WXYC
Top 118 December 14 >> 1997 - January 2 >> 1998
 1. Labradford -- Me Media Naranja (KRANKY)
 2. Quintron -- Satan is Dead (BULB)
 3. Various Artists -- CIMPosium, Vol. 3 (CIMP)
 4. Curtis Mayfield -- Superfly (RHINO)
 5. Various Artists -- Caribbean Voyage: Brown Girl in the Ring (ROUNDER)
 6. Various Artists -- Crime Jazz, Vols. 1 & 2 (RHINO)
 7. Various Artists -- Great Jewish Music: Serge Gainesbourg (TZADIK)
 8. DJ Krush -- Milight (MO WAX)
 9. Movietone -- Day and Night (DRAG CITY)
10. Kim Fowley -- Outlaw Superman (BACCHUS/DIONYSUS)
11. Loren Mazzacane Connors -- Calloden Harvest (ROAD CONE); Desire 7-inch (UNION POLE)
12. Various Artists -- Kurtis Blow Presents the History of Rap, Vol. 1 - 3 (RHINO)
13. Onna-Kodomo -- Syuuka (CHARNEL MUSIC)
14. Ray Condo and His Ricochets -- Door to Door Maniac (JOAQUIN)
15. Various Artists -- Utom: Summoning the Spirit (RYKODISC)
16. Flying Saucer Attack -- New Lands (DRAG CITY)
17. Various Artists -- The Corners of the Mouth (BUBBLECORE)
18. Various Artists -- The Discoteca Collection; L.H. Correa de Azevedo (RYKODISC)
19. Various Artists -- Bring Your Own Walkman (STAALPLAAT)
20. Various Artists -- Driftworks (BIG CAT)
21. Various Artists -- ReR Quarterly, Vol. 4 No. 2 (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
22. Deerhoof -- The Man, The King, The Girl (KILL ROCK STARS/5 RUE CHRISTINE)
23. Mouse on Mars -- Instrumentals (THRILL JOCKEY)
24. Various Artists -- Cuban Gold 4: Fuego, Candela! (QBADISC)
25. Moondog & the London Saxophonic -- Sax Pax for a Sax (ATLANTIC)
26. Various Artists -- Saxomania: Honkers and Screamers (CHARLY)
27. Buddy Emmons -- Amazing Steel Guitar: The Buddy Emmons Collection (RAZOR AND TIE)
28. Onyx + Wu-Tang Clan -- "The Worst" 12-inch (TOMMY BOY)
29. Rose Maddox -- Rose Maddox Sings Bluegrass (CAPITOL)
30. U-Sheen/Delarosa -- split 12-inch (FLUID OUNCE)
31. Various Artists -- Music of Arab Americans (ROUNDER)
32. Atman -- "End of Philosophy" 7-inch (DRUNKEN FISH)
33. Billy Jack Wills and his Western Swing Band -- self-titled (JOAQUIN)
34. Styles of Beyond -- "Killer Instinct" 12-inch (BILAWN)
35. Tim Berne's Paraphrase/Bloodcount -- Visitation Rites; Discretion (SCREWGUN)
36. Various Artists -- Coal Mining Women (ROUNDER)
37. Blue Sky Boys -- self-titled (STARDAY)
38. Fibreforms -- Stone (ROOM TONE)
39. Third Eye Foundation -- Sound of Violence (MERGE)
40. Various Artists -- Thailand: Ceremonial and Court Music from Central Thailand (MULTICULTURAL MEDIA)
41. Ernie Kovacs -- The Ernie Kovacs Record Collection (VARESE-SARABANDE)
42. Hadda Brooks -- Jump Back Honey: The Complete Okeh Sessions (LEGACY)
43. Mendoza Line -- "Jefferson" + 3 7-inch (KINDERCORE)
44. Various Artists -- Shaman, Jhankri, & Nele (ELLIPSIS ARTS)
45. Various Artists -- Louisiana Swamp Blues (CAPITOL)
46. Various Artists -- The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story: 1945-1955 (MERCURY) 
47. Ida -- Ten Small Paces (SIMPLE MACHINES)
48. Volapuk -- Slang! (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
49. Harvey Milk -- Courtesy and Good Will Toward Men (REPRODUCTIVE)
50. Ralph Carney -- Ralph Sounds (BIRDMAN)
51. Silver Scooter -- "Cup and String" 7-inch (CRANK)
52. Telegraph Melts -- "Heilgeschichte und Weltgeschichte" 7-inch (TELEGRAPH MELTS)
53. Various Artists -- Audio Alchemy 2 (Directions in Sound Manipulation) (UBIQUITY)
54. Yabby You -- Jesus Dread: 1972 - 1977 (BLOOD AND FIRE)
55. Various Artists -- Across the Tracks: Nashville R&B and Rock 'N' Roll (ACE)
56. Children's Television Workshop -- Polyamorous Love Cult (DRUNKEN FISH)
57. Organized Konfusion -- The Equinox (PRIORITY)
58. Palace Contribution/Zeni Geva -- Sides 5-6, AC/DC tribute 7-inch (SKIN GRAFT)
59. Various Artists -- Solomon Islands: The Sounds of Bamboo (MULTICULTURAL MEDIA)
60. Woody Guthrie -- Muleskinner Blues (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
61. Fat Day -- Burrega (100% BREAKFAST)
