Cashbox Top Albums
Week Ending August 29, 1970
| TW | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COSMO'S FACTORY | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 8402) | ||||||
| 2 | BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS III | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia KC 30090) | ||||||
| 3 | WOODSTOCK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | |
| Original Film Soundtrack (Cotillion SD 3-500) | ||||||
| 4 | LIVE AT LEEDS | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Who (Decca DL 79175) | ||||||
| 5 | ABSOLUTELY LIVE | 10 | 18 | 48 | 4 | |
| Doors (Elektra EKS-9002) | ||||||
| 6 | CLOSER TO HOME | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SKAO-471) | ||||||
| 7 | LET IT BE | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Beatles (Apple AR 34001) | ||||||
| 8 | JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE | 9 | 12 | 12 | 8 | |
| Traffic (United Artists UAS 5504) | ||||||
| 9 | DEJA VU | 6 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic SD 7200) | ||||||
| 10 | SELF PORTRAIT | 11 | 6 | 3 | 10 | |
| Bob Dylan (Columbia C2X 30050) | ||||||
| 11 | CHICAGO II | 8 | 11 | 9 | 30 | |
| Chicago (Columbia CS 9962) | ||||||
| 12 | MCCARTNEY | 13 | 8 | 6 | 18 | |
| Paul McCartney (Apple STAO 3363) | ||||||
| 13 | TOMMY | 20 | 22 | 43 | 43 | |
| Who (Decca DXSW 7205) | ||||||
| 14 | OPEN ROAD | 14 | 14 | 15 | 7 | |
| Donovan (Epic E 30125) | ||||||
| 15 | ERIC CLAPTON | 16 | 17 | 22 | 6 | |
| Eric Clapton (Atco SD 33-329) | ||||||
| 16 | ABC | 12 | 10 | 10 | 14 | |
| Jackson 5 (Motown MS 709) | ||||||
| 17 | ON STAGE - FEBRUARY, 1970 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 12 | |
| Elvis Presley (RCA LSP-4362) | ||||||
| 18 | THE BEST OF PETER, PAUL AND MARY: TEN YEARS TOGETHER | 21 | 16 | 17 | 12 | |
| Peter, Paul And Mary (WB BS 2552) | ||||||
| 19 | ON THE WATERS | 22 | 48 | 77 | 4 | |
| Bread (Elektra EKS-74076) | ||||||
| 20 | ERIC BURDON DECLARES "WAR" | 23 | 25 | 28 | 15 | |
| Eric Burdon & War (MGM SE 4663) | ||||||
| 21 | JAMES GANG RIDES AGAIN | 26 | 30 | 40 | 7 | |
| James Gang (ABC S-711) | ||||||
| 22 | FIFTH DIMENSION'S GREATEST HITS | 15 | 15 | 13 | 17 | |
| Fifth Dimension (Soul City SCS-33900) | ||||||
| 23 | ECOLOGY | 19 | 13 | 14 | 8 | |
| Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 514) | ||||||
| 24 | DIANA ROSS | 25 | 26 | 29 | 8 | |
| Diana Ross (Motown MS-711) | ||||||
| 25 | ALONE TOGETHER | 27 | 28 | 33 | 9 | |
| Dave Mason (Blue Thumb BTS 19) | ||||||
| 26 | HOT TUNA | 30 | 42 | 55 | 6 | |
| Hot Tuna (RCA LSP-4353) | ||||||
| 27 | SWEET BABY JAMES | 31 | 36 | 41 | 26 | |
| James Taylor (WB BS 1843) | ||||||
| 28 | THE SESAME STREET BOOK AND RECORD | 35 | 45 | 67 | 5 | |
| Original TV Cast Recording (Columbia CS 1069) | ||||||
| 29 | CLIMBING! | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | |
| Mountain (Windfall 4501) | ||||||
| 30 | NUMBER 5 | 32 | 38 | 47 | 7 | |
| Steve Miller Band (Capitol SKAO 436) | ||||||
| 31 | WE MADE IT HAPPEN | 34 | 19 | 16 | 9 | |
| Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot XPAS 71038) | ||||||
| 32 | IT AIN'T EASY | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 |  |
| Three Dog Night (ABC/Dunhill DS 50078) | ||||||
| 33 | HOME | 29 | 29 | 30 | 9 | |
| Procol Harum (A&M SP-4261) | ||||||
| 34 | CANDLES IN THE RAIN | 33 | 23 | 19 | 16 | |
| Melanie (Buddah BDS 5060) | ||||||
| 35 | GET READY | 28 | 33 | 23 | 43 | |
| Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 507) | ||||||
| 36 | BENEFIT | 39 | 39 | 34 | 19 | |
| Jethro Tull (Reprise RS 6400) | ||||||
| 37 | BARREL | 65 | 76 | 89 | 4 |  |
| Lee Michaels (A&M SP-4249) | ||||||
| 38 | LIVE | 40 | 34 | 25 | 21 | |
| Steppenwolf (Dunhill DSD 50075) | ||||||
| 39 | BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER | 36 | 27 | 21 | 29 | |
| Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia KCS 9914) | ||||||
| 40 | THE ISAAC HAYES MOVEMENT | 37 | 31 | 35 | 20 | |
| Isaac Hayes (Enterprise ENS-1010) | ||||||
| 41 | CHARLEY PRIDE'S TENTH ALBUM | 46 | 53 | 63 | 6 | |
| Charley Pride (RCA LSP 4367) | ||||||
| 42 | WORKINGMAN'S DEAD | 38 | 32 | 26 | 10 | |
| Grateful Dead (WB WS 1869) | ||||||
| 43 | BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (SOUNDTRACK) | 43 | 47 | 52 | 40 | |
| Burt Bacharach (A&M SP-4227) | ||||||
| 44 | GASOLINE ALLEY | 41 | 35 | 27 | 11 | |
| Rod Stewart (Mercury SR 61624) | ||||||
| 45 | BAND OF GYPSYS | 42 | 37 | 32 | 19 | |
| Jimi Hendrix (Capitol STAO-472) | ||||||
| 46 | THEM CHANGES | 50 | 54 | 57 | 8 | |
| Buddy Miles (Mercury SR 61280) | ||||||
| 47 | AMERICAN WOMAN | 52 | 46 | 31 | 31 | |
| Guess Who (RCA LSP-4266) | ||||||
| 48 | JOE COCKER! | 55 | 55 | 39 | 43 | |
| Joe Cocker (A&M SP 4224) | ||||||
| 49 | THE LAST POETS | 51 | 62 | 68 | 6 | |
| Last Poets (Douglas Z 30811) | ||||||
| 50 | CACTUS | 54 | 64 | 75 | 6 | |
| Cactus (Atco SD 33-340) | ||||||
| 51 | LIVE AT LONDON'S TALK OF THE TOWN | 62 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Temptations (Gordy GS 953) | ||||||
| 52 | BITCHES BREW | 44 | 43 | 45 | 14 | |
| Miles Davis (Columbia GP 26) | ||||||
| 53 | EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL | 53 | 49 | 49 | 11 | |
| Ray Stevens (Barnaby KZ 35005) | ||||||
| 54 | LIVE | 47 | 41 | 36 | 7 | |
| The Association (WB 2WS 1868) | ||||||
| 55 | ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER | 56 | 68 | 69 | 6 | |
| Original Film Soundtrack (Columbia C 30086) | ||||||
| 56 | STILL WATERS RUN DEEP | 59 | 56 | 42 | 16 | |
| Four Tops (Motown MS 704) | ||||||
| 57 | ELVIS' WORLDWIDE 50 GOLD AWARD HITS, VOL. 1 | 67 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Elvis Presley (RCA LPM 6401) | ||||||
| 58 | LADIES OF THE CANYON | 61 | 57 | 54 | 22 | |
| Joni Mitchell (Reprise RS 6376) | ||||||
| 59 | GOLD | 75 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Neil Diamond (UNI 73084) | ||||||
| 60 | GREATEST HITS | 45 | 40 | 44 | 10 | |
| Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia CS 1042) | ||||||
| 61 | I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN | 64 | 67 | 72 | 18 | |
| Dionne Warwick (Scepter SPS 581) | ||||||
| 62 | MARRYING MAIDEN | 48 | 44 | 37 | 9 | |
| It's A Beautiful Day (Columbia CS 1058) | ||||||
| 63 | HAIR | 49 | 50 | 56 | 111 | |
| Original Broadway Cast Recording (RCA LSO-1150) | ||||||
| 64 | BAND OF GOLD | 76 | 88 | -- | 3 | |
| Freda Payne (Invictus ST 7301) | ||||||
| 65 | THE JIM NABORS HOUR | 58 | 51 | 46 | 9 | |
| Jim Nabors (Columbia CS 1020) | ||||||
| 66 | SANTANA | 74 | 72 | 81 | 51 | |
| Santana (Columbia CS 9781) | ||||||
| 67 | JUST FOR LOVE | 79 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Quicksilver Messenger Service (Capitol ST 498) | ||||||
| 68 | SUSAN SINGS SESAME STREET SONGS | 72 | 78 | 83 | 5 | |
| Susan (Scepter SPS 584) | ||||||
| 69 | SLIM SLO SLIDER | 73 | 80 | 85 | 7 | |
