WXYC's top 99 for the week of 8/3/97 - 8/9/97:

1.  V/A -- 804 Flava sampler 12-inches (804 FLAVA)
2.  Brainticket -- Celestial Ocean (CLEOPATRA)
3.  Annea Lockwood -- The Glass World (WHAT NEXT?/NONSEQUITUR)
4.  Broadcast -- Work and Non Work (DRAG CITY)
5.  Lee Scratch Perry -- Arkology (ISLAND)
6.  Joe Maphis -- Flying Fingers (BEAR FAMILY)
7.  V/A -- The Story of Fado (HEMISPHERE)
8.  Whiskeytown -- Strangers Almanac (OUTPOST)
9.  The Fabulous Mach Kung-Fu -- "Mish Mash" 7-inch (TELSTAR)
10. Mickey & Sylvia -- Love is Strange (COLLECTABLES/BMG)
11. Sub Dub -- Dancehall Malfunction (ASPHODEL)
12. V/A -- Gay American Composers, Vol. 2 (CRI)
13. V/A -- New Orleans Popeye Party (NIGHT TRAIN INTERNATIONAL)
14. Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys -- Feelin' Kinda Lucky (HIGHTONE)
15. Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band -- In the Jungle, Babe/Express Yourself (WARNER BROTHERS)
16. Pascal Comelade -- Un Samedi Sur La Terre (LES DISQUES DU SOLEIL)
17. V/A -- Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967 (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
18. V/A -- The Story of Flamenco (HEMISPHERE)
19. V/A -- The Dance of Heaven's Ghosts (HEMISPHERE)
20. V/A -- Girls in the Garage Pt. 2 (ROMULAN)
21. Bruno Coulais -- Microcosmos soundtrack (AUVIDIS)
22. Friends of Dean Martinez -- Retrograde (SUB POP)
23. Jeffrey Krieger -- AC DC VC (WHAT NEXT?/NONSEQUITUR)
24. V/A -- Loose & Juicy (VANGUARD)
25. V/A -- Songs of the Old Regular Baptists (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
26. V/A -- Son de Santiago (CORASON/ROUNDER)
27. Magic Sam -- The Magic Sam Legacy (DELMARK)
28. DJ Food -- Refried Food Parts 1 & 2 (NINJA TUNE)
29. Storm and Stress -- self-titled (TOUCH AND GO)
30. V/A -- The Freestyle Files, vol. 2 (K7)
31. V/A -- The Bahamas - Islands of Song (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
32. V/A -- The Story of Tango (HEMISPHERE)
33. V/A -- Cuba in Washington (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
34. V/A -- R&B Heroines - Goldners Golden Girls (SEQUEL)
35. Pharoah Sanders -- Black Unity (IMPULSE)
36. V/A -- I Can't Be Satisfied: Early American Women Blues Singers (YAZOO) 
37. Ashtabula -- Rivers of Many Fish (SILTBREEZE)
38. Blueboy -- "Remember Me" 12-inch (OM)
39. Dick Hyman -- The Electric Eclectics of... (VARESE-SARABANDE)
40. John Cage/Double Edge -- Music for Two Pianos (CRI)
41. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -- Controversial Negro (MATADOR)
42. K.D. Lang -- Drag (WARNER BROTHERS)
43. Mainliner -- Mainliner Sonic (CHARNEL HOUSE)
44. Mesmer -- 7-inch (self-released)
45. Muffins -- <185> (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
46. Oumou Sangare -- Worotan (WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH)
47. Rampage -- Scouts Honor By Way of Blood (ELEKTRA)
48. Rebirth Brass Band -- We Come to Party (SHANACHIE)
