve Roach: Dreamtime Return – 1988
Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man – 1973
The Sir Douglas Quintet: Mendocino – 1969
Taj Mahal: The Natch’l Blues – 1968
Tangerine Dream: Rubycon – 1975
Ali Farka Toure: The River – 1990
Suzanne Vega: Solitude Standing – 1987
Caetano Veloso / Gilberto Gil: Tropicalia 2: 1994
War: Why Can’t We Be Friends? – 1975
Lucinda Williams: Sweet Old World – 1992

Subsequent posts in this thread will spotlight entries from Moon's book which are currently absent from the Acclaimed Music database altogether but which have All Music Guide ratings between 4 and 5 stars. I have no idea whether any of these albums will be added in the next update, but it's great fun to speculate.

These entries from 1000 RECORDINGS have a 5-star AMG rating:

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass: Whipped Cream & Other Delights – 1965
Peter Bellamy: The Transports – 1977
The Bothy Band: Old Hag You Have Killed Me – 1976
Alex Bradford & The Abyssinian Baptist Choir: Shakin’ the Rafters – 1960
Merle Haggard: Mama Tried – 1968
John Lee Hooker: Plays and Sings the Blues – 1961
Bobby Hutcherson: Components – 1965
Burl Ives: The Wayfaring Stranger – 1959
K. Kalhor/ S.H. Khan / S. Chaudhuri: Ghazal: Lost Songs of the Silk Road – 1997
The Louvin Brothers: Satan is Real – 1960
Les McCann / Eddie Harris: Swiss Movement – 1969
Carmen McRae: Carmen Sings Monk – 1988
Original Broadway Cast: Fiddler on the Roof – 1964
Original Broadway Cast: Hello, Dolly! – 1963
Buck Owens: Sings Harlan Howard – 1961
Eddie Palmieri: La Perfecta – 1962
Carl Perkins: Dance Album – 1958
Ravi Shankar: Three Ragas – 1956
Art Tatum: Piano Starts Here/Live at the Shrine – 1949
Peter Tosh: Live at the One Love Peace Concert – 2000
Various Artists: From Spirituals to Swing – 1959
Various Artists: Music from the Morning of the World – 1967
Marion Williams: Strong Again – 1991

Here are the albums from Moon's book that have a 4.5-star rating at AMG:

