WXYC
Top 89 July 20-26 >> 1997
1.  Storm and Stress -- self-titled (TOUCH AND GO)
2.  Friends of Dean Martinez -- Retrograde (SUB POP)
3.  V/A -- Murder is My Beat: Classic Film Noir Themes and Scenes (RHINO) 
4.  Lambchop -- "Cigaretiquette" 7-inch (MERGE)
5.  Barbara Manning -- 1212 (MATADOR)
6.  Sub Dub -- Dancehall Malfunction (ASPHODEL)
7.  V/A -- 804 Flava sampler 12-inches (804 FLAVA)
8.  V/A -- Loose & Juicy (VANGUARD)
9.  The Ondekoza -- self-titled (JVC MUSIC INDUSTRIES)
10. V/A -- Cannes Film Festival 50th Anniversary Album (MILAN) 
11. Arto Lindsay -- Mundo Civilizado (BAR/NONE); Hyper Civilizado (GRAMAVISION)
12. Bruno Coulais -- Microcosmos soundtrack (AUVIDIS)
13. New Lost City Ramblers -- There Ain't No Way Out (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
14. Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments -- Straight to Video (ANYWAY)
15. V/A -- Those Were Different Times (SCAT)
16. Pascal Comelade -- Un Samedi Sur La Terre (LES DISQUES DU SOLEIL)
17. Pipe -- Slowboy (MERGE)
18. V/A -- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song soundtrack (STAX/ACE) 
19. V/A -- Blue Break Beats vol. 3 (BLUE NOTE)
20. Annea Lockwood -- The Glass World (WHAT NEXT?/NONSEQUITUR)
21. Brainticket -- Celestial Ocean (CLEOPATRA)
22. V/A -- Land of the Rising Noise, Vol. 2 (CHARNEL HOUSE)
23. Karnataka College of Percussion -- River Yamuna (MUSIC OF THE WORLD)
24. U.S. Maple -- Sang Phat Editor (SKIN GRAFT)
25. Broadcast -- Work and Non Work (DRAG CITY)
26. Various Sounds -- Sounds for Little Ones (DISH)
27. Gutbucket -- "Where's the Man with the Jive?" 7-inch (SHANGRI-LA)
28. Jimmy McGriff -- Jimmy McGriff's Greatest Hits (BLUE NOTE)
29. Le Mans -- "Ama hil Zaigu" b/w "Un Rayo de Sol" 7-inch (GRIMSEY)
30. Ornette Coleman -- In All Languages (HARMOLODIC/VERVE)
31. Otis Spann w/ Muddy Waters and His Band -- Live the Life (TESTAMENT)
32. Xavier Cugat -- Cugie A-Go-Go (VARESE-SARABANDE)
33. Fred Anderson & DKV Trio -- self-titled (OKKADISK)
34. Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies -- The American Metaphysical Circus (ONE WAY) 
35. V/A -- High Performance (INSTINCT)
36. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -- Controversial Negro (MATADOR)
37. American Analog Set -- From Our Living Room to Yours (EMPEROR JONES)
38. Better Off Airport -- Vivre (GOURMANDIZER)
39. Byzar -- Gaiatronyk vs. the Cheap Robots (ASPHODEL)
40. DJ Food -- Refried Food Parts 1 & 2 (NINJA TUNE)
41. Kurtis Mantronik -- Music for the Dusted 12-inch (OMW)
42. Notwist -- 12 (ZERO HOUR)
43. Teiji Ito -- Music for Films and Theater (WHAT NEXT?/NONSEQUITUR)
44. V/A -- The Next Step (INSTINCT)
45. Kosma -- Universal (INSTINCT)
46. Gladhands -- La Di Da (BIG DEAL)
47. Bill Dixon -- Vade Mecum II (SOUL NOTE)
48. Blueboy -- "Remember Me" 12-inch (OM)
49. Dick Hyman -- The Electric Eclectics of... (VARESE-SARABANDE)
50. Feelings -- Dearling Darling (POP SECRET/DARLA)
51. Son 14 with Tiburon -- Cubania (CANDELA)
52. Transonic/Swim -- split 7-inch (PORTOBELLO)
53. U.S. Saucer -- Hell, Yes! (AMARILLO)
54. Wu-Tang Clan -- Wu-Tang Forever (LOUD/RCA)
55. Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band -- In the Jungle, Babe/Express Yourself (WARNER BROTHERS)
56. Oumou Sangare -- Worotan (WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH)
57. V/A -- The Bahamas - Islands of Song (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
58. Whiskeytown -- Strangers Almanac (OUTPOST)
59. Jeffrey Krieger -- AC DC VC (WHAT NEXT?/ NONSEQUITUR)
60. Bugskull -- Distracted Snowflake Vol. 1 (POP SECRET/DARLA)
61. Duster -- Orbitron 7-inch (UP)
62. Fly Bitches -- The Holy Trinity Art & Other Lies (self-released)
63. John Cale -- Eat/Kiss: Music for the Films (RYKODISC)
64. T-Model Ford -- Pee-Wee Get My Gun (FAT POSSUM)
65. V/A -- The Freestyle Files, vol. 2 (K7)
66. Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys -- Feelin' Kinda Lucky (HIGHTONE)
67. Rampage -- Scouts Honor By Way of Blood (ELEKTRA)
68. San Agustin -- 7-inch (SAMIZDAT)
69. Alkaholiks, Tha -- "Likwidation" 12-inch (LOUD/RCA)
70. V/A -- Cuba in Washington (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
71. Radio Tarifa -- Rumba Argelina (WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH)
72. Fleshtones -- Hitsburg USA! (TELSTAR)
73. Milton Babbitt  -- Piano Music since 1983 (CRI)
74. Ei8ghtrak -- "Money I Got" b/w "Girls, Girls" (MASS VINYL)
75. El Caminos -- Reverb Explosion! (DEL-FI)
76. Ferrante and Teicher -- Blast Off! (VARESE-SARABANDE)
77. Joan of Arc -- A Portable Model of (JADE TREE)
78. Julian Priester & Sam Rivers -- Hints on Light and Shadow (POSTCARDS)
79. Luke Vibert -- Big Soup (MO WAX)
80. Medusa Cyclone -- "End Cloud" + 3 7-inch (THIRD GEAR)
81. Orquesta Aragon -- Cha Cha Charanga (CANDELA)
82. Rebirth Brass Band -- We Come to Party (SHANACHIE)
83. Roy Hargrove's Crisol -- Habana (VERVE)
84. Sabri Brothers -- Greatest Hits (SHANACHIE)
85. Thee Headcoatees -- Punk Girls (SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY)
86. Thee Headcoats -- Knights of the Baskervilles (BIRDMAN)
87. Thingy -- Songs about Angels, Evil, and Running Around on Fire (HEADHUNTER)
88. Twenty Miles -- R.L.Boyce Othar Turner Fife & Drum Spam (FAT POSSUM)
89. Wake -- self-titled (FLYIN')