Wednesday August 5, 1970
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Cashbox Top Albums


Week Ending August 1, 1970



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1 SELF PORTRAIT 3 5 15 6
Bob Dylan (Columbia C2X 30050)
2 WOODSTOCK 1 1 2 11
Original Film Soundtrack (Cotillion SD 3-500)
3 BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS III 7 13 -- 3
Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia KC 30090)
4 LET IT BE 2 2 1 11
Beatles (Apple AR 34001)
5 MCCARTNEY 4 3 3 14
Paul McCartney (Apple STAO 3363)
6 LIVE AT LEEDS 6 4 7 11
Who (Decca DL 79175)
7 ABC 5 6 5 10
Jackson 5 (Motown MS 709)
8 DEJA VU 8 7 9 19
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic SD 7200)
9 CLOSER TO HOME 10 15 26 5
Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SKAO-471)
10 CHICAGO II 9 8 4 26
Chicago (Columbia CS 9962)
11 COSMO'S FACTORY 23 -- -- 2  
Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 8402)
12 FIFTH DIMENSION'S GREATEST HITS 14 11 10 13
Fifth Dimension (Soul City SCS-33900)
13 THE BEST OF PETER, PAUL AND MARY: TEN YEARS TOGETHER 12 14 16 8
Peter, Paul And Mary (WB BS 2552)
14 ECOLOGY 17 64 82 4
Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 514)
15 ON STAGE - FEBRUARY, 1970 11 10 8 8
Elvis Presley (RCA LSP-4362)
16 WE MADE IT HAPPEN 18 27 40 5
Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot XPAS 71038)
17 CANDLES IN THE RAIN 13 9 6 12
Melanie (Buddah BDS 5060)
18 IT AIN'T EASY 16 12 14 15
Three Dog Night (ABC/Dunhill DS 50078)
19 JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE 25 36 77 4
Traffic (United Artists UAS 5504)
20 OPEN ROAD 44 73 -- 3  
Donovan (Epic E 30125)
21 GET READY 22 16 17 39
Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 507)
22 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER 20 21 11 25
Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia KCS 9914)
23 ERIC CLAPTON 29 -- -- 2
Eric Clapton (Atco SD 33-329)
24 CLIMBING! 24 23 21 21
Mountain (Windfall 4501)
25 BAND OF GYPSYS 19 17 12 15
Jimi Hendrix (Capitol STAO-472)
26 LIVE 21 19 13 17
Steppenwolf (Dunhill DSD 50075)
27 WORKINGMAN'S DEAD 30 33 51 6
Grateful Dead (WB WS 1869)
28 GASOLINE ALLEY 27 30 39 7
Rod Stewart (Mercury SR 61624)
29 THE ISAAC HAYES MOVEMENT 26 20 18 16
Isaac Hayes (Enterprise ENS-1010)
30 HOME 31 46 64 5
Procol Harum (A&M SP-4261)
31 ERIC BURDON DECLARES "WAR" 32 39 43 11
Eric Burdon & War (MGM SE 4663)
32 DIANA ROSS 36 59 74 4
Diana Ross (Motown MS-711)
33 AMERICAN WOMAN 15 18 20 27  
Guess Who (RCA LSP-4266)
34 MARRYING MAIDEN 35 51 62 5
It's A Beautiful Day (Columbia CS 1058)
35 ALONE TOGETHER 40 72 83 5
Dave Mason (Blue Thumb BTS 19)
36 BENEFIT 37 25 23 15
Jethro Tull (Reprise RS 6400)
37 STILL WATERS RUN DEEP 28 22 22 12
Four Tops (Motown MS 704)
38 JOE COCKER! 42 45 47 39
Joe Cocker (A&M SP 4224)
39 TOM 33 24 19 14
Tom Jones (Parrot XPAS 71037)
40 LIVE 54 70 -- 3  
The Association (WB 2WS 1868)
41 POCO 34 40 41 8
Poco (Epic BN 26522)
42 LADIES OF THE CANYON 38 41 46 18
Joni Mitchell (Reprise RS 6376)
43 GREATEST HITS 45 47 53 6
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia CS 1042)
44 EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL 48 50 55 7
Ray Stevens (Barnaby KZ 35005)
45 SWEET BABY JAMES 43 49 54 22
James Taylor (WB BS 1843)
46 BITCHES BREW 46 44 49 10
Miles Davis (Columbia GP 26)
47 PSYCHEDELIC SHACK 41 37 42 18
Temptations (Gordy S-947)
48 THE JIM NABORS HOUR 49 53 59 5
Jim Nabors (Columbia CS 1020)
49 NUMBER 5 60 91 -- 3  
Steve Miller Band (Capitol SKAO 436)
50 JAMES GANG RIDES AGAIN 58 79 -- 3
James Gang (ABC S-711)
51 FIREWORKS 52 43 38 11
Jose Feliciano (RCA LSP 4370)
52 HEY JUDE 56 28 25 21
Beatles (Apple SW-385)
53 TOMMY 72 93 -- 39  
Who (Decca DXSW 7205)
54 LIVE CREAM 47 26 24 15
Cream (Atco SD 33-328)
55 THE DEVIL MADE ME BUY THIS DRESS 39 29 27 24  