Dimi Mint Abba / Khalifa Ould Eide: Moorish Music from Mauritania – 1990
Muhal Richard Abrams: Blu Blu Blu – 1991
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Urban Bushmen – 1980
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters: Singin’ and Swingin’ – 1959
The Beau Brummels: Triangle – 1967
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt / Ry Cooder: A Meeting by the River – 1993
Booker T. & the MG’s: Melting Pot – 1971
Lo Borges: Lo Borges – 1972
Boukman Eksperyans: Kalfou Danjare – 1992
Oscar Brown Jr.: Sin and Soul – 1960
Buckwheat Zydeco: Buckwheat’s Zydeco Party – 1987
Martin Carthy w/ Dave Swarbrick: Byker Hill – 1967
Cartola: Cartola – 1976
Don Cherry / Dewey Redman / Charlie Haden / Ed Blackwell: Old and New Dreams – 1979
Clannad: Macalla – 1985
Cortijo: Cortijo y Su Maquina del Tiempo – 1974
Celia Cruz / Johnny Pacheco: Celia y Johnny – 1974
Bobby Darin: That’s All – 1959
Rev. Gary Davis: Harlem Street Singer – 1960
De Danann w/ Mary Black: Song for Ireland – 1983
Paul Desmond: Take Ten – 1963
Toumani Diabate w/ Ballake Sissoko: New Ancient Strings – 1999
Neil Diamond: Hot August Night – 1972
Dave Douglas: Charms of the Night Sky – 1998
Doris Duke: I’m a Loser – 1970
Alejandro Escovedo: Gravity – 1992
Estrellas de Areito: Los Heroes – 1999
Tal Farlow: The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow – 1957
Fishbone: Truth ‘n’ Soul – 1988
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs: Foggy Mountain Jamboree – 1957
Frank Emilio Flynn: Musica Original de Cuba – 1959
Gong: Gazeuse! – 1976
Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40: Fogarate! – 1994
Buddy Guy: Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues – 1991
Larry Harlow: Salsa – 1974
The Joe Harriott Double Quintet: Indo-Jazz Suite – 1966
Ofra Haza: Fifty Gates of Wisdom: Yemenite Songs – 1985
Joe Henderson: Power to the People – 1969
Shirley Horn: Close Enough for Love – 1988
The Isley Brothers: The Heat is On – 1975
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: In Concert in Paris – 1998
Junior Kimbrough: All Night Long – 1992
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Volunteered Slavery – 1969
Alison Krauss: I’ve Got That Old Feeling – 1990
Steve Lacy / Mal Waldron: Hot House – 1991
Michel Legrand: Legrand Jazz – 1958
The Mars Volta: The Bedlam in Goliath – 2008
Pat Martino: Consciousness – 1974
Pat Martino: Live! – 1972 [NOTE: These two Pat Martino albums are included in the book as a 2-on-1 CD]
Johnny Mathis: Open Fire, Two Guitars – 1959
Loreena McKennitt: The Visit – 1991
Juana Molina: Segundo – 2003
Thelonious Monk: The Unique Thelonious Monk – 1956
Mother Love Bone: Apple – 1989
Paul Motian: On Broadway, Vol. 1 – 1989
Phil Ochs: There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 – 1990
Odetta: Sings Ballads and Blues – 1956
Original Broadway Cast: A Little Night Music – 1973
Original Soundtrack: Trainspotting – 1996
Dan Penn / Spooner Oldham: Moments from This Theatre: Live – 2005
Sam Phillips: Fan Dance – 2001
Willis Alan Ramsey: Willis Alan Ramsey – 1972
Minnie Riperton: Perfect Angel – 1974
Max Roach Trio: Featuring the Legendary Hasaan – 1965
Tito Rodriguez: At the Palladium – 1960
Mongo Santamaria: Drums and Chants – 1978
Gustavo Santaolalla: Ronroco – 1998
Lalo Schifrin: Bullitt – 1968
Chico Science / Nacao Zumbi: De Lama Ao Caos – 1994
Little Jimmy Scott: Falling in Love is Wonderful – 1962
Marta Sebestyen and Muzsikas: Marta Sebestyen and Muzsikas – 1987
Shakira: Donde Estan Los Ladrones? – 1998
Archie Shepp / Horace Parlan: Goin’ Home – 1977
Silly Wizard: Wild and Beautiful – 1982
Slum Village: Fan-Tas-Tic Vol. 1 – 1996
Lonnie Smith: Live at Club Mozambique – 1995
Jimmie Spheeris: Isle of View – 1971
Steeleye Span: Parcel of Rogues – 1973
Sukay: Cumbre (The Summit) – 1990
The Swan Silvertones: The Swan Silvertones – 1959
Taraf de Haidouks: Taraf de Haidouks – 1999
Howard Tate: Get It While You Can – 1966
Toots and the Maytals: In the Dark – 1976 [NOTE: Included as part of a 2-on-1 CD with Funky Kingston]
Ralph Towner: Solstice – 1975
Francisco Ullua: Ultramerengue! – 1992
Usher: Confessions – 2004
Dave Van Ronk: Inside Dave Van Ronk – 1962
Sarah Vaughan: Live in Japan – 1974
Caetano Veloso: Livro – 1997
Dinah Washington: Dinah! – 1956
Kurt Weill / Lotte Lenya: The Seven Deadly Sins – 1955
Randy Weston: The Spirits of Our Ancestors – 1992
Chris Whitley: Living With the Law – 1991
Frank Zappa: The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life – 1993

And finally, here are the 4-star AMG albums with main entries in 1000 RECORDINGS:

