Here's the playlist for 10/4/97
(Those titles with a "#" were donations)
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
| Island | Introduction / Zero | Pictures | The Laser's Edge |
| Koenji Hyakkei | Rissenddo Rraimb | II | God Mountain |
| FFWD>> | Hempire | FFWD>> | Inter-Modo |
| Robert Fripp and the League of Crafty Guitarists | Are You Abel? (Ready and Able to Rock n' Roll) | Show of Hands | E'G |
| The League of Gentlemen | Under Heavy Manners | God Save the King | E'G |
| Béla Fleck and the Flecktones | Jekyll and Hyde (and Ted and Alice) | Flight of the Cosmic Hippo | Warner Bros. |
| Birdsongs of the Mesozoic | Sirius the Scorching | Dancing on A'A | Cuneiform |
| Discipline | Canto IV (Limbo) | # Unfolded like Staircase | independent |
| Henry Cow | Nirvana for Mice / Amygdala / Teenbeat Introduction / Teenbeat | Leg End | Virgin |
| Doctor Nerve | Plague | Skin | Cuneiform |
| Brand X | Nuclear Burn | Unorthodox Behaviour | Virgin |
| Frank Zappa | Waka / Jawaka | Waka / Jawaka | Rykodisc |
| Art Zoyd | Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités (FEATURED ALBUM) | Mantra | |
| Bi Kyo Ran | Fairy Tale | Fairy Tale: Early Live, vol. 1 | Belle Antique |
| U Totem | Yellow Umbrella Gallery | U Totem | Cuneiform |
| Eskaton | Pitié | Four Visions | APM |
| Myrbein | Raus | Myrornas krig | APM |
| Kultivator | Novarest | Barndomens stigar | APM |
| P.F.M. | Out of the Roundabout | 10 Anni Live 1971-1981 (disc four) | RTI |
| Phish | Mound | Rift | Elektra |
| King Crimson | Mother Hold the Candle Steady While I Shave the Chicken's Lip | THRaKaTTaK | DGM |
| Gong | Fohat Digs Holes in Space | Camembert Electrique | Decal |
| Lockwood Top Vander Widemann | Reliefs | Fusion | Disques JMS |
| Future Perfect | The Cure for Folly | # The Cure for Folly | independent |
| Happy Family | He Is Coming at Tokyo Station | # Toscco | Cuneiform |
| National Health | Borogoves (excerpt from part two / part one) | Complete [National Health] | ESD |
| Daniel Denis | A l'ombre du zed | Sirius and the Ghosts | Cuneiform |
| Richard Pinhas | Belfast | L'ethique | Cuneiform |
| Gentle Giant | Experience | Out of the Woods | BBC Radio |
| Ozric Tentacles | Erpland | Live Underslunky | Dovetail |
| Yes | Perpetual Change | YesSongs | Atlantic |
| Klaus Schulze | Waves of Changes | Blackdance | Virgin |