From: "R. Lim" <rlim AT escape.com>
Subject: chug top 20
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 18:33:31 -0500 (EST)

Hey Doug,

I just realized that I never sent you my top 20 list for the chug poll
(just catching up on my unread chug mail from the last few
months).  Have you completed it?

I tacked it onto the end of this message, in case you're still taking 
very late submissions from morons.  This is actually a much-cherished 
annual event in my household (granted, it doesn't have much 
competition...), so thanks for taking the time to put it out on the web 
(whether or not mine ends up there this year).

thanks,

 -rob

Top 20 list for 1997 (in no order):

Gyorgy Ligeti	_Keyboard Works_ CD		Sony Classical
Tony Conrad	_Early Minimalism, Vol 1_ 4CD box Table of the Elements
Dom & Rob	"Distorted Dreams" 12" (a-side)	Shadow
Anthony Braxton	_Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1994_ 2CD	hatART
Paradox's contributions to 
		V/A comps _Distorted Reality_ & _Renegade Continuum_  
						Renegade Hardware
DKV trio w/Fred Anderson	CD		Okka Disc
Raphe Malik	The Short Form CD		Eremite
Fushitsusha	The Time Is Nigh CD		Tokuma
Bernard Heidsieck	_Vaduz_ LP		Alga Marghen
Red Krayola	_Deliverance_ CD		???
Taku Sugimoto	_Fragments of Paradise_ CD	Creativeman Discs
Robert Rutman	_Music To Sleep By_ CD		Tresor
Maciunas Ensemble w/Kanary Grand Band
		_Live With Birds_ CD		Het Apollohuis
Ego Summit	_The Room Isn't Big Enough_ LP	No Age/Old Age
V/A		_Return of the DJ, Vol II_ CD	Bomb
Garbage & the Flowers
		_Eyes Rind As If Beggars_ 2LP	Now Sound
Belle & Sebastian
		_If You're Feeling Sinister_ CD	Enclave
Shortkut & Q-Bert
		_Coming To America_ CS		Invisible Skratch Piklz
Beach Boys	_Pet Sounds Sessions_ 4CD box	Capitol
John Coltrane	_Complete 1961 Village Vanguard_ 4CD box
						Impulse