Johnny Adams: The Real Me: Johnny Adams Sings Doc Pomus – 1991
Cannonball Adderley Quintet: At the Lighthouse – 1960
Chet Atkins / Les Paul: Chester and Lester – 1977
Ray Barretto: Barretto Power – 1972
Waldemar Bastos: Pretaluz – 1998
Billy Bean: The Trio: Rediscovered – 2000
Paul Bley: Fragments – 1986
James Booker: New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live! – 1977
The Boys of the Lough: Live at Passim – 1975
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers: Any Other Way to Go? – 1987
Uri Caine: Urlicht/Primal Light – 1997
Cascabulho: Hunger Gives You a Headache – 2001
Hariprasad Chaurasia: Raga Darbari Kanada – 1993
Sonny Chillingworth: Endlessly – 1999
Codona: Codona 3 – 1960
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I Got a Right to Swing – 1960
Djavan: Luz – 1982
Snooks Eaglin: New Orleans Street Singer – 1959
Cesaria Evora: Cesaria – 1995
Djivan Gasparyan: I Will Not Be Sad in This World – 1989
Dizzy Gillespie: Afro – 1954
Grant Green: Feelin’ the Spirit – 1962
Mississippi John Hurt: Today! – 1966
Abdullah Ibrahim Trio: Yarona – 1995
Flaco Jiminez: Squeeze Box King – 2003
Henry Kaiser / David Lindley: A World Out of Time: Kaiser & Lindley in Madagascar – 1992
Ali Akbar Khan: Traditional Music of India – 1965
Les Nubians: Princesses Nubiennes – 1998
Julie London: Julie…at Home – 1959
Julie London: After Midnight – 1960 [NOTE: These two Julie London albums are included in the book as a 2-on-1 CD]
Los Amigos Invisibles: Arepa 3000: A Venezuelan Journey Into Space – 2000
Madredeus: O Espirito da Paz – 1995
Dave Matthews Band: The Gorge – 2004
Eugene McDaniels: Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse – 1971
Tete Montoliu: Yellow Dolphin Street – 1977 [NOTE: Included as part of a 2-on-1 CD with 1977’s Catalonian Folksong, *** at AMG]
Jason Moran: The Bandwagon – 2003
Hugh Mundell: Africa Must Be Free by 1983 – 1975
Aaron Neville: Tell It Like It Is – 1966
Os Mutantes: Mutantes – 1969
Iva Papasov and His Orchestra: Balkanology – 1991
Parisa: Baz Amadam: Parisa at Royal Festival Hall – 1995
Hermeto Pascoal: Slaves Mass – 1977
Peter, Paul and Mary: Peter, Paul and Mary – 1962
Ernest Ranglin: Below the Bassline – 1996
Ismael Rivera con Kako y Su Orqesta: Lo Ultimo en la Avenida – 1971
Oumou Sangare: Ko Sira – 1993
Sasha: Global Underground 13: Ibiza – 1999
Tony Scott: Music for Zen Meditation and Other Joys – 1964
Pete Seeger: We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert – 1964
Stephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd Live at the New York Philharmonic – 2000
Davy Spillane & Kevin Glackin: Forgotten Days – 2001
Andy Statman Quartet: Between Heaven and Earth: Music of the Jewish Mystics – 1997
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Stimmung – 1968
The Swan Silvertones: Saviour Pass Me Not – 1962 [NOTE: Included as part of a 2-on-1 CD with the ****1/2 self-titled album noted above]
Leon Thomas: Spirits Known and Unknown – 1969
Cal Tjader: Primo – 1970
Toure Kunda: Live: Paris-Ziguinchor – 1984
United Sacred Harp Musical Association Singing Convention: Harp of a Thousand Strings [Southern Journey Vol. 9] – 1959
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: The Sky is Crying – 1991
Kenny Wheeler: Gnu High – 1975
Marion Williams: Zodiac Suite – 1945
Tom Ze: Fabrication Defect – 1998

Keep in mind that these lists I've posted only cover albums that would be eligible for inclusion on Acclaimed Music - that means no anthologies and no classical (except for the odd modern-classical piece). As I stated above, the entire list of 1,000 albums can be found on Moon's website at 1000recordings.com.

It seems like most of the stuff that is bubbling under is world music.

HW - thanks for these and for providing the AMG ratings...i'm checkin' some stuff out

Sweet Old World and When The Pawn are in my top 100. I'm shocked either one of those isn't in the AM 3000.

Of course, Rock Steady is the only No Doubt album I don't like. It sounds more like Stefani's solo work. (I hear No Doubt is back together, and it's supposed to be a permanent reunion. Hopefully they go back to what originally made them popular.)

I've become aware of a couple of corrections that need to be made to these lists:

* Propellerheads' DECKSANDDRUMSANDROCKANDROLL is actually in the current AM top 3000, and doesn't belong on the Bubbling Under list.

* As it turns out, BUCKWHEAT'S ZYDECO PARTY by Buckwheat Zydeco, which I put on the AMG 4.5-star list, is actually a compilation album and thus would be ineligible for inclusion here.

HW regrets the errors.

The Dave Van Ronk CD that's included in the book, INSIDE DAVE VAN RONK, actually combines the album of that name and an earlier album, also from 1962, titled DAVE VAN RONK, FOLKSINGER. It's pretty clear that Moon intended the entry to cover -both- albums; in fact, he seems to prefer FOLKSINGER. And FOLKSINGER gets a 5-star rating on AMG. Sorry I didn't catch this before.

Somehow, when I compiled these lists I managed to make a particularly egregious error and leave out one of the entries that's currently on the Bubbling Under list. Allow me to correct that:

Charlie Rich: Behind Closed Doors - 1973