Here's the playlist for 5/4/97
(Those titles with a "#" were donations)
| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
| Änglagård | Jordrök | Buried Alive | Musea |
| Camel | Freefall | A Compact Collection [Mirage] | Rhino |
| Höyry-kone | Raskaana | # Hyönteisiä voi rakastaa | APM |
| Bi Kyo Ran | Vision of the City | Deep Live | Belle Antique |
| PFS | Live Faust, Die Jung | 279 | Cuneiform |
| Doctor Nerve | Mink Shadows | Out to Bomb Fresh Kings | Cuneiform |
| Groon | Spillage | Refusal to Comply | Progressive International |
| Trey Gunn | The Third Star | The Third Star | DGM |
| Yes | Awaken | Keys to Ascension | CMC |
| Marty Fogel | Zavana | Many Bobbing Heads, at Last... | CMP |
| Phish | All Things Reconsidered | Rift | Elektra |
| Anekdoten | The Old Man and the Sea | Vemod | Virtalevy |
| Volapük | C'est la crise! | Le feu du tigre | Cuneiform |
| Massacre | Killing Time | Killing Time | Celluloid |
| Present | Le poison qui rend fou, part 2: Didi, dans ta chambre! | Le poison qui rend fou | Cuneiform |
| Banda Elástica | Los Awakates de Nepantla (FEATURED ALBUM) | Grabaciones Lejos del Paraiso | |
| John Abercrombie / Dave Holland / Jack DeJohnette | Opening | Gateway 2 | ECM |
| Steve Hahn | Cogs / Aspirations | Giant Tracks: A Tribute to Gentle Giant | HyberNation |
| King Crimson | When I Say Stop, Continue | VROOOM | DGM |
| Laurie Anderson | Hothead (La langue d'amour) | United States Live | Warner Bros. |
| U Totem | Carousel, Dedicated to Hugh | Unsettled Scores | Cuneiform |
| P.F.M. | Grazie davvero | Storia di un minuto | RCA |
| Yochk'o Seffer | Freya | Enneade | Musea |
| Tesseract | Heisenberg's Daughter | # Tesseract | independent |
| Ken Field | Perpetual Motion | # Subterranea | OODiscs |
| Etron Fou Leloublan | Madame Richard Larika | 43 Songs [Batelanges] | Musea |
| Les Gauchos Allemands | The Whip | Hot Fat Fish | DGM |
| Dream Theater | Scarred | Awake | EastWest |
| Tangerine Dream | Atem | Atem | Jive Electro |