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1. Lead Belly : The Midnight Special Last Sessions Smith/Folkways SFCD-40068/71
2. Ed Miller: Room For Us All At The Dance (Ian Davison) The Edinburgh Rambler Wellfield CD 022 (512-472-6036)
3. Sult (Sharon Shannon & Laoise Kelly): Murphy Tunes (trad/arr.Luney-Sult) Sult - Spirit Of The Music Bottom Line BTL9730-2 (740 Broadway, #602, NY, NY 10003 or email.)
4. The Volo Bogtrotters: Fort Smith (trad) Old Time String Band Marimac 9067D (773-282-2453 / 635 Chicago Ave., #259, Evanston, IL 60202)

EXCERPTS FROM THE WFMT MIDNIGHT SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY, JANUARY 1, 1998

5. James Keelaghan: We May Never Meet Again
6. Kat Eggleston: Measure For Measure
7. Annie Gallup Grandma's Best China
8. Kim & Reggie Harris: Seatbelt
9. John Hartford: Baking Soda Earthwords & Music RCA Victor LSP-3796
10. Joel Mabus: The Druggest Rhyme Schemes Fossil 1097 (800-Buy-My-CD or email.)
11. Oscar Brand: The McBurney Square Medicine, Mind and Music Columbia Legacy L2X 30680
12. Nichols & May: Out Of Africa Nichols & May Examine Doctors Mercury MG 20680
13. Mary Gauthier: Goddamn HIV Dixie Kitchen (617-436-5114) Gauthier 64462-0997-2
14. David Brown: Splendid Wings Splendid Wings (212-595-4309) Brown no#
15. Dave Mallett: Closer To Truth Parallel Lives Flying Fish CDFF 670
16. Laurene Nugent: The Cricket's March Over The Salt Box (trad/arr.Nugent) Laurence Nugent Shanachie 78001
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Fairport Convention (Simon Nicol): End Of a Holiday What We Did On Our Holidays Hannibal HNCD-4430
17. Debbie Diedrich: Don't Call Me Honey Ninety Miles Out West Broadway 002 (PO Box 12178, Eugene, OR 97440 or email.)
18. Buffy Sainte-Marie: 97 Men In This Here Town - Don't Call Me Honey The Best Of Buffy Sainte-Marie, Volume 2 Vanguard VSD-33/34
19. Cathy Fink: Little Darlin's Not My Name The Leading Role Rounder 0223
20. Roy Book Binder: New Age Woman Blues Polk City Ramble Rounder CD 3153
21. Four Bitchin' Babes (Christine Lavin): Sensitive New Age Guys Buy Me Bring Me Take Me: Don't Mess My Hair Philo CDPH 1140
22. Susan Piper: Bagels With Angels New On The Planet Sliced Bread CD SB71150 (PO Box 606, Blue Bell, PA 19422)
23. Colum Sands: Buskers All My Winding Journeys Spring Records SCD 1035 (50 Shore Rd., Rostrevor, County Down, Ireland)
24. Joni Mitchell: For Free Ladies Of The Canyon Reprise RS 6376
25. John McCutcheon & Si Kahn: Music In Your Hands (McCutcheon) Signs Of The Times Rounder CD 4017
26. Nance Pettit: Eavesdrop Skin and Water Fresh Baked 0700-2 (800-492-3079)
27. Debbie Diedrich: The Road From Me To You Ninety Miles Out West Broadway 002 (PO Box 12178, Eugene, OR 97440 or email.)
28. Tina Adair: How Many Roads (Malcolm Pulley) Just You Wait & See Sugar Hill SHCD-3868
29. Colum Sands: Directions All My Winding Journeys Spring SCD 1035 (phone Ireland: 016937 / 50, Shore Rd., Rostevor County Down, Ireland)
30. Anne Hills: Follow That Road Angle Of The Light Flying Fish FF 70648

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