Wednesday September 23, 1970
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Cashbox Top Albums


Week Ending September 19, 1970



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1 COSMO'S FACTORY 1 1 1 9
Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 8402)
2 WOODSTOCK 2 2 3 18
Original Film Soundtrack (Cotillion SD 3-500)
3 BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS III 3 3 2 10
Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia KC 30090)
4 MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN 7 25 70 4
Joe Cocker (A&M SP-6002)
5 LIVE AT LEEDS 4 4 4 18
Who (Decca DL 79175)
6 CLOSER TO HOME 8 6 6 12
Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SKAO-471)
7 DEJA VU 6 7 9 26
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic SD 7200)
8 CHICAGO II 5 9 11 33
Chicago (Columbia CS 9962)
9 JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE 9 8 8 11
Traffic (United Artists UAS 5504)
10 STAGE FRIGHT 14 44 -- 3
The Band (Capitol SW-425)
11 TOMMY 12 10 13 46
Who (Decca DXSW 7205)
12 ON THE WATERS 13 15 19 7
Bread (Elektra EKS-74076)
13 HOT TUNA 11 11 26 9
Hot Tuna (RCA LSP-4353)
14 SWEET BABY JAMES 19 23 27 29
James Taylor (WB BS 1843)
15 ABSOLUTELY LIVE 10 5 5 7
Doors (Elektra EKS-9002)
16 LET IT BE 15 12 7 18
Beatles (Apple AR 34001)
17 MCCARTNEY 17 13 12 21
Paul McCartney (Apple STAO 3363)
18 ECOLOGY 22 26 23 11
Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 514)
19 JAMES GANG RIDES AGAIN 20 21 21 10
James Gang (ABC S-711)
20 ABC 18 16 16 17
Jackson 5 (Motown MS 709)
21 DIANA ROSS 23 29 24 11
Diana Ross (Motown MS-711)
22 OPEN ROAD 25 18 14 10
Donovan (Epic E 30125)
23 GOLD 24 36 59 5
Neil Diamond (UNI 73084)
24 ERIC CLAPTON 16 14 15 9
Eric Clapton (Atco SD 33-329)
25 THE SESAME STREET BOOK AND RECORD 27 28 28 8
Original TV Cast Recording (Columbia CS 1069)
26 SELF PORTRAIT 21 17 10 13
Bob Dylan (Columbia C2X 30050)
27 FIFTH DIMENSION'S GREATEST HITS 26 19 22 20
Fifth Dimension (Soul City SCS-33900)
28 THE BEST OF PETER, PAUL AND MARY: TEN YEARS TOGETHER 30 20 18 15
Peter, Paul And Mary (WB BS 2552)
29 ERIC BURDON DECLARES "WAR" 28 27 20 18
Eric Burdon & War (MGM SE 4663)
30 BARREL 31 34 37 7
Lee Michaels (A&M SP-4249)
31 ALONE TOGETHER 29 22 25 12
Dave Mason (Blue Thumb BTS 19)
32 LIVE AT LONDON'S TALK OF THE TOWN 36 41 51 5
Temptations (Gordy GS 953)
33 IT AIN'T EASY 33 37 32 22
Three Dog Night (ABC/Dunhill DS 50078)
34 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED 42 51 77 4
Stevie Wonder (Tamla TS 304)
35 JUST FOR LOVE 45 56 67 5
Quicksilver Messenger Service (Capitol ST 498)
36 GET READY 34 33 35 46
Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 507)
37 A QUESTION OF BALANCE 66 -- -- 2  
Moody Blues (Threshold THS 3)
38 THE LAST POETS 41 47 49 9
Last Poets (Douglas Z 30811)
39 CHARLEY PRIDE'S TENTH ALBUM 39 40 41 9
Charley Pride (RCA LSP 4367)
40 ELVIS' WORLDWIDE 50 GOLD AWARD HITS, VOL. 1 44 48 57 5
Elvis Presley (RCA LPM 6401)
41 HOME 37 43 33 12
Procol Harum (A&M SP-4261)
42 CACTUS 46 49 50 9
Cactus (Atco SD 33-340)
43 NUMBER 5 40 32 30 10
Steve Miller Band (Capitol SKAO 436)
44 ON STAGE - FEBRUARY, 1970 32 24 17 15  
Elvis Presley (RCA LSP-4362)
45 METAMORPHOSIS 48 78 -- 3
Iron Butterfly (Atco SD 33-339)
46 AFTER THE GOLD RUSH 89 -- -- 2  
Neil Young (Reprise RS 6383)
47 THE ISAAC HAYES MOVEMENT 43 39 40 23
Isaac Hayes (Enterprise ENS-1010)
48 WAR AND PEACE 57 76 -- 3
Edwin Starr (Gordy GS 948)
49 THEM CHANGES 52 45 46 11
Buddy Miles (Mercury SR 61280)
50 THE BEGATTING OF THE PRESIDENT 60 71 -- 3
Orson Welles (Mediarts 41-2)
51 FIRE AND WATER 64 -- -- 2  
Free (A&M SP-4268)
52 BAND OF GOLD 53 59 64 6
Freda Payne (Invictus ST 7301)
53 GASOLINE ALLEY 61 62 44 14
