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Top 97 1. Hot Club of Cowtown -- Swingin' Stampede (HIGHTONE) 2. Bobby Bland -- Greatest Hits Volume One (MCA) 3. Tapani Varis -- Jews Harp (NORTHSIDE) 4. V/A -- the alt.coffee tapes (KATAHDIN) 5. Norman Yamada -- Being and Time (TZADIK) 6. Squirrel Nut Zippers -- Perennial Favorites (MAMMOTH) 7. William Carlos Williams -- Collection Plate (SHOESTRING) 8. Two Dollar Pistols -- Step Right Up! (YEP ROC) 9. V/A -- Chinese Whispers (SPRAWL) 10. World Standard -- Country Gazette (ASPHODEL) 11. Gene Page -- Blacula soundtrack (RAZOR AND TIE) 12. Magnetic Fields -- "I Don't Believe You" 7-inch (MERGE) 13. Beastie Boys -- Hello Nasty (CAPITOL) 14. UnFolkUs -- self-titled (UNIT CIRCLE) 15. V/A -- Untouchable Outcaste Beats, Vol. 1 (OUTCASTE/TOMMY BOY) 16. Various Frogs -- Sounds of North American Frogs (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS) 17. Big Sandy -- Dedicated to You (HIGHTONE) 18. David Amram -- The Manchurian Candidate soundtrack (PREMIER) 19. Eddie Lang -- The Quintessential Eddie Lang 1925-1932 (TIMELESS) 20. Impact All Stars -- Forward The Bass: Dub from Randy's 1972-1975 (BLOOD AND FIRE) 21. Junior Parker -- Backtracking - The Duke Recordings, Vol. 2 (MCA) 22. Low -- One More Reason to Forget (BLUESANCT MUSAK) 23. Microscopic Septet -- Take the Z Train (KOCH) 24. V/A -- CIMPosium, Volume 4 (CIMP) 25. V/A -- Badaboom Gramophone #3 compilation CD (BA DA BING!) 26. Nod -- Magnetic Anomaly (SMELLS LIKE) 27. Styles of Beyond -- "Styles of Beyond" b/w "Spies Like Us" 12-inch (BILAWN) 28. V/A -- Lives (PROVING GROUNDS) 29. AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark -- Stumble (WOBBLY RAIL) 30. Charles Gayle Quartet -- Daily Bread (BLACK SAINT) 31. Don Byron -- Nu Blaxploitation (BLUE NOTE) 32. Eliza Carthy -- Rice; Red (TOPIC) 33. Jessamine -- Don't Stay Too Long (KRANKY) 34. Phillip Johnston -- Music for Films (TZADIK) 35. Sangha Trio -- frantically frantically being at peace (SLIPPERY SLOPE) 36. Sonic Youth -- Silver Session (for Jason Knuth) (SYR) 37. Acme Rocket Quartet -- Ultra-High-Frequency (LATHER) 38. Fantastic Plastic Machine -- "Dear Mr. Salesman" 12-inch (EMPEROR NORTON) 39. Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson -- "The Bottle" 12-inch (TVT CLASSICS) 40. Golden Arm Trio -- self-titled (SHAMROCK) 41. Hasil Adkins -- What the Hell Was I Thinking (FAT POSSUM/EPITAPH) 42. Marshmallow Coast -- "Darker Side of Lightning" 7-inch (SPARE ME) 43. Sadies -- Precious Moments (BLOODSHOT) 44. Sex Mob -- Din of Inequity (COLUMBIA/KNITTING FACTORY) 45. V/A -- I Stayed Up All Night Listening to Records (ANYWAY ) 46. Charlie Feathers -- Get With It (REVENANT) 47. Fauna Flash -- "Velvet Strings" 12-inch (COMPOST) 48. Gillian Welch -- Hell Among the Yearlings (ALMO SOUNDS) 49. Medeski Martin & Wood -- Combustication (BLUE NOTE) 50. Sunz of Man -- The Last Shall Be First (THREAT/BMG) 51. V/A -- Secret Museum of Mankind Vol. 5 (YAZOO) 52. V/A -- Day Trip to Brisco (DERAILED) 53. V/A -- It's Only Four Dollars Every Five Minutes (CHUNKLET) 54. Will Oldham -- Black/Rich Music (DRAG CITY) 55. 