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Cashbox Top Albums


Week Ending September 26, 1970



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1 COSMO'S FACTORY 1 1 1 10
Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 8402)
2 WOODSTOCK 2 2 2 19
Original Film Soundtrack (Cotillion SD 3-500)
3 MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN 4 7 25 5
Joe Cocker (A&M SP-6002)
4 CHICAGO II 8 5 9 34
Chicago (Columbia CS 9962)
5 BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS III 3 3 3 11
Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia KC 30090)
6 LIVE AT LEEDS 5 4 4 19
Who (Decca DL 79175)
7 CLOSER TO HOME 6 8 6 13
Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SKAO-471)
8 TOMMY 11 12 10 47
Who (Decca DXSW 7205)
9 GOLD 23 24 36 6  
Neil Diamond (UNI 73084)
10 STAGE FRIGHT 10 14 44 4
The Band (Capitol SW-425)
11 DEJA VU 7 6 7 27
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic SD 7200)
12 ON THE WATERS 12 13 15 8
Bread (Elektra EKS-74076)
13 SWEET BABY JAMES 14 19 23 30
James Taylor (WB BS 1843)
14 JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE 9 9 8 12
Traffic (United Artists UAS 5504)
15 ABSOLUTELY LIVE 15 10 5 8
Doors (Elektra EKS-9002)
16 HOT TUNA 13 11 11 10
Hot Tuna (RCA LSP-4353)
17 A QUESTION OF BALANCE 37 66 -- 3  
Moody Blues (Threshold THS 3)
18 AFTER THE GOLD RUSH 46 89 -- 3  
Neil Young (Reprise RS 6383)
19 DIANA ROSS 21 23 29 12
Diana Ross (Motown MS-711)
20 JAMES GANG RIDES AGAIN 19 20 21 11
James Gang (ABC S-711)
21 ECOLOGY 18 22 26 12
Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 514)
22 LET IT BE 16 15 12 19
Beatles (Apple AR 34001)
23 MCCARTNEY 17 17 13 22
Paul McCartney (Apple STAO 3363)
24 ABC 20 18 16 18
Jackson 5 (Motown MS 709)
25 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED 34 42 51 5
Stevie Wonder (Tamla TS 304)
26 THE SESAME STREET BOOK AND RECORD 25 27 28 9
Original TV Cast Recording (Columbia CS 1069)
27 OPEN ROAD 22 25 18 11
Donovan (Epic E 30125)
28 ERIC CLAPTON 24 16 14 10
Eric Clapton (Atco SD 33-329)
29 FIFTH DIMENSION'S GREATEST HITS 27 26 19 21
Fifth Dimension (Soul City SCS-33900)
30 JUST FOR LOVE 35 45 56 6
Quicksilver Messenger Service (Capitol ST 498)
31 SELF PORTRAIT 26 21 17 14
Bob Dylan (Columbia C2X 30050)
32 THE BEST OF PETER, PAUL AND MARY: TEN YEARS TOGETHER 28 30 20 16
Peter, Paul And Mary (WB BS 2552)
33 LIVE AT LONDON'S TALK OF THE TOWN 32 36 41 6
Temptations (Gordy GS 953)
34 WAR AND PEACE 48 57 76 4  
Edwin Starr (Gordy GS 948)
35 THE LAST POETS 38 41 47 10
Last Poets (Douglas Z 30811)
36 METAMORPHOSIS 45 48 78 4
Iron Butterfly (Atco SD 33-339)
37 BARREL 30 31 34 8
Lee Michaels (A&M SP-4249)
38 CACTUS 42 46 49 10
Cactus (Atco SD 33-340)
39 SPIRIT IN THE DARK 63 85 -- 3  
Aretha Franklin (Atlantic SD 8265)
40 THIRD ALBUM -- -- -- 1  
Jackson 5 (Motown S-718)
41 NUMBER 5 43 40 32 11
Steve Miller Band (Capitol SKAO 436)
42 ELVIS' WORLDWIDE 50 GOLD AWARD HITS, VOL. 1 40 44 48 6
Elvis Presley (RCA LPM 6401)
43 HISTORICAL PERFORMANCES RECORDED AT THE MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL -- -- -- 1  
Otis Redding & The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Reprise MS 2029)
44 ERIC BURDON DECLARES "WAR" 29 28 27 19  
Eric Burdon & War (MGM SE 4663)
45 THEM CHANGES 49 52 45 12
Buddy Miles (Mercury SR 61280)
46 THE BEGATTING OF THE PRESIDENT 50 60 71 4
Orson Welles (Mediarts 41-2)
47 ALONE TOGETHER 31 29 22 13  
Dave Mason (Blue Thumb BTS 19)
48 FIRE AND WATER 51 64 -- 3
Free (A&M SP-4268)
49 IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON 59 70 82 4
King Crimson (Atlantic SD 8266)
50 CLIMBING! 55 35 30 29
Mountain (Windfall 4501)
51 CLOSE TO YOU -- -- -- 1  
Carpenters (A&M SP-4271)
52 WORKINGMAN'S DEAD 57 50 42 14
Grateful Dead (WB WS 1869)
53 GET READY 36 34 33 47  
Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 507)
54 IT AIN'T EASY 33 33 37 23  
