Here's the playlist for 10/18/97
(Those titles with a "#" were donations)
(Those titles with a "*" were requests)
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
| Thinking Plague | Organism (version II) | In This Life | RéR |
| Tony Levin | * Etude in the Key of Guildford | World Diary | Papa Bear |
| Bruford | If You Can't Stand the Heat... | Feels Good to Me | E'G |
| Bruford | Fainting in Coils | One of a Kind | E'G |
| Bruford | Sample and Hold | The Bruford Tapes | E'G |
| Bruford | Q.E.D. | Gradually Going Tornado | E'G |
| Gentle Giant | Peel the Paint | Three Friends | Columbia |
| David Sylvian / Robert Fripp | Darshan (the road to graceland) | Damage | Virgin |
| Frank Zappa | Sinister Footwear II / Truck Driver Divorce | Them or Us | Zappa Records |
| Discord Aggregate | Multiply by Zero | # The Attack of the Absolute Zeros | independent |
| Magma | Kobah | Live Hhaï | Seventh |
| Änglagård | Vandringar i vilsenhet | Hybris | Mellotronen |
| Peter Gabriel | Security (FEATURED ALBUM) | Geffen | |
| Trilok Gurtu | Shangri La / Usfret | Usfret | CMP |
| Area | Arbeit macht frei | Arbeit macht frei | Cramps |
| Smokin' Granny | Squid | # Live at the Bat Cave | independent |
| Laurie Anderson | Poison | Bright Red / Tightrope | Warner Bros. |
| Henry Cow | Bad Alchemy / Little Red Riding Hood Hits the Road | Concerts | ESD |
| Gong | I Never Glid Before | Angel's Egg | Virgin |
| Xaal | * The Old Butterfly Hunter | On the Way | Progressive International |
| P.F.M. | Chocolate Kings | Chocolate Kings | RCA |
| Ange | Au-delà du délire | Au-delà du délire | Philips |
| Medeski, Martin, and Wood | We're So Happy | Friday Afternoon in the Universe | Rykodisc |
| Laurent Thibault | Aquadingen | Mais on ne peut pas rêver tout le temps | Musea |
| Univers Zero | Combat | Ceux du dehors | Cuneiform |
| Robert Fripp | November Suite I-III | November Suite | DGM |