WXYC
Top 88 January 25-31 >> 1998
 1. Spatula -- Despina by Land (SQUEALER)
 2. Alice Coltrane -- Journey in Satchidananda (IMPULSE)
 3. Akemi Naito -- Strings & Time (CRI)
 4. Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant -- Flamin' Guitars, Discs 1 - 4 (BEAR FAMILY)
 5. Junior Delgado -- Dance a Dub (BIG CAT)
 6. R. L. Burnside -- Acoustic Stories (M.C.)
 7. DJ Shadow -- Preemptive Strike (MO WAX)
 8. V/A -- Carolina Gospel Quartets, Vol. 2 (1936-1939) (DOCUMENT)
 9. V/A -- The Essential Pebbles Collection, Vol. 1 (AIP)
10. Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly -- Carolina Blues, New York City 1944 (ARHOOLIE)
11. Joe Maphis & Friends -- Live at Town Hall: 1958 - 1961 (COUNTRY ROUTES)
12. Mikey Dread -- African Anthem; Beyond World War III (BIG CAT)
13. This Kind of Punishment -- self-titled (ROOF BOLT)
14. Cut Chemist/Shortkut -- Live at the Future Primitive Soundsession ()
15. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble -- The Continuum (DELMARK)
16. Ruins -- Refusal Fossil (SKIN GRAFT)
17. V/A/Terranova -- DJ Kicks (K7)
18. Ken Butler -- Voices of Anxious Objects (TZADIK)
19. Papi Oviedo -- Encuentro Entre Soneros (CANDELA)
20. V/A -- Mutant Beatz: Abstrakt Hip-Hop, Future Funk, and Science Fiction Soul (MUTANT SOUND SYSTEM)
21. Buena Ventura -- "Pimp Funk" 12-inch (WILD LIFE)
22. Godheadsilo -- Share the Fantasy (SUB POP)
23. Hamiett Bluiett -- Ballads & Blues (SOUL NOTE)
24. Mark Dresser -- Banquet (TZADIK)
25. V/A -- Sonance Quarry (TAUTOLOGY)
26. Augustus Pablo/V/A -- Augustus Pablo Presents DJs from 70s to 80s (BIG CAT)
27. ESP Summer -- self-titled (PERDITION PLASTICS)
28. Michael Yonkers -- "Micro-Miniature Love" 7-inch (GET HIP)
29. Naftule's Dream -- Search for the Golden Dreydl (TZADIK)
30. Orquesta La Moderna Tradicion -- Danzonemos (CANDELA)
31. Red Crayola -- Three Songs on a Trip to the United States (DRAG CITY)
32. V/A -- American Primitive Vol. 1: Raw Pre-War Gospel (REVENANT)
33. Libby Larsen & Caroline Hartig -- Dancing Solo (INNOVA)
34. V/A -- Senseless Beats 12-inch (GEE STREET/V2)
35. Bill Horist -- Soylent Radio (UNIT CIRCLE)
36. Gothic Archies -- The New Despair (MERGE)
37. John Zorn -- The Parachute Years (TZADIK)
38. Mamoru Fujieda -- Patterns of Plants (TZADIK)
39. Penetrators -- Hit the Jet Stream 7-inch (CONTINENTAL)
40. V/A -- A Warrior on the Battlefield (A Capella: 1920s-1940s) (ROUNDER)
41. Azalia Snail -- Breaker Mortar (DARK BELOVED CLOUD)
42. MCE -- 180 Degrees from Ordinary (INNOVA)
43. Junior Kimbrough and the Soul Blues Boys -- Do the Rump! (HIGHTONE)
44. Cannanes -- "It's a Fine Line" 7-inch (HARRIET)
45. Davey Williams -- Charmed, I'm Sure (ECSTATIC PEACE!)
46. H.S.O. -- H.S.Overload EP (DROP BEAT)
47. Mondo Topless -- Fifty-Thousand Dollar Hand Job (360 TWIST!)
48. Montefiori Cocktail -- Raccolta No. 1 (IRMAmerica)
