Monday August 17, 1970
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Cashbox Top Albums


Week Ending August 15, 1970



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1 WOODSTOCK 2 2 1 13
Original Film Soundtrack (Cotillion SD 3-500)
2 BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS III 1 3 7 5
Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia KC 30090)
3 COSMO'S FACTORY 7 11 23 4
Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 8402)
4 LIVE AT LEEDS 5 6 6 13
Who (Decca DL 79175)
5 LET IT BE 4 4 2 13
Beatles (Apple AR 34001)
6 SELF PORTRAIT 3 1 3 8
Bob Dylan (Columbia C2X 30050)
7 CLOSER TO HOME 8 9 10 7
Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SKAO-471)
8 MCCARTNEY 6 5 4 16
Paul McCartney (Apple STAO 3363)
9 DEJA VU 11 8 8 21
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic SD 7200)
10 ABC 10 7 5 12
Jackson 5 (Motown MS 709)
11 CHICAGO II 9 10 9 28
Chicago (Columbia CS 9962)
12 JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE 12 19 25 6
Traffic (United Artists UAS 5504)
13 ECOLOGY 14 14 17 6
Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 514)
14 OPEN ROAD 15 20 44 5
Donovan (Epic E 30125)
15 FIFTH DIMENSION'S GREATEST HITS 13 12 14 15
Fifth Dimension (Soul City SCS-33900)
16 THE BEST OF PETER, PAUL AND MARY: TEN YEARS TOGETHER 17 13 12 10
Peter, Paul And Mary (WB BS 2552)
17 ERIC CLAPTON 22 23 29 4
Eric Clapton (Atco SD 33-329)
18 ABSOLUTELY LIVE 48 -- -- 2  
Doors (Elektra EKS-9002)
19 WE MADE IT HAPPEN 16 16 18 7
Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot XPAS 71038)
20 IT AIN'T EASY 20 18 16 17
Three Dog Night (ABC/Dunhill DS 50078)
21 ON STAGE - FEBRUARY, 1970 18 15 11 10
Elvis Presley (RCA LSP-4362)
22 TOMMY 43 53 72 41  
Who (Decca DXSW 7205)
23 CANDLES IN THE RAIN 19 17 13 14
Melanie (Buddah BDS 5060)
24 CLIMBING! 24 24 24 23
Mountain (Windfall 4501)
25 ERIC BURDON DECLARES "WAR" 28 31 32 13
Eric Burdon & War (MGM SE 4663)
26 DIANA ROSS 29 32 36 6
Diana Ross (Motown MS-711)
27 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER 21 22 20 27
Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia KCS 9914)
28 ALONE TOGETHER 33 35 40 7
Dave Mason (Blue Thumb BTS 19)
29 HOME 30 30 31 7
Procol Harum (A&M SP-4261)
30 JAMES GANG RIDES AGAIN 40 50 58 5
James Gang (ABC S-711)
31 THE ISAAC HAYES MOVEMENT 35 29 26 18
Isaac Hayes (Enterprise ENS-1010)
32 WORKINGMAN'S DEAD 26 27 30 8
Grateful Dead (WB WS 1869)
33 GET READY 23 21 22 41
Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 507)
34 LIVE 25 26 21 19
Steppenwolf (Dunhill DSD 50075)
35 GASOLINE ALLEY 27 28 27 9
Rod Stewart (Mercury SR 61624)
36 SWEET BABY JAMES 41 45 43 24
James Taylor (WB BS 1843)
37 BAND OF GYPSYS 32 25 19 17
Jimi Hendrix (Capitol STAO-472)
38 NUMBER 5 47 49 60 5
Steve Miller Band (Capitol SKAO 436)
39 BENEFIT 34 36 37 17
Jethro Tull (Reprise RS 6400)
40 GREATEST HITS 44 43 45 8
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia CS 1042)
41 LIVE 36 40 54 5
The Association (WB 2WS 1868)
42 HOT TUNA 55 66 83 4  
Hot Tuna (RCA LSP-4353)
43 BITCHES BREW 45 46 46 12
Miles Davis (Columbia GP 26)
44 MARRYING MAIDEN 37 34 35 7
It's A Beautiful Day (Columbia CS 1058)
45 THE SESAME STREET BOOK AND RECORD 67 78 -- 3  
Original TV Cast Recording (Columbia CS 1069)
46 AMERICAN WOMAN 31 33 15 29  
Guess Who (RCA LSP-4266)
47 BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (SOUNDTRACK) 52 56 50 38
Burt Bacharach (A&M SP-4227)
48 ON THE WATERS 77 -- -- 2  
Bread (Elektra EKS-74076)
49 EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL 49 44 48 9
Ray Stevens (Barnaby KZ 35005)
50 HAIR 56 59 53 109
Original Broadway Cast Recording (RCA LSO-1150)
