WXYC
Top 74 May 25-31 >> 1997
 1. Yo La Tengo -- I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One (MATADOR)
 2. v/a -- White Elephants and Golden Ducks (SHANACHIE)
 3. v/a -- Cuban Gold 3 (QBADISC)
 4. Edith Frost -- Calling Over Time (DRAG CITY)
 5. Irving Klaw Trio -- Utek Pahtoo Mogoi (ROAD CONE)
 6. Tower Recordings -- The Fraternity of Moonwalkers (AUDIBLE HISS)
 7. v/a -- Edge of the Forest (MUSIC OF THE WORLD)
 8. Marc Ribot -- Shoe String Symphonettes (TZADIK)
 9. Andrew Barker/Charles Waters Duo -- self-titled LP (EARMARK)
10. v/a -- Deep Concentration (OM)
11. DJ Cam -- 2 x 10" No. 1 (SHADOW)
12. "Harmonica" Frank Floyd -- The Great Medical Menagerist (ADELPHI)
13. Jelly Roll Kings -- Off Yonder Wall (FAT POSSUM)
14. Sonar Senghor & his Troupe -- Lost Africa (TRADITION)
15. v/a -- Sacrilege: The Can Remix Album (MUTE)
16. Mike Patton -- Pranzo Oltranzista (TZADIK)
17. Najat Aatabu -- Country Girls & City Women (ROUNDER)
18. Third Eye Foundation -- Ghost (MERGE)
19. v/a -- Ngoma - Music from Uganda (MUSIC OF THE WORLD)
20. Lee Scratch Perry -- Upsetter in Dub (HEARTBEAT)
21. Electric Company -- Electric Company Plays Amnesia (SUPREME)
22. Olivia Tremor Control -- "The Opera House" 2x7-inch; Dusk at Cubist Castle, disc 2 (FLYDADDY)
23. Yande Codou Sene -- Night Sky in Sine Saloum (SHANACHIE)
24. Derek Bailey -- Aida (DEXTER'S CIGAR); Music and Dance(REVENANT); The Sign of 4 (w/Metheny, Bendian, & Wertico) (KNITTING FACTORY WORKS) 
25. Rahsaan Roland Kirk -- I, Eye, Aye (RHINO)
26. v/a -- Rural String Bands of Tennessee (COUNTY)
27. v/a -- A New Breed of Dub (DUBHEAD)
28. Stock, Hausen, & Walkman -- "Stripper" 7-inch (EERIE MATERIALS)
29. Abida Parveen -- Best of Abida Parveen (SHANACHIE)
30. Folk Implosion -- Dare to be Surprised (COMMUNION)
31. Phong Nguyen Ensemble -- Song of the Banyan (LATITUDES/MUSIC OF THE WORLD)
32. Ben Lee -- Something to Remember Me By (GRAND ROYAL)
33. v/a -- Beat at Cinecitta (CRIPPLED DICK HOT WAX!)
34. Roy Montgomery -- Winter Songs 10-inch (ROOF BOLT)
35. Archer Prewitt -- In the Sun (CARROT TOP)
36. Borges & Piazzolla -- Tangos & Milongas (MILAN)
37. Lata Mangeshkar -- Mata (INTERRA)
38. Mark Eitzel -- West (WARNER BROTHERS)
39. Speedy J -- Public Energy No. 1 (PLUS 8)
40. v/a -- Merengue - Dominican Music... (ROUNDER)
41. Wu-Tang Clan -- "Triumph"  (LOUD/RCA)
42. Mouse on Mars -- "Cache Coer Naif" 7-inch (THRILL JOCKEY)
43. Ashley Stove -- Into the Sun (JESUS CHRIST)
44. DJ Phantom/v/a -- Phantom Breaks (self-released)
45. Bug -- Taping the Conversation (WORDSOUND)
46. Cecil Taylor -- Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come (REVENANT)
47. Crawling With Tarts -- I Am Telephoning a Star (ASP)
48. Hollow Rock String Band -- Traditional Dance Tunes (COUNTY)
49. John Fahey -- The Mill Pond double 7-inch (LITTLE BROTHER)
50. Junior Kimbrough -- Most Things Haven't Worked Out (FAT POSSUM)
51. Woggles -- Get Tough! (TELSTAR)
52. Karlheinz Stockhausen -- Kontakte (ECSTATIC PEACE!)
53. Lud -- Sparkling Rope (self-released)
54. Beatnik Filmstars -- Phase 3 (NO LIFE)
55. Brokeback -- ...Returns to the Orange Grove 7-inch (THRILL JOCKEY)
56. Fuzzhead -- I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Rock (NEW WORLD OF SOUND); Mind Soup (HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS OF SOUND)
57. Hentchmen -- Ten String Trio 7-inch (FLYING BOMB)
58. Rampage the Last Boyscout -- "Take it to the Streets" 12" (ELEKTRA)
59. Simon Joyner -- Songs for the New Year (SHRIMPER)
60. Soul Assassins (DJ Muggs) -- self-titled (COLUMBIA)
61. v/a -- Artcore 3 (REACT)
62. Smog -- Red Apple Falls (DRAG CITY)
63. Rodd Keith -- I Died Today (TZADIK)
64. Village of Savoonga -- "Thought Loop" 7-inch (LITTLE BROTHER)
65. Kismet -- Curious Yellow (DAISY LANE)
66. Andrew Bird -- Music of Hair (self-released)
67. Bevis Frond -- Son of Walter (FLYDADDY)
68. Cubanismo -- Malembe (HANNIBAL)
69. DJ Shadow -- "Midnight in a Perfect World" CDep (MO WAX)
70. Kronos Quartet w/ Wu Man -- Ghost Opera (NONESUCH)
71. Papas Fritas -- Helioself (MINTY FRESH)
72. Ron Miles -- Woman's Day (GRAMAVISION)
73. v/a -- Double Articulation (SUB ROSA)
74. v/a -- Shake Your Congas (RCA)