49. Spiritualized -- Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space (ARISTA)
50. V/A -- Land of the Rising Noise, Vol. 2 (CHARNEL HOUSE)
51. V/A -- The Next Step (INSTINCT)
52. Various Sounds -- Sounds for Little Ones (DISH)
53. Oblivians -- ...Play 9 Songs with Mr. Quintron (CRYPT)
54. U-ziq -- Lunatic Harness (ASTRALWERKS)
55. V/A -- Sundazed samplers #2 & #3 (SUNDAZED)
56. Byzar -- Gaiatronyk vs. the Cheap Robots (ASPHODEL)
57. Evan Parker -- Chicago Solo (OKKADISK)
58. Iannis Xenakis -- Kraanerg (ASPHODEL)
59. Lambchop -- "Cigaretiquette" 7-inch (MERGE)
60. V/A -- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song soundtrack (STAX/ACE)
61. V/A -- Cannes Film Festival 50th Anniversary Album (MILAN)
62. V/A -- Jubilee Jezebels Volume Two (SEQUEL)
63. Yehuda Yannay -- Music Now and From Almost Yesterday (INNOVA)
64. Yuri Yunakov Ensemble -- New Colors in Bulgarian Wedding Music (TRADITIONAL CROSSROADS)
65. Emil Beaulieau -- Memories (PURE)
66. Nino Rota -- Greatest Hits (VIVI MUSICA SOUNDTRACKS)
67. Busta Rhymes -- "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" 12-inch (ELEKTRA)
68. Fred Anderson & DKV Trio -- self-titled (OKKADISK)
69. Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies -- The American Metaphysical Circus (ONE WAY)
70. Kosma -- Universal (INSTINCT)
71. Le Mans -- "Ama hil Zaigu" b/w "Un Rayo de Sol" 7-inch (GRIMSEY)
72. Milton Babbitt  -- Piano Music since 1983 (CRI)
73. New Lost City Ramblers -- There Ain't No Way Out (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
74. Old 97's -- Too Far to Care (ELEKTRA)
75. Otis Spann w/ Muddy Waters and His Band -- Live the Life (TESTAMENT)
76. Radio Tarifa -- Rumba Argelina (WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH)
77. U.S. Maple -- Sang Phat Editor (SKIN GRAFT)
78. V/A -- High Performance (INSTINCT)
79. Wellwater Conspiracy -- Declaration of Conformity (THIRD GEAR)
80. Xavier Cugat -- Cugie A-Go-Go (VARESE-SARABANDE)
81. V/A -- The Bluesville Years, Vol. 6 (PRESTIGE)
82. Derrick Morgan -- Time Marches On (HEARTBEAT)
83. Anthony Braxton Georg Grawe duo -- Amsterdam 1991 (OKKADISK)
84. Boot Camp Clik -- "Headz R Reddee Pt. II" 12-inch (PRIORITY)
85. Carleton Macy -- Reflections (INNOVA)
86. Hovercraft (remixed by Scanner) -- "Vagus Nerve" b/w "De-Orbit Burn" 12-inch (BLAST FIRST)
87. John Cale -- Eat/Kiss: Music for the Films (RYKODISC)
88. Luke Vibert -- Big Soup (MO WAX)
89. Mobb Deep (w/ Big Noyd & Rakim) -- "Hoodlum" 12-inch (LOUD/RCA)
90. Plastikman -- "Sickness" 12-inch (MUTE)
91. Richard Julian -- self-titled (BLACKBIRD)
92. San Agustin -- 7-inch (SAMIZDAT)
93. T Power -- Wavefrom (AIRBAG/ULG)
94. Teiji Ito -- Music for Films and Theater (WHAT NEXT?/NONSEQUITUR)
95. V/A -- Murder is My Beat: Classic Film Noir Themes and Scenes (RHINO)
96. V/A -- Blue Break Beats vol. 3 (BLUE NOTE)
97. V/A -- KXLU 88.9 FM Demolisten  Vol. 2 (NO LIFE)
98. Vehicle Flips -- "Terminus" 7-inch (HARRIET)
99. Young Pioneers -- On Trial 7-inch (LOOKOUT!)