WXYC
Top 89 October 26-November 1 >> 1997
 1. V/A -- Beg, Scream, and Shout (RHINO)
 2. V/A -- Prison Worksongs (ARHOOLIE); Prison Songs Vol. 1: Murderous Home (ROUNDER)
 3. Portishead -- self-titled (LONDON)
 4. Lonesome Organist -- Collector of Cactus Echo Bags (THRILL JOCKEY)
 5. Busta Rhymes -- When Disaster Strikes... (ELEKTRA)
 6. Gravediggaz -- The Pick, The Sickle and the Shovel (GEE STREET/V2)
 7. V/A -- Brown Eyed Soul: The Sound of East L.A., Vol. 1 - 3 (RHINO)
 8. William Hooker -- Great Sunset (WARM-O-BRISK); Mindfulness (w/ DJ Olive & Glenn Spearman) (KNITTING FACTORY WORKS)
 9. Anti-Gravity -- Boogie for Hanuman (ACCURATE)
10. Delta 72 -- The Soul of a New Machine (TOUCH AND GO)
11. Jessamine -- Another Fictionalized History (HISTRIONIC)
12. Shark Quest -- "Blontzo's Revenge" 7-inch (MERGE)
13. Starry Wisdom Band -- self-titled (self-released)
14. Vershki Da Koreshki -- Real Life of Plants (SHANACHIE)
15. David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights -- self-titled (FLYING NUN)
16. Spring Heel Jack -- Busy, Curious, Thirsty (ISLAND)
17. X-ecutioners -- X-pressions (ASPHODEL)
18. Low -- Songs for a Dead Pilot (KRANKY)
19. John Fahey & Cul de Sac -- The Epiphany of Glenn Jones (THIRSTY EAR)
20. Wu All-Stars/Cocoa Brovaz/Brand Nubian -- selections from Soul in the Hole (LOUD/RCA)
21. Sonic Youth -- Slaapkamers Met Slagroom EP (SYR)
22. Don King -- One-Two Punch (Knockout) (ATAVISTIC)
23. Rugged Brood -- "NonFiction" b/w "Look Out" (RAW TRACK)
24. Sea and Cake -- Two Gentlemen (THRILL JOCKEY)
25. Southern Culture on the Skids -- Plastic Seat Sweat (DGC/GEFFEN)
26. V/A -- Great Voices of Constantinople (ROUNDER)
27. New Orleans Klezmer Allstars -- The Big Kiboosh (SHANACHIE)
28. Astor Piazzolla -- Tanguedia de Amor (MILAN)
29. Damon & Naomi -- "The Navigator" 7-inch (EARWORM)
30. Donkey -- I Ain't Yer House-Nigger (LOVELETTER)
31. Grimble Grumble -- 3-song 10-inch (BURNT HAIR)
32. Jas. Mathus and his Knock Down Society -- Play Songs for Rosetta (MAMMOTH)
33. Liquid Liquid -- self-titled (GRAND ROYAL)
34. Lovely Midget -- 10-inch (ECSTATIC PEACE!)
35. Pilot Ships -- There Should Be An Entry Here (ATA GLANCE)
36. Silver Scooter -- "Biting My Nails" 7-inch (PEEK-A-BOO)
37. Stock, Hausen, and Walkman -- Hairballs (THESE)
38. Tony Williams Lifetime -- Spectrum: The Anthology (VERVE)
39. V/A -- Bulbjack II 7-inch (BULB/BLACKJACK)
40. V/A -- MGM Sneak Preview Compilation (RYKODISC)
41. Chris Knox -- Yes!! (FLYING NUN)
42. Hi Fi Killers -- Loaded (LOOSEGROOVE)
43. Kazutoki Umezu -- First Deserter (KNITTING FACTORY WORKS)
44. Madredeus -- Existir (METRO BLUE)
45. Others -- "Sweet Something" 7-inch (DUCHESS)
46. Robbie Fulks -- South (BLOODSHOT)
47. V/A -- Camp Skin Graft (SKIN GRAFT)
48. Wayne Hancock -- That's What Daddy Wants (ARK 21)
49. V/A -- Ska Island (ISLAND)
50. Shipping News -- Save Everything (QUARTERSTICK/TOUCH AND GO)
51. Campbell Brothers -- Pass Me Not (ARHOOLIE)
52. Bassholes -- Blue Roots (REVENANT)
53. Coldcut -- Let Us Play (NINJA TUNE)
54. Conjunto Bernal -- 16 Early Tejano Classics (ARHOOLIE)