Flip Wilson (Little David LD 1000)
56 BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (SOUNDTRACK) 50 31 29 36
Burt Bacharach (A&M SP-4227)
57 AIR FORCE 51 48 52 12
Ginger Baker's Air Force (Atco SD 2-703)
58 VIVA TIRADO 59 62 69 7
El Chicano (Kapp KS 3632)
59 HAIR 53 38 45 107
Original Broadway Cast Recording (RCA LSO-1150)
60 THEM CHANGES 63 85 98 4
Buddy Miles (Mercury SR 61280)
61 ARE YOU READY 66 82 93 4
Pacific Gas & Electric (Columbia CS 1017)
62 LIVE 65 35 34 13
Iron Butterfly (Atco SD 33-318)
63 VEHICLE 69 80 94 5
Ides Of March (WB WS 1863)
64 THE POPPY FAMILY 70 77 89 6
Poppy Family (London PS 574)
65 GRAND FUNK 71 75 84 28
Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SKAO-406)
66 HOT TUNA 83 -- -- 2  
Hot Tuna (RCA LSP-4353)
67 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN 55 54 31 14  
Dionne Warwick (Scepter SPS 581)
68 RIGHT ON 57 32 30 10  
Supremes (Motown MS 705)
69 REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE 67 69 71 6
Marmalade (London PS 575)
70 CHARLEY PRIDE'S TENTH ALBUM 85 -- -- 2  
Charley Pride (RCA LSP 4367)
71 THE LAST POETS 77 -- -- 2
Last Poets (Douglas Z 30811)
72 HERE COMES BOBBY 74 60 28 17
Bobby Sherman (Metromedia MD 1028)
73 GREATEST HITS 62 52 56 8  
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (A&M SP-4252)
74 THE WORLD OF JOHNNY CASH 73 55 32 10
Johnny Cash (Columbia GP 29)
75 ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER 79 -- -- 2
Original Film Soundtrack (Columbia C 30086)
76 RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD 61 34 37 31  
B.J. Thomas (Scepter SPS 580)
77 SANTANA 64 42 35 47  
Santana (Columbia CS 9781)
78 THE SESAME STREET BOOK AND RECORD -- -- -- 1  
Original TV Cast Recording (Columbia CS 1069)
79 DARLING LILI 81 -- -- 2
Original Film Soundtrack (RCA LSPX 1000)
80 RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD 68 58 60 6  
Andy Williams (Columbia CS 9896)
81 CACTUS 92 -- -- 2  
Cactus (Atco SD 33-340)
82 THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS 88 -- -- 2
Five Stairsteps (Buddah BDS 5061)
83 PORTRAIT 80 63 68 14
Fifth Dimension (Bell 6045)
84 EASY RIDER 87 87 44 48
Original Film Soundtrack (ABC/Dunhill DSX 50063)
85 ABBEY ROAD 76 61 50 44
Beatles (Apple SO-383)
86 CRICKLEWOOD GREEN 75 56 36 16  
Ten Years After (Deram DES 18038)
87 MEMPHIS 93 -- -- 2
Petula Clark (WB WS 1862)
88 SUSAN SINGS SESAME STREET SONGS -- -- -- 1  
Susan (Scepter SPS 584)
89 SLIM SLO SLIDER 95 97 -- 3
Johnny Rivers (Imperial LP-16001)
90 NORWOOD 89 95 -- 3
Original Film Soundtrack (Capitol SW 475)
91 GETTING TO THIS 78 74 76 10  
Blodwyn Pig (A&M SP-4243)
92 TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 100 -- -- 2
Tyrone Davis (Dakar SD 9027)
93 THE FIGHTIN' SIDE OF ME -- -- -- 1  
Merle Haggard (Capitol ST 451)
94 WHAT LOVE HAS JOINED TOGETHER 99 96 80 8
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Tamla TS 301)
95 HELLO DARLIN' 91 98 -- 3
Conway Twitty (Decca DL 75209)
96 MINUS-PLUS 82 76 79 4  
Smith (Dunhill DS 50081)
97 LED ZEPPELIN II 98 90 67 39
Led Zeppelin (Atlantic SD 8236)
98 THE AGE OF AQUARIUS 97 84 65 63
Fifth Dimension (Soul City SCS 92005)
99 OPEN 88 93 93 4  
Blues Image (Atco SD 33-317)
100 BEFOUR -- -- -- 1  
Brian Auger & Trinity (RCA LSP 4372)

designates a album that was up more than 10 spots this week
designates a album that was down more than 10 spots this week

designates a album that entered the chart this week

Albums which dropped out of the Top 100 this week:

   • "Long Lonesome Highway" by Michael Parks (# 84)
   • "Getting Together" by Ferrante & Teicher (# 86)
   • "Mott The Hoople" by Mott The Hoople (# 90)
   • "John B. Sebastian" by John Sebastian (# 94)
   • "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" by Johnny Cash (# 96)

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