1. Horace Andy -- Mr. Bassie (HEARTBEAT)
 2. Calexico -- The Black Light (QUARTERSTICK/TOUCH AND GO)
 3. Don Caballero -- What Burns Never Returns (TOUCH AND GO)
 4. V/A -- Show Me What You Got! (CANDY)
 5. V/A -- The Real Bahamas, Vols. I & II (NONESUCH)
 6. Crown Royals -- All Night Burner (ESTRUS)
 7. Harry Partch -- The Harry Partch Collection, Vols. 1 - 3 (CRI)
 8. Negativland -- Happy Heroes (SEELAND)
 9. Roy Montgomery -- And Now the Rain Sounds Like Life is Falling Down Through It (DRUNKEN FISH)
10. Chaino -- Africana & Beyond (BACCHUS/DIONYSUS)
11. Saafir -- "Goin' Home" 12-inch (WRAP/ICHIBAN)
12. V/A -- Africa: The Ba-Benzele Pygmies; Africa: The Dan (ROUNDER)
13. Other Dimensions in Music -- Now! (AUM FIDELITY)
14. Sir Richard Bishop -- Salvador Kali (REVENANT)
15. V/A -- Toneburst Collective (BLISS)
16. V/A -- More Original Raw Soul (INSTINCT)
17. V/A -- Southern Journey Vol. 13: Earliest Times (ROUNDER)
18. Fly-Rite Boys -- Big Sandy Presents (HIGHTONE)
19. Goblin -- Volume II 1975-1980 (DRG)
20. Ladybug Transistor -- "Today Knows" 7-inch (MERGE)
21. Los Munequitos de Matanzas -- Live in New York (QBADISC)
22. NRG Ensemble -- Bejazzo Gets a Facelift (ATAVISTIC)
23. Vandermark Five -- Target or Flag (ATAVISTIC)
24. V/A -- Skatalites & friends at Randy's (VP)
25. V/A -- Secret Museum of Mankind: East Africa (YAZOO)
26. Diamanda Galas -- Malediction and Prayer (ASPHODEL)
27. Mercury Birds -- "One Man Bandit" 7-inch (TEN FOOT INDUSTRIES)
28. Mr. Dibbs -- "231 Ways to Fry and Egg" 12-inch (FOUR WAYS TO ROCK)
29. Push Kings -- Far Places (SEALED FATE)
30. Class -- "Holding Hands" 7-inch (DOUBLE AGENT)
31. Dylan Group -- Re-Interpreted (BUBBLECORE)
32. Gold Sparkle Band -- Plays 2 by Shipp (NU)
33. Jenny Mae -- Don't Wait Up For Me (ANYWAY )
34. Jerry Hahn & His Quintet -- self-titled (ARHOOLIE)
35. Providence -- 27.4.97 (LITTLE ARMY)
36. Rose Melberg -- Portola (DOUBLE AGENT)
37. Smearcase/El Sucio -- split 7-inch (POINTLESS)
38. Thee Headcoats -- The Jimmy Reed Experience 10-inch (GET HIP)
39. V/A -- Crossed Wires: Abstract Perspectives from Atlanta's Underground (CLOCK WISE)
40. V/A -- James Brown's Original Funky Divas (POLYDOR)
41. V/A/Andy Smith -- The Document (PHASE 4/LONDON)
42. Whit Dickey Trio -- Transonic (AUM FIDELITY)
43. Anne Heller -- Fountain of Annihilation (CRUNCHY FOOD/BOBBY J)
44. Bob Marley -- Selections from the Complete Wailers 1967-1972 Part 1 (JAD/KOCH)
45. Dot -- self-titled (FORESHORTENED ARM)
46. James "Tex" Carman -- Chippeha! (REVENANT)
47. V/A -- Secret Broadcast (PANDER BROS.)
48. V/A -- Peter Was a Fisherman: The 1939 Trinidad Field Recordings of Melville and Frances Herskovits, Vol. 1 (ROUNDER)
49. Woody Guthrie -- Hard Travelin' (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