62. Ganger -- Fore (DOMINO)
63. Paul D. Miller -- Viral Sonata (ASPHODEL)
64. Various Artists -- Relaxing the Undertow (PUT IT ON A CRACKER)
65. Various Artists -- Jumpin' & Jivin' (SPECIALTY)
66. Bee Houston -- The Hustler (ARHOOLIE)
67. Various Artists -- 10-- Encuentro Entre Soneros (CANDELA)
93. Bright -- The Albatross Guest House (BA DA BING!/DARLA)
94. Double U & Glands of External Secretion -- self-titled (VHF)
95. Magnog -- More Weather (KRANKY)
96. Shelley Hirsch -- States (TELLUS)
97. Trumans Water -- Action Ornaments (RUNT)
98. Various Artists -- Alt. Frequencies 12-inch sampler (WORM INTERFACE)
99. Various Artists -- Cup of Tea Records: Another Compilation (IRON AMERICA)
100. Various Artists -- Indonesia: Jegog - The Rhythmic Power of Bamboo (MULTICULTURAL MEDIA)
101. Zeek Sheck -- Hot Lines for the Children (SKIN GRAFT)
102. Various Artists -- Local Honey (THIRD PLACE COFFEEHOUSE)
103. Kronos Quartet -- Early Music (NONESUCH)
104. Various Artists -- Times Ain't Like They Used to Be: Early American Rural Music, Vols. 1 & 2 (YAZOO)
105. Ken Butler -- Voices of Anxious Objects (TZADIK)
106. Magic Pacer -- Dig This Dig That (W.I.N.)
107. Tonebenders -- self-titled (YEP ROC)
108. Various Artists -- Shake the Nations (WORDSOUND)
109. Cush -- "The Butta" 12-inch (BALLISTIC)
110. Sleepytime Trio -- Plus 6000 EP (LOVITT)
111. Ronnie & Clyde -- Macro-Scopic 12-inch (SWIM)
112. Will Oldham/Rising Shotgun -- split 7-inch of David Allan Coe covers (PALACE/DRAG CITY)
113. My Friend the Atom -- "See You Again" 7-inch (SANDWICH)
114. Babatunde Olatunji -- Love Drum Talk (CHESKY)
115. Jon Appleton -- Contes de la Memoire (EMPREINTES DIGITALES)
116. RHAG -- Life Goes On (TRACTOR BEAM)
117. Various Artists -- Zum #10 CD (ZUM)
118. Various Artists -- Process (CAIPIRINHA)

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

Antonio Carlos and Jocafi -- Sing the Music of Jorge Amado (MILAN)
Bill Horist -- Soylent Radio (UNIT CIRCLE)
California Ear Unit -- Zilver: The California Ear Unit Performs Louis Andriessen (NEW ALBION)
Chickita -- Karen Learns About Our Nation 7-inch (SEXSHOP)
Davey Williams -- Charmed, I'm Sure (ECSTATIC PEACE!)
Erno Kiraly -- Phoenix: The Music of Erno Kiraly (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
Free Kitten -- Sentimental Education (KILL ROCK STARS)
Half Japanese -- Heaven Sent (EMPEROR JONES)
Hellbender -- Con Limon (RESERVOIR)
Joey Altruda -- Joey Altruda presents Kingston Cocktail (WILL)
Jon Cougar Concentration Camp -- 'Til Niagara Falls... (BYO)
Khan -- SilentMovieSilverScreen (CAIPIRINHA)
Loren Mazzacane Connors -- Desire 7-inch (UNION POLE)
Main -- Deliquescence (BEGGAR'S BANQUET)
Mao Tse Helen -- "Good Times" 7-inch (SHAMELESS)
Mecca Normal -- Who Shot Elvis? (MATADOR)
Montefiori Cocktail -- Raccolta No. 1 (IRMAmerica)
Mumia Abu-Jamal/Man is the Bastard -- split CD (ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES)
My Dad is Dead -- Everyone Wants the Honey But Not the Sting (EMPEROR JONES)
Orang -- Fields and Waves (HITIT)
Orlock -- "Ambulance" + 2 7-inch (FUNERAL/MONSTRO)
Pantunes Music -- In Search of the Surface Noise (PANTUNES/SPRAWL)
Primordial Undermind -- You and Me and the Continuum (CAMERA OBSCURA)
si-{cut}.db -- Behind You (SUBURBS OF HELL/SPRAWL)
Some Velvet Sidewalk -- The Lowdown (K)
Stars of the Lid -- Gravitational Pull vs. The Desire for An Aquatic Life (KRANKY)
Tab Smith -- Top N' Bottom (DELMARK)
Transient Waves -- Wading & Waiting (DARLA)
Ulrich Krieger -- Walls of Sound (OOdiscs)
Union 13 -- East Los Presents...Union 13 (EPITAPH)
V/A -- Music from the Coffee Lands (PUTUMAYO)
V/A -- Cipher Entertainment sampler 12-inch (CIPHER ENTERTAINMENT)
V/A -- Surprise Package 7-inch (FLYING BOMB)
V/A -- The Broken Voice (SUBURBS OF HELL/SPRAWL)
V/A -- New York Reality Check 101 (PAYDAY/FFRR)
V/A -- Muckraker #8 7-inch (GIARDIA)
V/A -- Sonance Quarry (TAUTOLOGY)
Vinicius Cantuaria -- Sol Na Cara (GRAMAVISION)