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Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only

This is the theme for the next music listening gathering of our local group and I'm looking for suggestions. This is a vinyl only listening session, so new music available only on digital are excluded. Yes, I know that is limiting, but that's the way it is for this listening session. 

A few pieces I've been thinking to bring from my collection, just starting from the "As",  are:

Adams, John - Harmonium, for large orchestra and chorus - De Waart/San Francisco SO - ECM 25012
Alwyn - Str Qt 2 (1975) - Quartet of London - Chandos ABRD 1063
Alwyn - Symphony No. 2 - Alwyn/LPO - Lyrita SRCS 85
Arnold, Malcolm - Pf Trio, op54 - Nash Ensemble - Hyperion A66171
Arnold, Malcolm - Overture to Tam O'Shanter, Op51 - Eiji Oue/MinnO - Reference Recordings RM 2510
Bernstein - Serenade for Violin Solo, Strings and Perc - Bernstein/SymoftheAir, Isaac Stern, vn - Columbia

What music on LP would you recommend? 
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Oh, so YOU"RE the other guy who actually bought and listened to "Smiley Smile...?"  I'd been wondering for all these years and now I'm a little less lonely.
I saw the Beach Boys on tour (my 3rd BB show) after the release of this LP and they totally ignored the music on it.  Still, a great show.

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Correction:  they did play "Good Vibrations," which was a hit single included on the LP.
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If you like (mostly solo) guitar you may want to check out Cuban composer Leo Brouwer.  He covers a lot of musical ground over the span of his career.  There are some recordings of him playing his own pieces (before he had to quit playing).  Eduardo Fernandez, among others, does an excellent job of interpreting Brouwer's music.
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For small form (simple songs) I think the most American of composers is Stephen Foster, hands down.  He wrote My Old Kentucky Home, Beautiful Dreamer, I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair, Oh Susannah,  Old Folks at Home (Swanee River), Hard Times Come Again No More, Old Black Joe and Camptown Races.  Gershwin excelled in both shorter songs and larger works such as Rhapsody in Blue and Porgy and Bess.  Both men gave us a good measure of very American music.
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