60 Channels -- "Ride With the Flow" 12-inch (WORLD DOMINATION) 56. Hall of Fame -- "Coliseum Rising" 7-inch (AMISH) 57. Judy Dunaway -- Balloon Music (CRI) 58. Of Montreal -- The Bedside Drama A Petite Controversy (KINDERCORE) 59. Outkast -- "Skew It on the Bar-B" 12-inch (LAFACE) 60. V/A -- Old-Time Mountain Guitar: Vintage Recordings 1926-1931 (COUNTY) 61. V/A -- Fit For Kings (DRUNKEN FISH) 62. Brand Nubian -- "The Return" CD single (ARISTA) 63. Capt. Qitn -- "I Do" 7-inch (TURDUCKEN) 64. Chocolate Genius -- Black Music (V2) 65. Heltah Skeltah -- "I Ain't Havin That" (PRIORITY) 66. Julius Hemphill/Warren Smith -- Chile New York (BLACK SAINT) 67. Liz Phair -- Whitechocolatespaceegg (MATADOR) 68. Mix Master Mike -- Anti-Theft Device (ASPHODEL) 69. Nashville Bluegrass Band -- American Beauty (SUGAR HILL) 70. Open Loose -- Come Ahead Back... (KOCH) 71. Original Sins -- Skeletons in the Garage (SPARE ME) 72. Paolo Conte -- The Best of... (NONESUCH) 73. Plastikman -- Consumed (NOVAMUTE) 74. Pointless Orchestra -- Approaching Totality (WITHOUT FEAR) 75. Pram -- North Pole Radio Station (MERGE) 76. Rainer Truby Trio -- "Galicia" 12-inch (COMPOST) 77. Roads to Space Travel -- self-titled (AMISH) 78. Star Phase 23 -- "Inside" 7-inch (BURNT HAIR) 79. V/A -- Our Heat (Your Moisture) (SCUSS) 80. V/A -- Join the Queercorps 12-inch (QUEERCORPS) 81. Lucinda Williams -- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (MERCURY) 82. Acid House Kings -- Advantage Acid House Kings (SHELFLIFE) 83. Alvin Youngblood Hart -- Territory (HANNIBAL/RYKODISC) 84. Big Jack Johnson -- Live in Chicago (EARWIG) 85. Dorsey Dixon -- Babies in the Mill (HIGHTONE) 86. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver -- Gospel Radio Gems (SUGAR HILL) 87. Eck Robertson -- Old Time Texas Fiddler (COUNTY) 88. Freaky Chakra -- Blacklight Fantasy (ASTRALWERKS) 89. Jazzanova -- EP (COMPOST) 90. Jim Mills -- Bound to Ride (SUGAR HILL) 91. John Martyn -- The Church with One Bell (THIRSTY EAR) 92. Junior Wells -- Blues Hit Big Town (DELMARK) 93. Monroe Mustang -- Plain Sweeping Themes for the Unprepared (TRANCE SYNDICATE) 94. V/A -- owL remix Low (VERNON YARD) 95. V/A -- Ice Cream Festival (OLD GOLD) 96. V/A -- Ones, Twos, and Threes (OLD GOLD) 97. V/A -- Konkrete Jungle: Maximum Drum n Bass (ULTRA) Also, here are some other releases that we just added that aren't reflected on this week's chart: Lee Morgan -- Blue Breakbeats (BLUE NOTE) Les Batteries -- Bell System (RIFT) Nanci Griffith -- Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (ELEKTRA) Bobbi Humphrey -- Blue Breakbeats (BLUE NOTE) John French -- O Solo Drumbo (AVANT) V/A -- Dancehall Kings III (BLUNT/TVT) Macka B -- Suspicious (ARIWA/RAS) Daddy Franky/Culture Flyie -- Reggae Dancehall (MARSTON) |