Rod Stewart (Mercury SR 61624)
54 THE JULY 5TH ALBUM 55 68 72 5
Fifth Dimension (Soul City SCS 33901)
55 CLIMBING! 35 30 29 28  
Mountain (Windfall 4501)
56 ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER 51 50 55 9
Original Film Soundtrack (Columbia C 30086)
57 WORKINGMAN'S DEAD 50 42 42 13
Grateful Dead (WB WS 1869)
58 BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (SOUNDTRACK) 65 46 43 43
Burt Bacharach (A&M SP-4227)
59 IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON 70 82 -- 3  
King Crimson (Atlantic SD 8266)
60 GREATEST HITS 54 60 60 13
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia CS 1042)
61 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER 38 35 39 32  
Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia KCS 9914)
62 BENEFIT 58 55 36 22
Jethro Tull (Reprise RS 6400)
63 SPIRIT IN THE DARK 85 -- -- 2  
Aretha Franklin (Atlantic SD 8265)
64 DON'T CRUSH THAT DWARF, HAND ME THE PLIERS 68 81 -- 3
Firesign Theatre (Columbia C 30102)
65 HAIR 67 57 63 114
Original Broadway Cast Recording (RCA LSO-1150)
66 LIVE 59 61 38 24
Steppenwolf (Dunhill DSD 50075)
67 WE MADE IT HAPPEN 47 31 31 12  
Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot XPAS 71038)
68 THE LAST PUFF 71 69 75 7
Spooky Tooth (A&M SP-4266)
69 CANDLES IN THE RAIN 49 38 34 19  
Melanie (Buddah BDS 5060)
70 SLIM SLO SLIDER 69 67 69 10
Johnny Rivers (Imperial LP-16001)
71 STILL WATERS RUN DEEP 56 53 56 19  
Four Tops (Motown MS 704)
72 SUSAN SINGS SESAME STREET SONGS 63 66 68 8
Susan (Scepter SPS 584)
73 SUGARLOAF 84 87 98 4  
Sugarloaf (Liberty LST-7640)
74 THE DELFONICS 75 77 81 5
Delfonics (Philly Groove PG 1153)
75 MUNGO 82 88 -- 3
Mungo Jerry (Janus JXS 7000)
76 LIVE 72 52 54 10
The Association (WB 2WS 1868)
77 MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF 81 85 92 4
Burt Bacharach (A&M SP-4188)
78 LADIES OF THE CANYON 76 72 58 25
Joni Mitchell (Reprise RS 6376)
79 MY WOMAN, MY WOMAN, MY WIFE -- -- -- 1  
Dean Martin (Reprise RS 6403)
80 AMERICAN WOMAN 77 54 47 34
Guess Who (RCA LSP-4266)
81 WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOU 88 -- -- 2
Ronnie Dyson (Columbia C 30223)
82 IN ROCK 86 -- -- 2
Deep Purple (WB WS 1877)
83 HERE COMES BOBBY 87 86 89 24
Bobby Sherman (Metromedia MD 1028)
84 BAND OF GYPSYS 78 65 45 22
Jimi Hendrix (Capitol STAO-472)
85 BOB MCGRATH FROM SESAME STREET 90 92 95 5
Bob McGrath (Affinity A 10015)
86 SHILO 91 97 -- 3
Neil Diamond (Bang BLPS 221)
87 LEFTOVER WINE -- -- -- 1  
Melanie (Buddah BDS 5066)
88 CHAPTER 2 -- -- -- 1  
Roberta Flack (Atlantic SD 1569)
89 EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE 62 64 71 6  
Neil Young (Reprise RS 6349)
90 POCO 74 80 84 15  
Poco (Epic BN 26522)
91 BITCHES BREW 79 63 52 17  
Miles Davis (Columbia GP 26)
92 GULA MATARI 99 -- -- 2
Quincy Jones (A&M SP-3030)
93 BEFOUR 95 100 96 8
Brian Auger & Trinity (RCA LSP 4372)
94 THE YARDBIRDS FEATURING JEFF BECK, ERIC CLAPTON & JIMMY PAGE 96 -- -- 2
Yardbirds (Epic EG 30135)
95 FIVE BRIDGES 92 83 88 5
Nice (Mercury MR 61295)
96 SILVERBIRD -- -- -- 1  
Mark Lindsay (Columbia C 30111)
97 EASY DOES IT 100 -- -- 2
Al Kooper (Columbia KC 30031)
98 GREATEST HITS -- -- -- 1  
Joe South (Capitol ST 450)
99 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN 83 73 61 21  
Dionne Warwick (Scepter SPS 581)
100 ABBEY ROAD 98 96 91 51
Beatles (Apple SO-383)

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:

   • "Joe Cocker!" by Joe Cocker (# 73)
   • "Marrying Maiden" by It's A Beautiful Day (# 80)
   • "Tom" by Tom Jones (# 93)
   • "Livingston Taylor" by Livingston Taylor (# 94)
   • "Hello Darlin'" by Conway Twitty (# 97)

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