WXYC
Top 87 August 31 - September 6 >> 1997
1.  Two Dollar Pistols -- On Down the Track (SCRIMSHAW)
2.  V/A -- Klezmer Music: 1908 - 1927 (ARHOOLIE)
3.  V/A -- Standing on the Verge...The Roots of Funk (1964 - 1974) (SHANACHIE)
4.  Barry Black -- Tragic Animal Stories (ALIAS)
5.  Eddie Bo and the Soul Finders -- The Hook and Sling (FUNKY DELICACIES)
6.  Per Norgard -- Luna/Symphony #3/Twilight (Danish National Radio Symphony); A Drummer's Tale (Gert Sorensen) (DACAPO)
7.  Waaberi -- New Dawn (REAL WORLD)
8.  V/A -- I Can't Be Satisfied: Early American Women Blues Singers (YAZOO) 
9.  Luke Vibert -- Big Soup (MO WAX)
10. Amps for Christ and The Ambiguous Figures -- The Beggars Garden (SHRIMPER)
11. Andrew Cyrille Quintet -- Ode to the Living Tree (EVIDENCE)
12. Circular Firing Squad -- Oxide (ARTIFACT)
13. Six String Drag -- High Hat (E-SQUARED)
14. U-ziq -- Lunatic Harness (ASTRALWERKS)
15. V/A -- Girls in the Garage Pt. 2 (ROMULAN)
16. 8 Eyed Spy -- self-titled (ATAVISTIC)
17. Coldcut  -- More Beats + Pieces 12-inch (NINJA TUNE)
18. Derrick Morgan -- Time Marches On (HEARTBEAT)
19. Mac Curtis -- Rockabilly Uprising: The Best Of... (ROLLIN' ROCK/HIGHTONE)
20. Portishead -- "Cowboys" 12-inch (GO BEAT/LONDON)
21. Raphe Malik -- The Short Form (EREMITE)
22. V/A -- Uganda and Other African Nations: Feast of the Savanna (MULTICULTURAL MEDIA)
23. Calexico -- Spoke (QUARTERSTICK/TOUCH AND GO)
24. Charles Gocher/Scott Colburn -- Pint Sized Spartacus (GRAVELVOICE)
25. Club Foot Orchestra -- Plays Nino Rota (RASTASCAN)
26. DJ's Wally & Swingsett -- Dog Leg Left (UBIQUITY)
27. Lee Scratch Perry -- Arkology (ISLAND)
28. Min Xiao-Fen -- Spring, River, Flower, Moon, Night (ASPHODEL)
29. Oblivians -- ...Play 9 Songs with Mr. Quintron (CRYPT)
30. V/A -- KSPC's The Basement Tapes Volume Two: Live Underground (KSPC) 
31. Jessie Mae Hemphill -- Feelin' Good (HIGHTONE)
32. Andrew Cyrille Trio -- Good to Go, With a Tribute... (SOUL NOTE)
33. Busta Rhymes -- "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" 12-inch (ELEKTRA) 
34. Great Unraveling -- "Space Travel" 7-inch (VERMIFORM) 
35. Jenny Mae & Azalia Snail -- 7-inch (ANYWAY)
36. King Loser -- Caul of the Outlaw (FLYING NUN)
37. Organized Konfusion -- "Somehow, Someway" 12-inch (PRIORITY)
38. Ray Brown with John Clayton & Christian McBride -- Super Bass (TELARC)
39. V/A -- Zambia: The Songs of Mukanda (MULTICULTURAL MEDIA)
40. Young Pioneers -- On Trial 7-inch (LOOKOUT!)
41. Bergmann/Brotzmann/Cyrille -- Exhilaration (SOUL NOTE)
42. Dwight Yoakam -- Under the Covers (REPRISE)
43. Joe Morris Quartet -- You By Me (SOUL NOTE)
44. Magic Sam -- The Magic Sam Legacy (DELMARK)
45. Pierre Henry/Michel Colombier -- Metamorphose (remixes) (FFRR)
46. Sonora Pine -- II (QUARTERSTICK/TOUCH AND GO)
47. V/A -- Jubilee Jezebels Volume Two (SEQUEL)
48. V/A -- Blues Sweet Carolina Blues: The Bluesville Years, Vol. 6 (PRESTIGE)
49. Killarmy -- "Swinging Swords" 12-inch (WU-TANG/PRIORITY)
50. Mickey & Sylvia -- Love is Strange (COLLECTABLES/BMG)
51. Nino Rota -- Greatest Hits (VIVI MUSICA SOUNDTRACKS)
52. Tennessee Ernie Ford -- Vintage Collections (CAPITOL)
53. V/A -- Sundazed samplers #2 & #3 (SUNDAZED)
54. V/A -- Dubbed Out in DC (EIGHTEENTH STREET LOUNGE MUSIC)
55. V/A -- Kickin' the 3: Hammond B-3 Classics (SHANACHIE)
56. Alkaholiks, Tha -- "Likwidation"; "Contents Unda Pressure" 12-inches (LOUD/RCA)
57. Directions -- "Echoes" 12-inch (SOUL STATIC SOUND)
58. DK3 -- Neutrons (QUARTERSTICK/TOUCH AND GO)
59. Gravediggaz -- "Dangerous Mindz" 12-inch (GEE STREET)
60. Hall of Fame -- self-titled (AMISH)
61. Johnny Paycheck -- Super Hits (EPIC)
62. Matmos -- self-titled (VAGUE TERRAIN)
63. Monkey Power Trio -- "I'll Win Your Heart" 7-inch (POCAHONTAS SWAMP MACHINE)
64. Pharoah Sanders -- Black Unity (IMPULSE)
65. Superchunk -- Watery Hands EP (MERGE)
66. Uphill Gardeners -- self-titled (W.I.N.)
67. V/A -- The Story of Tango (HEMISPHERE)
68. V/A -- New Orleans Popeye Party (NIGHT TRAIN INTERNATIONAL)
69. V/A -- The Morning After (VIRGIN)
70. Blue Rags -- Rag-N-Roll (SUB POP)
71. Cashmere Jungle Lords -- Southern Barber Supply (LITTLE ABNER)
72. Cordell Jackson -- Live in Chicago (BUGHOUSE)
73. Elliott Smith -- "Division Day" 7-inch (SUICIDE SQUEEZE)
74. Horace Andy -- Good Vibes (BLOOD AND FIRE)
75. Invisibl Skratch Piklz -- Vs. Da Klamz Uv Deth (self-released)
76. Jack Mudurian -- Downloading the Repertoire (ARF! ARF!)
77. Mel Henke -- La Dolce Henke (SCAMP)
78. Mobb Deep (with Big Noyd & Rakim) -- "Hoodlum" 12-inch (LOUD/RCA)
79. Pelt -- Max Meadows (VHF)
80. Radio Tarifa -- Rumba Argelina (WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH)
81. Richard Julian -- self-titled (BLACKBIRD)
82. Spectrum -- Forever Alien (REPRISE)
83. V/A -- R&B Heroines - Goldners Golden Girls (SEQUEL)
84. V/A -- Pop Jingu, Vol. 1 (SONORAMA)
85. V/A -- A Journey into Ambient Groove (QUANGO)
86. Yuri Yunakov Ensemble -- New Colors in Bulgarian Wedding Music (TRADITIONAL CROSSROADS)
87. Him -- Changes the Focus 12-inch (SOUL STATIC SOUND); Interpretive Belief System (WORDSOUND)