WXYC
Top 88 January 11-17 >> 1998
 1. Mikey Dread -- African Anthem; Beyond World War III (BIG CAT)
 2. Quintron -- Satan is Dead (BULB)
 3. Moondog & the London Saxophonic -- Sax Pax for a Sax (ATLANTIC)
 4. Mouse on Mars -- Instrumentals (THRILL JOCKEY)
 5. V/A -- 100% Pure Funk (C & S)
 6. V/A -- Times Ain't Like They Used to Be: Early American Rural Music, Vols. 1 & 2 (YAZOO)
 7. V/A -- The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story: 1945-1955 (MERCURY)
 8. V/A -- Great Jewish Music: Serge Gainesbourg (TZADIK)
 9. V/A -- Cuban Gold 4: Fuego, Candela! (QBADISC)
10. Woody Guthrie -- Muleskinner Blues (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
11. DJ Soul Slinger/DJ Wally -- "Diana"/"Theresa" split 12-inch (LIQUID SKY)
12. Junior Delgado -- Dance a Dub (BIG CAT)
13. V/A -- The Rose Grew Round the Briar: Rural Love Songs, Vol. 1 & 2 (YAZOO)
14. V/A -- Caribbean Voyage: Brown Girl in the Ring (ROUNDER)
15. Deerhoof -- The Man, The King, The Girl (KILL ROCK STARS/5 RUE CHRISTINE)
16. V/A -- Utom: Summoning the Spirit (RYKODISC)
17. Badawi -- Jerusalem Under Fire (ROIR)
18. Bill Horist -- Soylent Radio (UNIT CIRCLE)
19. Fred McDowell -- The First Recordings (ROUNDER)
20. Kronos Quartet -- Early Music (NONESUCH)
21. Papi Oviedo -- Encuentro Entre Soneros (CANDELA)
22. V/A -- CIMPosium, Vol. 3 (CIMP)
23. V/A -- Jumpin' & Jivin' (SPECIALTY)
24. V/A -- Across the Tracks: Nashville R&B and Rock 'N' Roll (ACE)
25. Naftule's Dream -- Search for the Golden Dreydl (TZADIK)
26. Bee Houston -- The Hustler (ARHOOLIE)
27. Ken Butler -- Voices of Anxious Objects (TZADIK)
28. Kim Fowley -- Outlaw Superman (BACCHUS/DIONYSUS)
29. V/A -- Shaman, Jhankri, & Nele (ELLIPSIS ARTS)
30. Red Crayola -- Three Songs on a Trip to the United States (DRAG CITY)
31. Orlock -- "Ambulance" + 2 7-inch (FUNERAL/MONSTRO)
32. Orquesta La Moderna Tradicion -- Danzonemos (CANDELA)
33. Virgil Moorefield -- The Temperature In Hell Is Over 3,000 Degrees (TZADIK)
34. Penetrators -- Hit the Jet Stream 7-inch (CONTINENTAL)
35. Bardo Pond -- Lapsed (MATADOR)
36. Carl Martin -- Crow Jane Blues (TESTAMENT)
37. Cocoa Brovaz -- "Spanish Harlem" 12-inch (PRIORITY)
38. Double U & Glands of External Secretion -- self-titled (VHF)
39. Replikants -- This is Our Message (5 RUE CHRISTINE)
40. V/A -- Southern Journey Vol. 7: Ozark Frontier (ROUNDER)
41. Will Oldham/Rising Shotgun -- split 7-inch of David Allan Coe covers (PALACE/DRAG CITY)
42. Sleepytime Trio -- Plus 6000 EP (LOVITT)
43. Tonebenders -- self-titled (YEP ROC)
44. V/A -- Free to Fight 7" #1 (CANDY ASS)
45. Cannanes -- "It's a Fine Line" 7-inch (HARRIET)
46. Hellbender -- Con Limon (RESERVOIR)
47. Mark Dresser -- Banquet (TZADIK)
48. Mecca Normal -- Who Shot Elvis? (MATADOR)
49. Orang -- Fields and Waves (HITIT)
50. Ronnie & Clyde -- Macro-Scopic 12-inch (SWIM)
51. Tab Smith -- Top 'N' Bottom (DELMARK)
52. Trumans Water -- Action Ornaments (RUNT)
53. U-Sheen/Delarosa -- split 12-inch (FLUID OUNCE)
54. V/A -- Sonance Quarry (TAUTOLOGY)
55. Straphangers Art Ensemble -- Straphangers Ball (ARTICHOKE/ROLLIN/HALTAPES)
56. Das EFX -- "Rap Scholar" 12-inch (WARNER BROTHERS)
57. Michael Yonkers -- "Micro-Miniature Love" 7-inch (GET HIP)
58. Chickita -- Karen Learns About Our Nation 7-inch (SEXSHOP)
59. Children's Television Workshop -- Polyamorous Love Cult (DRUNKEN FISH)
60. Erno Kiraly -- Phoenix: The Music of Erno Kiraly (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
