WXYC
Top 137 December 9-January 5 >> 1998
  1. Ella Jenkins -- Call-And-Response; African American Folk Rhythms (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
  2. V/A -- The Bridges of Dissonant County (2A)
  3. Elizabeth Cotten -- Live! (ARHOOLIE)
  4. God is My Co-Pilot -- Get Busy (ATAVISTIC)
  5. Duotron -- The Complete Book of Duotron, Illustrated (SCRATCH)
  6. Ghazal -- As Night Falls on the Silk Road (SHANACHIE)
  7. Brian and Chris -- self-titled (self-released)
  8. Sulukule -- Rom Music of Istanbul (TRADITIONAL CROSSROADS)
  9. Art Ensemble of Chicago -- Coming Home Jamaica (ATLANTIC)
 10. Deux Filles -- Silence & Wisdom (HUMBUG)
 11. Hourly Radio -- Inverted Guitars and Concentric Amplifiers (FABLE CLASSICS)
 12. V/A -- Ethiopiques Vols. 1, 3, and 4 (BUDA)
 13. Jaz Klash -- Thru the Haze (WORLD DOMINATION)
 14. Cassiber -- Live in Tokyo (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
 15. Udi Yorgo Bacanos -- self-titled (TRADITIONAL CROSSROADS)
 16. V/A -- Best of Godzilla, 1954-1975 (GNP/CRESCENDO)
 17. Boxhead Ensemble -- The Last Place To Go (ATAVISTIC)
 18. Linton Kwesi Johnson -- Independant Intavenshan: The Island Anthology (ISLAND)
 19. Low Res -- Approximate Love Boat (PLUG RESEARCH)
 20. Ugly Duckling -- "Fresh Mode" 12-inch (1500)
 21. V/A -- Mississippi String Bands, Vols. 1 & 2 (COUNTY)
 22. V/A -- Zum Audio Vol. 2 (ZUM)
 23. Anthony Coleman/Sephardic Tinge -- Morenica (TZADIK)
 24. John Gavanti -- self-titled (ATAVISTIC)
 25. John Lurie -- Fishing With John; African Swim and Manny & Lo (STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL)
 26. Pish Posh -- Up Jumps the Boogie (RAW.KUTS/RAWKUS)
 27. V/A -- My Rough and Ready Ways, Vols. 1 & 2 (YAZOO)
 28. V/A -- IPS: Live Performances on WNYU 89.1 FM (WNYU)
 29. V/A -- Electroacoustic Music from Latin America (OOdiscs)
 30. V/A/Andrea Parker -- DJ Kicks (K7)
 31. Csokolom -- May I Kiss Your Hand (ARHOOLIE)
 32. Arthur Jarvinen -- Erase the Fake (OOdiscs)
 33. Dilated Peoples -- "Rework the Angles" 12-inch (ABB)
 34. Gladiators -- Bongo Red (HEARTBEAT)
 35. Julie Ruin -- self-titled (KILL ROCK STARS/5 RUE CHRISTINE)
 36. Knit Separates -- "In the Sea at Night" 7-inch (3 ACRE FLOOR)
 37. Lucksmiths -- "Untidy Towns" 7-inch (DRIVE-IN)
 38. Oneida -- "Best Friends" 7-inch (TURNBUCKLE)
 39. V/A -- El Lobo: Songs and Games of Latin America (ROUNDER)
 40. DJ Faust, Shortee, and Craze -- Fathomless (BOMB HIP-HOP)
 41. Momus -- The Little Red Songbook (LE GRAND MAGISTERY)
 42. Busta Rhymes -- "Tear the Roof Off" 12-inch (ELEKTRA)
 43. Derf Reklaw -- From the Nile (UBIQUITY)
 44. Faustina -- Brittle Star (self-released)
 45. Fortune & Maltese and the Phabulous Pallbearers -- "Leave No Stone Unturned" 7-inch (GET HIP)
