(It would seem that Hines' first-ever recording was on October 3, 1923.)

He made the first-ever recording of Ethel Smyth's two cello sonatas and has also attracted attention by recording cello works by Nadia Boulanger.

Powell was the pianist on a handful of Williams's recording dates in 1944, the last of which included the first-ever recording of Monk's "'Round Midnight".

Among these were the first-ever recordings by guitarist John Fahey, as well as hundreds of other performers.

I Never Said That I Was Brave is an EP by Philadelphia-based post-hardcore band mewithoutYou, their first-ever recording.

Estrin is well known for making the first-ever recording of Alexander Scriabin's complete opus 8 Etudes, which he re-recorded in 1991.

Among the highlights of the album is "Family First," the first-ever recording by the Houston Family - Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, and Cissy Houston.

A number of these were first-ever recordings of works of Vivaldi, Albinoni and Rossini.

According to the liner notes, the album was the first-ever digital recording to be mastered from DAT rather than reel-to-reel tape.

Though lasting only some eight minutes, these unpretentious, vivacious pieces are welcome as a first-ever recording.