Saturday August 8, 1970
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Cashbox Top Albums


Week Ending August 8, 1970



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1 BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS III 3 7 13 4
Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia KC 30090)
2 WOODSTOCK 2 1 1 12
Original Film Soundtrack (Cotillion SD 3-500)
3 SELF PORTRAIT 1 3 5 7
Bob Dylan (Columbia C2X 30050)
4 LET IT BE 4 2 2 12
Beatles (Apple AR 34001)
5 LIVE AT LEEDS 6 6 4 12
Who (Decca DL 79175)
6 MCCARTNEY 5 4 3 15
Paul McCartney (Apple STAO 3363)
7 COSMO'S FACTORY 11 23 -- 3
Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 8402)
8 CLOSER TO HOME 9 10 15 6
Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SKAO-471)
9 CHICAGO II 10 9 8 27
Chicago (Columbia CS 9962)
10 ABC 7 5 6 11
Jackson 5 (Motown MS 709)
11 DEJA VU 8 8 7 20
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic SD 7200)
12 JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE 19 25 36 5
Traffic (United Artists UAS 5504)
13 FIFTH DIMENSION'S GREATEST HITS 12 14 11 14
Fifth Dimension (Soul City SCS-33900)
14 ECOLOGY 14 17 64 5
Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 514)
15 OPEN ROAD 20 44 73 4
Donovan (Epic E 30125)
16 WE MADE IT HAPPEN 16 18 27 6
Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot XPAS 71038)
17 THE BEST OF PETER, PAUL AND MARY: TEN YEARS TOGETHER 13 12 14 9
Peter, Paul And Mary (WB BS 2552)
18 ON STAGE - FEBRUARY, 1970 15 11 10 9
Elvis Presley (RCA LSP-4362)
19 CANDLES IN THE RAIN 17 13 9 13
Melanie (Buddah BDS 5060)
20 IT AIN'T EASY 18 16 12 16
Three Dog Night (ABC/Dunhill DS 50078)
21 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER 22 20 21 26
Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia KCS 9914)
22 ERIC CLAPTON 23 29 -- 3
Eric Clapton (Atco SD 33-329)
23 GET READY 21 22 16 40
Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 507)
24 CLIMBING! 24 24 23 22
Mountain (Windfall 4501)
25 LIVE 26 21 19 18
Steppenwolf (Dunhill DSD 50075)
26 WORKINGMAN'S DEAD 27 30 33 7
Grateful Dead (WB WS 1869)
27 GASOLINE ALLEY 28 27 30 8
Rod Stewart (Mercury SR 61624)
28 ERIC BURDON DECLARES "WAR" 31 32 39 12
Eric Burdon & War (MGM SE 4663)
29 DIANA ROSS 32 36 59 5
Diana Ross (Motown MS-711)
30 HOME 30 31 46 6
Procol Harum (A&M SP-4261)
31 AMERICAN WOMAN 33 15 18 28
Guess Who (RCA LSP-4266)
32 BAND OF GYPSYS 25 19 17 16
Jimi Hendrix (Capitol STAO-472)
33 ALONE TOGETHER 35 40 72 6
Dave Mason (Blue Thumb BTS 19)
34 BENEFIT 36 37 25 16
Jethro Tull (Reprise RS 6400)
35 THE ISAAC HAYES MOVEMENT 29 26 20 17
Isaac Hayes (Enterprise ENS-1010)
36 LIVE 40 54 70 4
The Association (WB 2WS 1868)
37 MARRYING MAIDEN 34 35 51 6
It's A Beautiful Day (Columbia CS 1058)
38 TOM 39 33 24 15
Tom Jones (Parrot XPAS 71037)
39 JOE COCKER! 38 42 45 40
Joe Cocker (A&M SP 4224)
40 JAMES GANG RIDES AGAIN 50 58 79 4
James Gang (ABC S-711)
41 SWEET BABY JAMES 45 43 49 23
James Taylor (WB BS 1843)
42 STILL WATERS RUN DEEP 37 28 22 13
Four Tops (Motown MS 704)
43 TOMMY 53 72 93 40
Who (Decca DXSW 7205)
44 GREATEST HITS 43 45 47 7
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia CS 1042)
45 BITCHES BREW 46 46 44 11
Miles Davis (Columbia GP 26)
46 THE JIM NABORS HOUR 48 49 53 6
Jim Nabors (Columbia CS 1020)
47 NUMBER 5 49 60 91 4
Steve Miller Band (Capitol SKAO 436)
48 ABSOLUTELY LIVE -- -- -- 1  
Doors (Elektra EKS-9002)
49 EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL 44 48 50 8
Ray Stevens (Barnaby KZ 35005)
50 PSYCHEDELIC SHACK 47 41 37 19
Temptations (Gordy S-947)
51 POCO 41 34 40 9
Poco (Epic BN 26522)
52 BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (SOUNDTRACK) 56 50 31 37