51 THE JIM NABORS HOUR 46 48 49 7
Jim Nabors (Columbia CS 1020)
52 TOM 38 39 33 16  
Tom Jones (Parrot XPAS 71037)
53 CHARLEY PRIDE'S TENTH ALBUM 63 70 85 4
Charley Pride (RCA LSP 4367)
54 THEM CHANGES 57 60 63 6
Buddy Miles (Mercury SR 61280)
55 JOE COCKER! 39 38 42 41  
Joe Cocker (A&M SP 4224)
56 STILL WATERS RUN DEEP 42 37 28 14  
Four Tops (Motown MS 704)
57 LADIES OF THE CANYON 54 42 38 20
Joni Mitchell (Reprise RS 6376)
58 ARE YOU READY 60 61 66 6
Pacific Gas & Electric (Columbia CS 1017)
59 POCO 51 41 34 10
Poco (Epic BN 26522)
60 PSYCHEDELIC SHACK 50 47 41 20
Temptations (Gordy S-947)
61 GRAND FUNK 64 65 71 30
Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SKAO-406)
62 THE LAST POETS 68 71 77 4
Last Poets (Douglas Z 30811)
63 FIREWORKS 53 51 52 13
Jose Feliciano (RCA LSP 4370)
64 CACTUS 75 81 92 4  
Cactus (Atco SD 33-340)
65 THE DEVIL MADE ME BUY THIS DRESS 58 55 39 26
Flip Wilson (Little David LD 1000)
66 HEY JUDE 59 52 56 23
Beatles (Apple SW-385)
67 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN 72 67 55 16
Dionne Warwick (Scepter SPS 581)
68 ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER 69 75 79 4
Original Film Soundtrack (Columbia C 30086)
69 LIVE 74 62 65 15
Iron Butterfly (Atco SD 33-318)
70 DARLING LILI 73 79 81 4
Original Film Soundtrack (RCA LSPX 1000)
71 HERE COMES BOBBY 76 72 74 19
Bobby Sherman (Metromedia MD 1028)
72 SANTANA 81 77 64 49
Santana (Columbia CS 9781)
73 VEHICLE 61 63 69 7  
Ides Of March (WB WS 1863)
74 REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE 71 69 67 8
Marmalade (London PS 575)
75 MEMPHIS 82 87 93 4
Petula Clark (WB WS 1862)
76 BARREL 89 -- -- 2  
Lee Michaels (A&M SP-4249)
77 GREATEST HITS 79 73 62 10
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (A&M SP-4252)
78 SUSAN SINGS SESAME STREET SONGS 83 88 -- 3
Susan (Scepter SPS 584)
79 VIVA TIRADO 65 58 59 9  
El Chicano (Kapp KS 3632)
80 SLIM SLO SLIDER 85 89 95 5
Johnny Rivers (Imperial LP-16001)
81 RIGHT ON 78 68 57 12
Supremes (Motown MS 705)
82 THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS 80 82 88 4
Five Stairsteps (Buddah BDS 5061)
83 NORWOOD 87 90 89 5
Original Film Soundtrack (Capitol SW 475)
84 EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE -- -- -- 1  
Neil Young (Reprise RS 6349)
85 THE POPPY FAMILY 66 64 70 8  
Poppy Family (London PS 574)
86 HELLO DARLIN' 93 95 91 5
Conway Twitty (Decca DL 75209)
87 EASY RIDER 88 84 87 50
Original Film Soundtrack (ABC/Dunhill DSX 50063)
88 BAND OF GOLD -- -- -- 1  
Freda Payne (Invictus ST 7301)
89 OPEN 95 99 88 6
Blues Image (Atco SD 33-317)
90 ABBEY ROAD 90 85 76 46
Beatles (Apple SO-383)
91 THE FIGHTIN' SIDE OF ME 91 93 -- 3
Merle Haggard (Capitol ST 451)
92 THE LAST PUFF 99 -- -- 2
Spooky Tooth (A&M SP-4266)
93 MINUS-PLUS 94 96 82 6
Smith (Dunhill DS 50081)
94 AIR FORCE 70 57 51 14  
Ginger Baker's Air Force (Atco SD 2-703)
95 TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 92 92 100 4
Tyrone Davis (Dakar SD 9027)
96 BEFOUR 97 100 -- 3
Brian Auger & Trinity (RCA LSP 4372)
97 THE WORLD OF JOHNNY CASH 84 74 73 12  
Johnny Cash (Columbia GP 29)
98 RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD 86 76 61 33  
B.J. Thomas (Scepter SPS 580)
99 LOVE COUNTRY STYLE -- -- -- 1  
Ray Charles (ABC ABCX 707)
100 CRICKLEWOOD GREEN 98 86 75 18
Ten Years After (Deram DES 18038)

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:

   • "Live Cream" by Cream (# 62)
   • "What Love Has Joined Together" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (# 96)
   • "Portrait" by Fifth Dimension (#100)

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