50. Azusa Plane -- The Last of the Famous Electronic Playboys 7-inch (MOTORWAY)
51. Bassholes -- Long Way Blues: 1996-1998 (MATADOR)
52. Culture -- Production Something (HEARTBEAT)
53. Francoiz Breut -- self-titled (LITHIUM)
54. Lhasa Cement Plant -- I Am Providence (FLYDADDY)
55. Major Stars -- The Rock Revival (TWISTED VILLAGE)
56. Pelt -- Techeod (VHF)
57. Royal Trux -- Accelerator (DRAG CITY)
58. Sick Bees -- "Push" 7-inch (UP); "Sunset" 7-inch (RX REMEDY)
59. Spin-17 -- self-titled (QUODLIBET)
60. Styrenes -- We Care, So You Don't Have To (SCAT)
61. Tricky -- Angels With Dirty Faces (ISLAND)
62. Twinkeyz -- Aliens in our Midst (ANOPHELES)
63. V/A -- !Sabroso! - The Afro-Latin Groove (RHINO)
64. V/A -- Mondo Beat (NARADA)
65. V/A -- Ska After Ska After Ska (HEARTBEAT)
66. Windy & Carl -- Depths (KRANKY)
67. Algebra One -- Keep Tryst (DELMAR)
68. Billy Bragg & Wilco -- Mermaid Avenue (ELEKTRA)
69. Braid -- Frame and Canvas (POLYVINYL)
70. Doleful Lions -- Motel Swim (PARASOL)
71. Double Life -- "Revolutions" 12-inch (RAW ELEMENTS)
72. Joe Morris/Ken Vandermark/Hans Poppel -- Like Rays (KNITTING FACTORY)
73. Laddio Bolocko -- In Real Time (HUNGARIAN)
74. Le Mans -- Le Mans/Entresemana (GRIMSEY)
75. Mance Lipscomb -- Captain, Captain (ARHOOLIE)
76. Purple Penguin -- De-tuned (IRON AMERICA)
77. Rock*A*Teens -- Baby, A Little Rain Must Fall (MERGE)
78. Saafir -- "Crawl Before You Ball" (QWEST/WARNER BROTHERS)
79. Sonic Youth -- A Thousand Leaves (DGC/GEFFEN)
80. Stigmatics -- "Homesickness" 7-inch (DISCHORD/BRICK THROWER)
81. Ui -- Lifelike (SOUTHERN)
82. V/A -- Pacific State (DEVIANT)
83. Wagon Christ -- The Power of Love (VIRGIN)

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

V/A -- Vision One: Vision Festival 1997 Compiled (AUM FIDELITY)
Flatt and Scruggs -- At Carnegie Hall (KOCH)
V/A -- House Rockin' and Hip Shakin' Vol. 2: Louisiana Hoo Doo Party (HIP-O/UNIVERSAL)
Elmo Williams & Hezekiah Early -- Takes One to Know One (FAT POSSUM/EPITAPH)
Jimmie Rodgers -- Train Whistle Blues (KOCH)
Derrick May -- Innovator (TRANSMAT)
Hula Boy -- As Tight as an Owl With the (HARRIET)
Gerbils -- Are You Sleepy (HIDDEN AGENDA/PARASOL)
Ben Neill -- Goldbug (ANTILLES)
Massive Attack -- Mezzanine (VIRGIN)
Duster -- Stratosphere (UP)
Gourds -- Stadium Blitzer (WATERMELON)
Dolly Varden -- The Thrill of Gravity (EVIL TEEN)
Meat Purveyors -- Sweet in the Pants (BLOODSHOT)
Califone -- self-titled (FLYDADDY)
Sackville -- These Last Songs (MAG WHEEL)
Josh Rouse -- Dressed Up Like Nebraska (SLOW RIVER)
Dramatics -- $50,000 LP (MENLO PARK)
Duotron vs. Tom Smith -- "Po' Po' Pee Poo" LP (MENLO PARK)
Reality Challenged -- Psalms for Ticklebag (DETECTOR)
San Agustin -- nontitled LP (ROAD CONE)
Assembly Line People Program -- "Glass Static" + 2 12-inch (self-released)