It thus seems logical to recognize the importance of some of the educational recordings that the station has been playing lately.

What follows is a Top 30 list of some of the most educationally valuable recordings played on WUOG. These recordings might not make your feet tap, and they might not cause you to hum a tune, but they are an equally important facet of college radio. Anyway, here's the Top 30 most educational recording featured in WUOG's rotation within the past six months.

1. That's Why We Are Marching - World War II & American Folk Songs
2. Sun Ra - The Singles
3. Cajun & Creole - Masters
4. Astor Piazolla - Luna
5. Alligator Records Anniversary Collection
6. Roscoe Mitchell - Sound
7. A Taste of Tradition - Volume 3
8. Hand Picked - 25 Years of Rounder Bluegrass
9. Rhythms of Life, Songs of Wisdom - Akan Music of Ghana
10. John Cage/David Tudor - Interdeterminacy
11. Peggy Seeger - An Odd Collection
12. Ravi Shankar - Soundtrack to Genesis
13. Mel Torme - Box Set
14. Joseph Celli - Organic Oboe
15. Kronos Quartet - Howl U.S.A.
16. The Roots of Rap
17. Harmonica Masters
18. Malkuri - Traditional Music of the Andes
19. John Fahey - City of Refuge
20. Martin Denny - Exotica
21. Iowa State Fair - Music From the Heartland
22. Roots of Reggae - Rock Steady
23. Poemfone - New World Order
24. John Zorn - 1973 Early Recordings
25. Hukwe Zawose
26. Masters of Jazz - Volumes 1-5
27. Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - Forces and Feelings
28. Irving Berlin Songs - Performed by Francis Thorne
29. Ella Jenkins - Early Childhood Songs
30. Cluster - Sowiesoso