Burt Bacharach (A&M SP-4227)
53 FIREWORKS 51 52 43 12
Jose Feliciano (RCA LSP 4370)
54 LADIES OF THE CANYON 42 38 41 19  
Joni Mitchell (Reprise RS 6376)
55 HOT TUNA 66 83 -- 3  
Hot Tuna (RCA LSP-4353)
56 HAIR 59 53 38 108
Original Broadway Cast Recording (RCA LSO-1150)
57 THEM CHANGES 60 63 85 5
Buddy Miles (Mercury SR 61280)
58 THE DEVIL MADE ME BUY THIS DRESS 55 39 29 25
Flip Wilson (Little David LD 1000)
59 HEY JUDE 52 56 28 22
Beatles (Apple SW-385)
60 ARE YOU READY 61 66 82 5
Pacific Gas & Electric (Columbia CS 1017)
61 VEHICLE 63 69 80 6
Ides Of March (WB WS 1863)
62 LIVE CREAM 54 47 26 16
Cream (Atco SD 33-328)
63 CHARLEY PRIDE'S TENTH ALBUM 70 85 -- 3
Charley Pride (RCA LSP 4367)
64 GRAND FUNK 65 71 75 29
Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SKAO-406)
65 VIVA TIRADO 58 59 62 8
El Chicano (Kapp KS 3632)
66 THE POPPY FAMILY 64 70 77 7
Poppy Family (London PS 574)
67 THE SESAME STREET BOOK AND RECORD 78 -- -- 2  
Original TV Cast Recording (Columbia CS 1069)
68 THE LAST POETS 71 77 -- 3
Last Poets (Douglas Z 30811)
69 ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER 75 79 -- 3
Original Film Soundtrack (Columbia C 30086)
70 AIR FORCE 57 51 48 13  
Ginger Baker's Air Force (Atco SD 2-703)
71 REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE 69 67 69 7
Marmalade (London PS 575)
72 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN 67 55 54 15
Dionne Warwick (Scepter SPS 581)
73 DARLING LILI 79 81 -- 3
Original Film Soundtrack (RCA LSPX 1000)
74 LIVE 62 65 35 14  
Iron Butterfly (Atco SD 33-318)
75 CACTUS 81 92 -- 3
Cactus (Atco SD 33-340)
76 HERE COMES BOBBY 72 74 60 18
Bobby Sherman (Metromedia MD 1028)
77 ON THE WATERS -- -- -- 1  
Bread (Elektra EKS-74076)
78 RIGHT ON 68 57 32 11
Supremes (Motown MS 705)
79 GREATEST HITS 73 62 52 9
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (A&M SP-4252)
80 THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS 82 88 -- 3
Five Stairsteps (Buddah BDS 5061)
81 SANTANA 77 64 42 48
Santana (Columbia CS 9781)
82 MEMPHIS 87 93 -- 3
Petula Clark (WB WS 1862)
83 SUSAN SINGS SESAME STREET SONGS 88 -- -- 2
Susan (Scepter SPS 584)
84 THE WORLD OF JOHNNY CASH 74 73 55 11
Johnny Cash (Columbia GP 29)
85 SLIM SLO SLIDER 89 95 97 4
Johnny Rivers (Imperial LP-16001)
86 RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD 76 61 34 32
B.J. Thomas (Scepter SPS 580)
87 NORWOOD 90 89 95 4
Original Film Soundtrack (Capitol SW 475)
88 EASY RIDER 84 87 87 49
Original Film Soundtrack (ABC/Dunhill DSX 50063)
89 BARREL -- -- -- 1  
Lee Michaels (A&M SP-4249)
90 ABBEY ROAD 85 76 61 45
Beatles (Apple SO-383)
91 THE FIGHTIN' SIDE OF ME 93 -- -- 2
Merle Haggard (Capitol ST 451)
92 TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 92 100 -- 3
Tyrone Davis (Dakar SD 9027)
93 HELLO DARLIN' 95 91 98 4
Conway Twitty (Decca DL 75209)
94 MINUS-PLUS 96 82 76 5
Smith (Dunhill DS 50081)
95 OPEN 99 88 93 5
Blues Image (Atco SD 33-317)
96 WHAT LOVE HAS JOINED TOGETHER 94 99 96 9
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Tamla TS 301)
97 BEFOUR 100 -- -- 2
Brian Auger & Trinity (RCA LSP 4372)
98 CRICKLEWOOD GREEN 86 75 56 17  
Ten Years After (Deram DES 18038)
99 THE LAST PUFF -- -- -- 1  
Spooky Tooth (A&M SP-4266)
100 PORTRAIT 83 80 63 15  
Fifth Dimension (Bell 6045)

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:

   • "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" by Andy Williams (# 80)
   • "Getting To This" by Blodwyn Pig (# 91)
   • "Led Zeppelin II" by Led Zeppelin (# 97)
   • "The Age Of Aquarius" by Fifth Dimension (# 98)

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