 46. Orlando Jacinto Garcia -- Celestial Voices (OOdiscs)
 47. Betty Hutton -- The Best of the RCA Years (ONE WAY)
 48. Junior Varsity -- "Juvenile" 7-inch (REMEDIAL)
 49. Lounge Lizards -- Queen of All Ears (STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL)
 50. Malachi Thompson -- Freebop Now! (DELMARK)
 51. Silver Scooter -- "A Tribute to the Phone Calls" 7-inch (PEEK-A-BOO)
 52. Slaves -- "Chemical Priest" 12-inch (LOVELETTER)
 53. V/A -- Heartbeat 2: More Voices of First Nations Women (SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS)
 54. V/A -- Taking a Chance on Chances (TROUBLEMAN/SLAMPT)
 55. V/A -- It's the Cheap Damaged Goods Sampler (DAMAGED GOODS)
 56. V/A -- Sci-Fi's Greatest Hits (TVT)
 57. V/A -- All Done With Mirrors (LE GRAND MAGISTERY)
 58. Badar Ali Khan -- Lost in Qawwali II (TRILOKA)
 59. Junior Byles and Friends -- 129 Beat Street: Ja-Man Special 75-78 (BLOOD AND FIRE)
 60. Eugene Chadbourne -- Volume 2: Solo Acoustic Guitar (RASTASCAN); Jungle Cookies (OLD GOLD)
 61. Fresh Fish -- "Pork Chop" 7-inch (VILLA VILLAKULA)
 62. Sabir Mateen Trio -- Divine Mad Love (EREMITE)
 63. Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her -- "It's Brand New" 12-inch (DETECTOR)
 64. Third Eye Foundation -- You Guys Kill Me (MERGE)
 65. V/A -- Studio One Dancehall Selection (HEARTBEAT)
 66. Badawi -- Final Warning (ASPHODEL)
 67. Bonga -- Angola 74 (TINDER)
 68. Chicago Underground Duo -- 12 Degrees of Freedom (THRILL JOCKEY)
 69. Elton Dean -- Just Us (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
 70. London/Sklamberg/Caine -- Nigunim (TZADIK)
 71. Rondelles -- Fiction Romance, Fast Machines (SMELLS LIKE)
 72. V/A -- Laugh Hard, It's a Long Way to the Bank. (RESEARCH AND DESTROY)
 73. Blythe/Eyges/Ditmas -- Synergy (IN & OUT)
 74. Bright Moments -- Return of the Lost Tribe (DELMARK)
 75. Do Make Say Think -- self-titled (CONSTELLATION)
 76. Eleanor Hovda -- Ariadne Music (OOdiscs)
 77. Great Kat -- Bloody Vivaldi (TPR)
 78. Kruder Dorfmeister -- K&D Sessions (K7)
 79. Charline Arthur -- Welcome to the Club (BEAR FAMILY)
 80. Eminem -- "Just Don't Give a Fuck" 12-inch (AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE)
 81. Retsin -- Sweet Luck of Amaryllis (CARROT TOP)
 82. Two Dollar Guitar -- Train Songs (SMELLS LIKE)
 83. V/A -- Various 500 Lock-Grooves by 500 Artists (RRR)
 84. V/A -- Afro-American Spirituals, Work Songs, and Ballads (ROUNDER)
 85. V/A -- Orbitones, Spoon Harps, & Bellowphones (ELLIPSIS ARTS)
 86. V/A -- Next Stop Wonderland soundtrack (VERVE)
 87. 16 -- Scott Case (out of print material) (PESSIMISER/THEOLOGIAN)
 88. Hive -- Devious Methods (FFRR)
 89. icu -- Chotto Matte A Moment! (K)