49. My Dad is Dead -- Everyone Wants the Honey But Not the Sting (EMPEROR JONES)
50. Someck & Sharp -- Revenge of the Stuttering Child (TZADIK)
51. V/A -- 100% Pure Funk (C & S)
52. Brokeback -- Another Routine Day Breaks 7" (HI-BALL)
53. Choir of Benedictine Nuns at the Abbey of Regina Laudis -- Women in Chant (SOUNDS TRUE)
54. Das EFX -- "Rap Scholar" 12-inch (WARNER BROTHERS)
55. Erno Kiraly -- Phoenix: The Music of Erno Kiraly (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
56. Mia Doi Todd -- The Ewe and the Eye (X-MAS)
57. Moondog & the London Saxophonic -- Sax Pax for a Sax (ATLANTIC)
58. Mr. Dibbs -- Unearthed Vol. 1 LP (PHAT HEAD)
59. Shy Camp -- "Call in Sick" 7-inch (HARRIET)
60. Stars of the Lid -- Gravitational Pull vs. The Desire for An Aquatic Life (KRANKY)
61. Untamed Youth -- Planet Mace (ESTRUS)
62. V/A -- Cuban Gold 4: Fuego, Candela! (QBADISC)
63. V/A -- The Rose Grew Round the Briar: Rural Love Songs, Vol. 1 & 2 (YAZOO)
64. V/A -- Free to Fight 7" #1 (CANDY ASS)
65. V/A -- Live at Cicero's: The Basement Recordings (ON THE CLOCK)
66. V/A -- Jitterbug Jive: Hot Texas Swing 1940-1941 (KRAZY KAT)
67. Arthur Weston -- Pea Vine Whistle (TESTAMENT)
68. Bent Scepters -- Blind Date with Destiny (BIZARRE/PLANET)
69. Cenobites -- self-titled LP (FONDLE 'EM)
70. Chickita -- Karen Learns About Our Nation 7-inch (SEXSHOP)
71. Frigg A-Go-Go -- The Penetrating Sounds Of... (360 TWIST!)
72. Half Japanese -- Heaven Sent (EMPEROR JONES)
73. Handsome Family -- Invisible Hands LP (SCOUT/CARROT TOP)
74. Hellbender -- Con Limon (RESERVOIR)
75. Krumb Snatcha -- "Gettin Closer to God" 12-inch (MASS IN ACTION)
76. Malachi Thompson -- 47th Street (DELMARK)
77. Nick Didkovsky -- Binky Boy (PUNOS)
78. Peanut Butter Wolf (featuring Rasco) -- "Run the Line" 12-inch (STONE'S THROW)
79. Ronnie & Clyde -- Macro-Scopic 12-inch (SWIM)
80. Transient Waves -- Wading & Waiting (DARLA)
81. V/A -- The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story: 1945-1955 (MERCURY)
82. V/A -- New York Reality Check 101 (PAYDAY/FFRR)
83. V/A -- Times Ain't Like They Used to Be: Early American Rural Music, Vols. 1 & 2 (YAZOO)
84. V/A -- The Bedtime Record #2 7-inch (BEDTIME RECORD)
85. V/A -- Sounds True: Anthology of Sacred World Music, Vol. 1 (SOUNDS TRUE)
86. Vasen -- Whirled (NORTHSIDE)
87. Virgil Moorefield -- The Temperature In Hell Is Over 3,000 Degrees (TZADIK)
88. Wimme -- self-titled (NORTHSIDE)

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

Autour de Lucie -- Immobile (NETTWERK)
Derailers -- Reverb Deluxe (WATERMELON/SIRE)
Diabologum -- #3 (LITHIUM)
Doug Quattlebaum -- If You've Ever Been Mistreated (TESTAMENT)
Eleanor Hovda -- Coastal Traces (OOdiscs)
Flin Flon -- "Swift Current" 7-inch (TEENBEAT)
Mick Harvey -- Pink Elephants (MUTE)
Techno Animal -- "Demonoid" 12-inch (GRAND ROYAL)
Valerie Lemercier -- Chante (MARCH)