55. Elliott Sharp# -- The Seventies (ATAVISTIC); Spring & Neap (ZOAR); Tectonics: Field & Stream (ATONAL)
56. Matthew Shipp Duo w/ Joe Morris -- Thesis (HAT HUT); Matthew Shipp Quartet -- The Flow of X (THIRSTY EAR/2.13.61)
57. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott -- "Sock it 2 Me" 12-inch (EAST WEST)
58. Momus -- 20 Vodka Jellies (LE GRAND MAGISTERY)
59. Mountain Brothers -- "Paperchase" 12-inch (RUFFHOUSE)
60. Pram -- Gash (AE)
61. Rex -- 3 (SOUTHERN)
62. Roni Size -- Reprazent (MERCURY)
63. Run On -- Scoot (SONIC BUBBLEGUM)
64. Susana Baca -- self-titled (LUAKA BOP)
65. Tono Bungay/Tower Recordings -- Rule of Thumb 10-inch (SQUEALER)
66. Strictly Ballroom -- Hide Here Forever (WAXPLOITATION)
67. Alex North -- The Bad Seed; Spartacus; A Streetcar Named Desire (NONESUCH)
68. Sur Sudha -- Images of Nepal (DOMO)
69. Tha Alkaholiks -- "Likwidation"; "Contents Unda Pressure" 12-inches (LOUD/RCA) 
70. Atman -- Personal Forest (DRUNKEN FISH)
71. Blade -- "Rhyme Bomb" 12-inch (BOMB HIP-HOP )
72. Blasters -- American Music (HIGHTONE)
73. Brand Nubian/Angie Stone and Devox -- Money Talks - The Album 12-inch(ARISTA)
74. Ciao Bella -- "In" 7-inch (ENDEARING)
75. Lost in Translation -- "Consule" 7-inch (BURNT HAIR)
76. Murder City Devils -- The Murder City Devils (DIE YOUNG STAY PRETTY)
77. N.O.R.M.A. + Chris Cutler -- L'Arpa e L'Asino (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
78. The Need -- self-titled (CHAINSAW)
79. To Rococo Rot -- Veiculo (EMPEROR JONES)
80. V/A -- CIMPosium Vol. 1 & 2 (CIMP)
81. V/A -- Wild Style soundtrack (RHINO)
82. Mogwai -- Young Team (JETSET)
83. Apples in Stereo -- Tone Soul Evolution (SPINART)
84. V/A -- The Mystic Fiddle of the Proto-Gypsies (SHANACHIE)
85. V/A -- Southern Journey Vol. 6: Don'tcha Know the Road (ROUNDER)
86. DJ Dara -- Rinsimus Maximus (SMILE)
87. The Normal -- Warm Leatherette (MUTE)
88. V/A -- Digital Dust (RAWKUS)
89. V/A -- Peru and Bolivia (MULTICULTURAL MEDIA)

Also, here's some other releases that we just added that aren't
reflected on this week's chart:   

Badar Ali Khan -- Lost in Qawwali (TRILOKA)
Black Cock -- "Luna Party" 12-inch (BLACK COCK)
Brotzmann/Gania/Drake -- The "WELS" Concert (OKKADISK)
Charlie Haden -- Liberation Music Orchestra (IMPULSE)
Frontier -- Heater (TUG-O-WAR)
Georges Delerue -- Music from the Films of Francois Truffaut (NONESUCH)
Gorki's Zygotic Mynci -- Barafundle (MERCURY)
Guppyboy -- Jeffersonville (SUDDEN SHAME)
Inspecter 7 -- ...The Infamous (RADICAL)
KG, The -- Nature Morte (FORTUNE 4)
Leonard Rosenman -- East of Eden; Rebel Without a Cause (NONESUCH)
Matt Darriau -- Paradox Trio (KNITTING FACTORY WORKS)
Pachora -- self-titled (KNITTING FACTORY WORKS)
Pete Krebs -- Western Electric (CAVITY SEARCH)
Roy Haynes Quartet -- Out of the Afternoon (IMPULSE)
Seely -- Seconds (TOO PURE)
Slackers -- Redlight (HELLCAT)
Sonny Treadway -- Jesus Will Fix It! (ARHOOLIE)
Sons of Silence -- "Ain't We Grand, Going too Fast" 12-inch (LEAF)
Sportsguitar -- Married, 3 Kids (MATADOR)
V/A -- Dreamboat (CASSIEL)
V/A -- Jazz Loft Sessions (DOUGLAS MUSIC)
V/A -- Bomb Worldwide (BOMB HIP-HOP)
V/A -- Trip da Brasil (RYTHMIX)