61. FJF -- Blow Horn (OKKADISK)
62. Half Japanese -- Heaven Sent (EMPEROR JONES)
63. Khan -- SilentMovieSilverScreen (CAIPIRINHA)
64. Luke Slater -- Freek Funk (NOVAMUTE)
65. Mamoru Fujieda -- Patterns of Plants (TZADIK)
66. Mumia Abu-Jamal/Man is the Bastard -- split CD (ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES)
67. My Dad is Dead -- Everyone Wants the Honey But Not the Sting (EMPEROR JONES)
68. V/A -- Thailand: Ceremonial and Court Music from Central Thailand (MULTICULTURAL MEDIA)
69. V/A -- Music from the Coffee Lands (PUTUMAYO)
70. John Zorn -- The Parachute Years (TZADIK)
71. Brokeback -- Another Routine Day Breaks 7" (HI-BALL)
72. Irving Klaw Trio -- "Love = High" 7-inch (MAG WHEEL)
73. Alan Licht & Loren Mazzacane Connors -- Mercury (ROAD CONE)
74. Brian Jonestown Massacre -- Give it Back! (TANGIBLE/BOMP)
75. Cush -- "The Butta" 12-inch (BALLISTIC)
76. Free Kitten -- Sentimental Education (KILL ROCK STARS)
77. Loren Mazzacane Connors -- Calloden Harvest (ROAD CONE); Desire 7-inch (UNION POLE)
78. Magic Pacer -- Dig This Dig That (W.I.N.)
79. Montefiori Cocktail -- Raccolta No. 1 (IRMAmerica)
80. Organized Konfusion -- The Equinox (PRIORITY)
81. Some Velvet Sidewalk -- The Lowdown (K)
82. Stars of the Lid -- Gravitational Pull vs. The Desire for An Aquatic Life (KRANKY)
83. Tim Berne's Paraphrase/Bloodcount -- Visitation Rites; Discretion (SCREWGUN)
84. Ulrich Krieger -- Walls of Sound (OOdiscs)
85. V/A -- Driftworks (BIG CAT)
86. V/A -- Solomon Islands: The Sounds of Bamboo (MULTICULTURAL MEDIA)
87. V/A -- Big Noise 2: Another Mambo Inn Compilation (RYKODISC)
88. Vas Deferens Organization -- Sweat Your Cheeses, But Not in My Salad (CHARNEL MUSIC)

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

Acetone -- self-titled (VAPOR)
Bent Scepters -- Blind Date with Destiny (BIZARRE/PLANET)
Dieselhed -- Shallow Water Blackout (AMARILLO)
Ein Heit -- The Lightning and the Sun (TEMPORARY FREEDOM)
ESP Summer -- self-titled (PERDITION PLASTICS)
Flap -- Flap Am in the House (FAT BOY)
Frigg A-Go-Go -- The Penetrating Sounds Of... (360 TWIST!)
Godheadsilo -- Share the Fantasy (SUB POP)
Gothic Archies -- The New Despair (MERGE)
Gringo -- Combine (PRAVDA)
Handsome Family -- Invisible Hands LP (SCOUT/CARROT TOP)
Joel R.L. Phelps -- The Downer Trio (PACIFICO)
Lonesome Bob -- Things Fall Apart (CHECKERED PAST)
Mia Doi Todd -- The Ewe and the Eye (X-MAS)
Mondo Topless -- Fifty-Thousand Dollar Hand Job (360 TWIST!)
Nick Didkovsky -- Binky Boy (PUNOS)
Otolithen -- S.O.D. (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
Post Prandials -- Switched-On Irresponsibility; High Wire Nonet; Jamaica (ARTICHOKE-TRISTERO)
Ruins -- Refusal Fossil (SKIN GRAFT)
Shy Camp -- "Call in Sick" 7-inch (HARRIET)
Silkworm -- Even a Blind Chicken Finds a Kernel of Corn Now and Then (MATADOR)
Someck & Sharp -- Revenge of the Stuttering Child (TZADIK)
Untamed Youth -- Planet Mace (ESTRUS)
V/A -- American Primitive Vol. 1: Raw Pre-War Gospel (REVENANT)
V/A -- Carolina Gospel Quartets, Vol. 2 (1936-1939) (DOCUMENT)
V/A -- Live at Cicero's: The Basement Recordings (ON THE CLOCK)
V/A -- The Essential Pebbles Collection, Vol. 1 (AIP)
V/A -- A Warrior on the Battlefield (A Capella: 1920s-1940s) (ROUNDER)
V/A -- The Bedtime Record #2 7-inch (BEDTIME RECORD)
Vasen -- Whirled (NORTHSIDE)
Wimme -- self-titled (NORTHSIDE)