Cashbox Top Albums

TW		LW	2WK	3WK	WKS
1	COSMO'S FACTORY	1	2	3	7
Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 8402)
2	WOODSTOCK	3	3	1	16
Original Film Soundtrack (Cotillion SD 3-500)
3	BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS III	2	1	2	8
Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia KC 30090)
4	LIVE AT LEEDS	4	4	4	16
Who (Decca DL 79175)
5	ABSOLUTELY LIVE	5	10	18	5
Doors (Elektra EKS-9002)
6	CLOSER TO HOME	6	5	7	10
Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SKAO-471)
7	DEJA VU	9	6	9	24
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic SD 7200)
8	JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE	8	9	12	9
Traffic (United Artists UAS 5504)
9	CHICAGO II	11	8	11	31
Chicago (Columbia CS 9962)
10	TOMMY	13	20	22	44
Who (Decca DXSW 7205)
11	HOT TUNA	26	30	42	7
Hot Tuna (RCA LSP-4353)
12	LET IT BE	7	7	5	16
Beatles (Apple AR 34001)
13	MCCARTNEY	12	13	8	19
Paul McCartney (Apple STAO 3363)
14	ERIC CLAPTON	15	16	17	7
Eric Clapton (Atco SD 33-329)
15	ON THE WATERS	19	22	48	5
Bread (Elektra EKS-74076)
16	ABC	16	12	10	15
Jackson 5 (Motown MS 709)
17	SELF PORTRAIT	10	11	6	11
Bob Dylan (Columbia C2X 30050)
18	OPEN ROAD	14	14	14	8
Donovan (Epic E 30125)
19	FIFTH DIMENSION'S GREATEST HITS	22	15	15	18
5th Dimension (Soul City SCS-33900)
20	THE BEST OF PETER, PAUL AND MARY: TEN YEARS TOGETHER	18	21	16	13
Peter, Paul And Mary (WB BS 2552)
21	JAMES GANG RIDES AGAIN	21	26	30	8
James Gang (ABC S-711)
22	ALONE TOGETHER	25	27	28	10
Dave Mason (Blue Thumb BTS 19)
23	SWEET BABY JAMES	27	31	36	27
James Taylor (WB BS 1843)
24	ON STAGE - FEBRUARY, 1970	17	18	21	13
Elvis Presley (RCA LSP-4362)
25	MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN	70	--	--	2
Joe Cocker (A&M SP-6002)
26	ECOLOGY	23	19	13	9
Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 514)
27	ERIC BURDON DECLARES "WAR"	20	23	25	16
Eric Burdon & War (MGM SE 4663)
28	THE SESAME STREET BOOK AND RECORD	28	35	45	6
Original TV Cast Recording (Columbia CS 1069)
29	DIANA ROSS	24	25	26	9
Diana Ross (Motown MS-711)
30	CLIMBING!	29	24	24	26
Mountain (Windfall 4501)
31	WE MADE IT HAPPEN	31	34	19	10
Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot XPAS 71038)
32	NUMBER 5	30	32	38	8
Steve Miller Band (Capitol SKAO 436)
33	GET READY	35	28	33	44
Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 507)
34	BARREL	37	65	76	5
Lee Michaels (A&M SP-4249)
35	BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER	39	36	27	30
Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia KCS 9914)
36	GOLD	59	75	--	3
Neil Diamond (UNI 73084)
37	IT AIN'T EASY	32	17	20	20
Three Dog Night (ABC/Dunhill DS 50078)
38	CANDLES IN THE RAIN	34	33	23	17
Melanie (Buddah BDS 5060)
39	THE ISAAC HAYES MOVEMENT	40	37	31	21
Isaac Hayes (Enterprise ENS-1010)
40	CHARLEY PRIDE'S TENTH ALBUM	41	46	53	7
Charley Pride (RCA LSP 4367)
41	LIVE AT LONDON'S TALK OF THE TOWN	51	62	--	3
Temptations (Gordy GS 953)
42	WORKINGMAN'S DEAD	42	38	32	11
Grateful Dead (WB WS 1869)
43	HOME	33	29	29	10
Procol Harum (A&M SP-4261)
44	STAGE FRIGHT	--	--	--	1
The Band (Capitol SW-425)
45	THEM CHANGES	46	50	54	9
Buddy Miles (Mercury SR 61280)
46	BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (SOUNDTRACK)	43	43	47	41
Burt Bacharach (A&M SP-4227)
47	THE LAST POETS	49	51	62	7
Last Poets (Douglas Z 30811)
48	ELVIS' WORLDWIDE 50 GOLD AWARD HITS, VOL. 1	57	67	--	3
Elvis Presley (RCA LPM 6401)
49	CACTUS	50	54	64	7
Cactus (Atco SD 33-340)
50	ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER	55	56	68	7
Original Film Soundtrack (Columbia C 30086)
51	SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED	77	--	--	2
Stevie Wonder (Tamla TS 304)
52	LIVE	54	47	41	8
The Association (WB 2WS 1868)
53	STILL WATERS RUN DEEP	56	59	56	17