 90. PhonosycographDISK -- Ancient Termites (BOMB HIP-HOP)
 91. V/A -- Night Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 3 (ROUNDER)
 92. Butchies -- Are We Not Femme? (MR. LADY)
 93. Outkast -- Aquemini (LAFACE)
 94. Squarepusher -- Music is Rotted One Note (NOTHING/INTERSCOPE)
 95. V/A -- Multi-Vitamin Comp (PUNK IN MY VITAMINS)
 96. Bandway -- Balls Out (HIGH IMPEDANCE)
 97. Brand Nubian -- "Back Up Off the Wall" 12-inch (ARISTA)
 98. Grooverider -- Mysteries of Funk (HIGHER GROUND)
 99. Mice Parade -- The True Meaning of Boodleybaye (BUBBLECORE)
100. Ninety Nine -- 767 (ENDEARING)
101. V/A -- Spike's Choice (DESCO)
102. V/A -- Two Cries of Freedom: Gypsy Flamenco from the Prisons of Spain (ROIR)
103. Guigou Chenevier -- Rumours of the City (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
104. Starpoint -- "Chains" 7-inch (self-released)
105. Blacks -- Dolly Horrorshow (BLOODSHOT)
106. Chessie -- Signal Series (DROP BEAT)
107. Elliott Sharp -- ARC 3: Cyberpunk and the Virtual Stance 1984-88 (ATAVISTIC)
108. Gisburg -- Trust (TZADIK)
109. Hazeldine -- Orphans (ALL SWOLL)
110. Paris Combo -- self-titled (TINDER)
111. Ryuichi Sakamoto -- Love is the Devil (ASPHODEL)
112. Virginia Rodrigues -- Sol Negro (HANNIBAL/RYKODISC)
113. Bonnie Prince Billie -- "Black Dissimulation" 7-inch (ALL CITY NOMAD)
114. Cursive/Silver Scooter -- split 10-inch (CRANK!)
115. Fartz -- Because This Fuckin' World Still Stinks... (ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES)
116. Jason Bill/Jack Rose -- Via St. Louis (DRUNKEN FISH)
117. Neotropic -- Mr Brubakers Strawberry Alarm Clock (NINJA TUNE)
118. Notwist -- Shrink (ZERO HOUR)
119. Pullman -- Turnstyles & Junkpiles (THRILL JOCKEY)
120. Split Lip Rayfield -- self-titled (BLOODSHOT)
121. V/A -- Train 45: Railroad Songs of the Early 1900s (ROUNDER)
122. V/A -- From Where I Stand (WARNER BROTHERS)
123. Dave Pike Set -- Got the Feelin' (WAGRAM)
124. Heltah Skeltah -- "Brownsville II Long Beach" 12-inch (DUCKDOWN/PRIORITY)
125. Istuan Martha -- The Wind Rises (CUNEIFORM/RECOMMENDED)
126. Paco El Lobo -- Cante Flamenco (BUDA)
127. Prince Charming -- Fantastic Voyage (WORDSOUND)
128. rhBand -- First Tone (DRUNKEN FISH)
129. V/A -- S.F. Unscrubbed: Live from the Laundromat II (TOY GUN MURDER)
130. V/A -- Even More Original Soul (INSTINCT)
131. Birchville Cat Motel -- Siberian Earth Curve (DRUNKEN FISH)
132. Ida Retsin Family -- Volume One (MUSS MY HAIR)
133. Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo -- Strange But True (MATADOR)
134. Jets to Brazil -- Orange Rhyming Dictionary (JADE TREE)
135. Macha -- self-titled (JETSET)
136. Rammel/Mallozi -- Whole or By the Slice (PENUMBRA MUSIC)
137. Scaries -- Over You (FAB DEL RAY)

Also, here are some other releases that we've recently added that 
aren't reflected on this chart:

V/A -- The Spirit of Cape Verde (TINDER)
Panacea -- Twisted Designz (MUSIC CARTEL)
Club 8 -- The Friend I Once Had (MARCH)
Marie McAuliffe -- plays the music of Burt Bacharach (AVANT)
V/A -- Versatility compilation (EVIL TEEN)
Henrys -- Desert Cure (TRAINREC)
Graham Connah's Sour Note Seven -- Gurney to the Lincoln Center of Your Mind (RASTASCAN)
Medusa Cyclone -- Mr. Devil (THIRD GEAR)
Boy Wonder Jinx -- The Problem With Fun (SLINGSHOT)
V/A -- Saigon Incoming (SOUND GIZMO)
Whistling Hangmen -- Barhopping (AVANT)
V/A -- QUIET! (WIFFLEFIST)
Foom -- No Fidelity Audio (SWILL RADIO)
Gloworm -- Glimmer (K)
Buttercup -- self-titled (SPIRIT OF ORR)
Plaid -- Not For Threes (NOTHING/INTERSCOPE)
Joe Morris Quartet -- A Cloud of Black Birds (AUM FIDELITY)
Wagon Christ -- Tally Ho! (ASTRALWERKS)
V/A -- Sounds from the Electronic Lounge (MUSIC CARTEL)
Minders -- Hooray for Tuesday (SPINART)
Lothars -- Meet the Lothars (CAMERA OBSCURA)
V/A -- In the Wrong (IGNIVOMOUS)
Long Hind Legs -- Feb. 4th - 14th 1998 (KILL ROCK STARS)
William Parker/In Order to Survive -- The Peach Orchard (AUM FIDELITY)
Irresistible Force -- It's Tomorrow Already (NINJA TUNE)
Matthew Shipp Horn Quartet -- Strata (HAT HUT)
Be/Non -- Meet the Person Most Responsible For Your Safety (TURNBUCKLE)
You Fantastic! -- self-titled (SKIN GRAFT)
Mount Shasta -- Watch Out (SKIN GRAFT)
Brass Knuckles for Tough Guys -- Noise Man Kills Him (DIVOT)
Colossamite -- Economy of Motion (SKIN GRAFT)
Cecil Seaskull -- Whoever (TEENAGE USA)
Delusion Valley -- "Jinsei" 7-inch (DETECTOR)
Cycling -- "Why Don't You Go to the Beach" 7-inch (DETECTOR)
Hugh Davies -- Interplay (FMR)
Dominions -- self-titled (TURDUCKEN)
Bill Fox -- Shelter from the Smoke (SPINART)
Bart & Friends -- 10 Songs About Cars & Girls (DRIVE-IN)