| Johnny Rivers (Imperial LP-16001) | ||||||
| 70 | MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN | -- | -- | -- | 1 |  |
| Joe Cocker (A&M SP-6002) | ||||||
| 71 | EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE | 78 | 84 | -- | 3 | |
| Neil Young (Reprise RS 6349) | ||||||
| 72 | THE JULY 5TH ALBUM | 93 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Fifth Dimension (Soul City SCS 33901) | ||||||
| 73 | TOM | 63 | 52 | 38 | 18 | |
| Tom Jones (Parrot XPAS 71037) | ||||||
| 74 | DARLING LILI | 70 | 70 | 73 | 6 | |
| Original Film Soundtrack (RCA LSPX 1000) | ||||||
| 75 | THE LAST PUFF | 80 | 92 | 99 | 4 | |
| Spooky Tooth (A&M SP-4266) | ||||||
| 76 | ARE YOU READY | 57 | 58 | 60 | 8 | |
| Pacific Gas & Electric (Columbia CS 1017) | ||||||
| 77 | SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Stevie Wonder (Tamla TS 304) | ||||||
| 78 | PSYCHEDELIC SHACK | 69 | 60 | 50 | 22 | |
| Temptations (Gordy S-947) | ||||||
| 79 | THE STRAWBERRY STATEMENT | 85 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Original Film Soundtrack (MGM 2SE 14 ST) | ||||||
| 80 | GRAND FUNK | 60 | 61 | 64 | 32 | |
| Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SKAO-406) | ||||||
| 81 | THE DELFONICS | 87 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Delfonics (Philly Groove PG 1153) | ||||||
| 82 | HEY JUDE | 68 | 66 | 59 | 25 | |
| Beatles (Apple SW-385) | ||||||
| 83 | THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS | 84 | 82 | 80 | 6 | |
| Five Stairsteps (Buddah BDS 5061) | ||||||
| 84 | POCO | 66 | 59 | 51 | 12 | |
| Poco (Epic BN 26522) | ||||||
| 85 | FIREWORKS | 71 | 63 | 53 | 15 | |
| Jose Feliciano (RCA LSP 4370) | ||||||
| 86 | THE FIGHTIN' SIDE OF ME | 88 | 91 | 91 | 5 | |
| Merle Haggard (Capitol ST 451) | ||||||
| 87 | OPEN | 82 | 89 | 95 | 8 | |
| Blues Image (Atco SD 33-317) | ||||||
| 88 | FIVE BRIDGES | 92 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Nice (Mercury MR 61295) | ||||||
| 89 | HERE COMES BOBBY | 77 | 71 | 76 | 21 | |
| Bobby Sherman (Metromedia MD 1028) | ||||||
| 90 | BRIEF REPLIES | 96 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Ten Wheel Drive (Polydor 24-4024) | ||||||
| 91 | ABBEY ROAD | 98 | 90 | 90 | 48 | |
| Beatles (Apple SO-383) | ||||||
| 92 | MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Burt Bacharach (A&M SP-4188) | ||||||
| 93 | LIVINGSTON TAYLOR | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Livingston Taylor (Atco SD 33-334) | ||||||
| 94 | HELLO DARLIN' | 97 | 86 | 93 | 7 | |
| Conway Twitty (Decca DL 75209) | ||||||
| 95 | BOB MCGRATH FROM SESAME STREET | 99 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Bob McGrath (Affinity A 10015) | ||||||
| 96 | BEFOUR | 89 | 96 | 97 | 5 | |
| Brian Auger & Trinity (RCA LSP 4372) | ||||||
| 97 | THE DEVIL MADE ME BUY THIS DRESS | 81 | 65 | 58 | 28 | |
| Flip Wilson (Little David LD 1000) | ||||||
| 98 | SUGARLOAF | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Sugarloaf (Liberty LST-7640) | ||||||
| 99 | LIVE | 91 | 69 | 74 | 17 | |
| Iron Butterfly (Atco SD 33-318) | ||||||
| 100 | LOVE COUNTRY STYLE | 95 | 99 | -- | 3 | |
| Ray Charles (ABC ABCX 707) | ||||||
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:
• "Vehicle" by Ides Of March (# 83)
• "Reflections Of My Life" by Marmalade (# 86)
• "Memphis" by Petula Clark (# 90)
• "Turn Back The Hands Of Time" by Tyrone Davis (# 94)
• "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" by B.J. Thomas (#100)