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It's called The National Act of 2000 has now approved a total of 375 records. They select 25 records to preserve each year. To qualify the record must be at least 10 years-old and they are gathered through submissions, which I love to do, ya know, for kicks (www.loc.gov/nrpb/). Have at it. This year the National Recording Perservation Board selected The Ramones, Pink Floyd and Janis Joplin to name a few. Here is the full list:

"After You’ve Gone," Marion Harris (1918)
"Bacon, Beans and Limousines," Will Rogers (Oct. 18, 1931)
"Begin the Beguine," Artie Shaw (1938)
"You Are My Sunshine," Jimmie Davis (1940)
D-Day Radio Broadcast, George Hicks (June 5-6, 1944)
"Just Because," Frank Yankovic & His Yanks (1947)
South Pacific, Original Cast Album (1949)
Descargas: Cuban Jam Session in Miniature, Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente (1957)
Tchaikovsky’s "Piano Concerto No. 1," Van Cliburn (April 11, 1958)
President's Message Relayed from Atlas Satellite, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Dec. 19, 1958)
"A Program of Song," Leontyne Price (1959)
The Shape of Jazz to Come, Ornette Coleman (1959)
"Crossing Chilly Jordan," The Blackwood Brothers (1960)
"The Twist," Chubby Checker (1960)
"Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley’s," Clarence Ashley, Doc Watson, et al. (1960-1962)
Hoodoo Man Blues, Junior Wells (1965)
Sounds of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel (1966)
Cheap Thrills, Big Brother and the Holding Company (1968)
The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd (1973)
Music Time in Africa, Leo Sarkisian, host (July 29, 1973)
Wild Tchoupitoulas, The Wild Tchoupitoulas (1976)
Ramones, The Ramones (1976)
Saturday Night Fever, The Bee Gees, et al (1977)
"Einstein on the Beach," Philip Glass and Robert Wilson (1979)
The Audience with Betty Carter, Betty Carter (1980)

You can read the full press release here.