Four Tops (Motown MS 704)
54	AMERICAN WOMAN	47	52	46	32
Guess Who (RCA LSP-4266)
55	BENEFIT	36	39	39	20
Jethro Tull (Reprise RS 6400)
56	JUST FOR LOVE	67	79	--	3
Quicksilver Messenger Service (Capitol ST 498)
57	HAIR	63	49	50	112
Original Broadway Cast Recording (RCA LSO-1150)
58	JOE COCKER!	48	55	55	44
Joe Cocker (A&M SP 4224)
59	BAND OF GOLD	64	76	88	4
Freda Payne (Invictus ST 7301)
60	GREATEST HITS	60	45	40	11
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia CS 1042)
61	LIVE	38	40	34	22
Steppenwolf (Dunhill DSD 50075)
62	GASOLINE ALLEY	44	41	35	12
Rod Stewart (Mercury SR 61624)
63	BITCHES BREW	52	44	43	15
Miles Davis (Columbia GP 26)
64	EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE	71	78	84	4
Neil Young (Reprise RS 6349)
65	BAND OF GYPSYS	45	42	37	20
Jimi Hendrix (Capitol STAO-472)
66	SUSAN SINGS SESAME STREET SONGS	68	72	78	6
Susan (Scepter SPS 584)
67	SLIM SLO SLIDER	69	73	80	8
Johnny Rivers (Imperial LP-16001)
68	THE JULY 5TH ALBUM	72	93	--	3
Fifth Dimension (Soul City SCS 33901)
69	THE LAST PUFF	75	80	92	5
Spooky Tooth (A&M SP-4266)
70	DARLING LILI	74	70	70	7
Original Film Soundtrack (RCA LSPX 1000)
71	THE BEGATTING OF THE PRESIDENT	--	--	--	1
Orson Welles (Mediarts 41-2)
72	LADIES OF THE CANYON	58	61	57	23
Joni Mitchell (Reprise RS 6376)
73	I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN	61	64	67	19
Dionne Warwick (Scepter SPS 581)
74	TOM	73	63	52	19
Tom Jones (Parrot XPAS 71037)
75	MARRYING MAIDEN	62	48	44	10
It's A Beautiful Day (Columbia CS 1058)
76	WAR AND PEACE	--	--	--	1
Edwin Starr (Gordy GS 948)
77	THE DELFONICS	81	87	--	3
Delfonics (Philly Groove PG 1153)
78	METAMORPHOSIS	--	--	--	1
Iron Butterfly (Atco SD 33-339)
79	EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL	53	53	49	12
Ray Stevens (Barnaby KZ 35005)
80	POCO	84	66	59	13
Poco (Epic BN 26522)
81	DON'T CRUSH THAT DWARF, HAND ME THE PLIERS	--	--	--	1
Firesign Theatre (Columbia C 30102)
82	IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON	--	--	--	1
King Crimson (Atlantic SD 8266)
83	FIVE BRIDGES	88	92	--	3
Nice (Mercury MR 61295)
84	HEY JUDE	82	68	66	26
Beatles (Apple SW-385)
85	MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF	92	--	--	2
Burt Bacharach (A&M SP-4188)
86	HERE COMES BOBBY	89	77	71	22
Bobby Sherman (Metromedia MD 1028)
87	SUGARLOAF	98	--	--	2
Sugarloaf (Liberty LST-7640)
88	MUNGO	--	--	--	1
Mungo Jerry (Janus JXS 7000)
89	SANTANA	66	74	72	52
Santana (Columbia CS 9781)
90	THE JIM NABORS HOUR	65	58	51	10
Jim Nabors (Columbia CS 1020)
91	THE FIGHTIN' SIDE OF ME	86	88	91	6
Merle Haggard (Capitol ST 451)
92	BOB MCGRATH FROM SESAME STREET	95	99	--	3
Bob McGrath (Affinity A 10015)
93	LIVINGSTON TAYLOR	93	--	--	2
Livingston Taylor (Atco SD 33-334)
94	GRAND FUNK	80	60	61	33
Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SKAO-406)
95	BRIEF REPLIES	90	96	--	3
Ten Wheel Drive (Polydor 24-4024)
96	ABBEY ROAD	91	98	90	49
Beatles (Apple SO-383)
97	SHILO	--	--	--	1
Neil Diamond (Bang BLPS 221)
98	THE DEVIL MADE ME BUY THIS DRESS	97	81	65	29
Flip Wilson (Little David LD 1000)
99	HELLO DARLIN'	94	97	86	8
Conway Twitty (Decca DL 75209)
100	BEFOUR	96	89	96	6
Brian Auger & Trinity (RCA LSP 4372)

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designates a album that entered the chart this week

Albums which dropped out of the Top 100 this week:

   • "Are You Ready" by Pacific Gas & Electric (# 76)
   • "Psychedelic Shack" by Temptations (# 78)
   • "The Strawberry Statement" by Original Film Soundtrack (# 79)
   • "The Five Stairsteps" by Five Stairsteps (# 83)
   • "Fireworks" by Jose Feliciano (# 85)
   • "Open" by Blues Image (# 87)
   • "Live" by Iron Butterfly (# 99)
   • "Love Country Style" by Ray Charles (#100)