Three Dog Night (ABC/Dunhill DS 50078)
55 HOME 41 37 43 13  
Procol Harum (A&M SP-4261)
56 CHARLEY PRIDE'S TENTH ALBUM 39 39 40 10  
Charley Pride (RCA LSP 4367)
57 THE ISAAC HAYES MOVEMENT 47 43 39 24
Isaac Hayes (Enterprise ENS-1010)
58 GREATEST HITS II -- -- -- 1  
Temptations (Gordy GLPS 954)
59 GREATEST HITS 60 54 60 14
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia CS 1042)
60 LIVE 66 59 61 25
Steppenwolf (Dunhill DSD 50075)
61 DON'T CRUSH THAT DWARF, HAND ME THE PLIERS 64 68 81 4
Firesign Theatre (Columbia C 30102)
62 ON STAGE - FEBRUARY, 1970 44 32 24 16  
Elvis Presley (RCA LSP-4362)
63 CHAPTER 2 88 -- -- 2  
Roberta Flack (Atlantic SD 1569)
64 BAND OF GOLD 52 53 59 7  
Freda Payne (Invictus ST 7301)
65 THE JULY 5TH ALBUM 54 55 68 6  
Fifth Dimension (Soul City SCS 33901)
66 LEFTOVER WINE 87 -- -- 2  
Melanie (Buddah BDS 5066)
67 GASOLINE ALLEY 53 61 62 15  
Rod Stewart (Mercury SR 61624)
68 MY WOMAN, MY WOMAN, MY WIFE 79 -- -- 2  
Dean Martin (Reprise RS 6403)
69 MUNGO 75 82 88 4
Mungo Jerry (Janus JXS 7000)
70 SUGARLOAF 73 84 87 5
Sugarloaf (Liberty LST-7640)
71 STILL WATERS RUN DEEP 71 56 53 20
Four Tops (Motown MS 704)
72 LADIES OF THE CANYON 78 76 72 26
Joni Mitchell (Reprise RS 6376)
73 THE DELFONICS 74 75 77 6
Delfonics (Philly Groove PG 1153)
74 SUSAN SINGS SESAME STREET SONGS 72 63 66 9
Susan (Scepter SPS 584)
75 SHILO 86 91 97 4  
Neil Diamond (Bang BLPS 221)
76 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER 61 38 35 33  
Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia KCS 9914)
77 BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (SOUNDTRACK) 58 65 46 44  
Burt Bacharach (A&M SP-4227)
78 HAIR 65 67 57 115  
Original Broadway Cast Recording (RCA LSO-1150)
79 MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF 77 81 85 5
Burt Bacharach (A&M SP-4188)
80 WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOU 81 88 -- 3
Ronnie Dyson (Columbia C 30223)
81 ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER 56 51 50 10  
Original Film Soundtrack (Columbia C 30086)
82 JAMES TAYLOR -- -- -- 1  
James Taylor (Apple SKAO 3352)
83 BOB MCGRATH FROM SESAME STREET 85 90 92 6
Bob McGrath (Affinity A 10015)
84 SILVERBIRD 96 -- -- 2  
Mark Lindsay (Columbia C 30111)
85 EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE 89 62 64 7
Neil Young (Reprise RS 6349)
86 BENEFIT 62 58 55 23  
Jethro Tull (Reprise RS 6400)
87 GREATEST HITS -- -- -- 1  
Neil Diamond (Bang BLPS 219)
88 THE YARDBIRDS FEATURING JEFF BECK, ERIC CLAPTON & JIMMY PAGE 94 96 -- 3
Yardbirds (Epic EG 30135)
89 IF -- -- -- 1  
If (Capitol ST 539)
90 GULA MATARI 92 99 -- 3
Quincy Jones (A&M SP-3030)
91 THE LAST PUFF 68 71 69 8  
Spooky Tooth (A&M SP-4266)
92 FUTURE BLUES -- -- -- 1  
Canned Heat (Liberty LST 11002)
93 EASY DOES IT 97 100 -- 3
Al Kooper (Columbia KC 30031)
94 CANDLES IN THE RAIN 69 49 38 20  
Melanie (Buddah BDS 5060)
95 WE MADE IT HAPPEN 67 47 31 13  
Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot XPAS 71038)
96 BLACK SABBATH -- -- -- 1  
Black Sabbath (WB WS 1871)
97 HERE COMES BOBBY 83 87 86 25  
Bobby Sherman (Metromedia MD 1028)
98 TO DELANEY FROM BONNIE -- -- -- 1  
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (Atco SD 33-341)
99 AMERICAN WOMAN 80 77 54 35  
Guess Who (RCA LSP-4266)
100 IN ROCK 82 86 -- 3  
Deep Purple (WB WS 1877)

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:

   • "Slim Slo Slider" by Johnny Rivers (# 70)
   • "Live" by The Association (# 76)
   • "Band Of Gypsys" by Jimi Hendrix (# 84)
   • "Poco" by Poco (# 90)
   • "Bitches Brew" by Miles Davis (# 91)
   • "Befour" by Brian Auger & Trinity (# 93)
   • "Five Bridges" by Nice (# 95)
   • "Greatest Hits" by Joe South (# 98)
   • "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" by Dionne Warwick (# 99)
   • "Abbey Road" by Beatles (#100)

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