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Cashbox Top Albums


Week Ending October 3, 1970



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1 COSMO'S FACTORY 1 1 1 11
Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 8402)
2 MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN 3 4 7 6
Joe Cocker (A&M SP-6002)
3 WOODSTOCK 2 2 2 20
Original Film Soundtrack (Cotillion SD 3-500)
4 CHICAGO II 4 8 5 35
Chicago (Columbia CS 9962)
5 BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS III 5 3 3 12
Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia KC 30090)
6 CLOSER TO HOME 7 6 8 14
Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol SKAO-471)
7 GOLD 9 23 24 7
Neil Diamond (UNI 73084)
8 STAGE FRIGHT 10 10 14 5
The Band (Capitol SW-425)
9 TOMMY 8 11 12 48
Who (Decca DXSW 7205)
10 DEJA VU 11 7 6 28
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic SD 7200)
11 SWEET BABY JAMES 13 14 19 31
James Taylor (WB BS 1843)
12 A QUESTION OF BALANCE 17 37 66 4
Moody Blues (Threshold THS 3)
13 LIVE AT LEEDS 6 5 4 20
Who (Decca DL 79175)
14 AFTER THE GOLD RUSH 18 46 89 4
Neil Young (Reprise RS 6383)
15 DIANA ROSS 19 21 23 13
Diana Ross (Motown MS-711)
16 JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE 14 9 9 13
Traffic (United Artists UAS 5504)
17 ECOLOGY 21 18 22 13
Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 514)
18 JAMES GANG RIDES AGAIN 20 19 20 12
James Gang (ABC S-711)
19 ABSOLUTELY LIVE 15 15 10 9
Doors (Elektra EKS-9002)
20 ON THE WATERS 12 12 13 9
Bread (Elektra EKS-74076)
21 THIRD ALBUM 40 -- -- 2  
Jackson 5 (Motown S-718)
22 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED 25 34 42 6
Stevie Wonder (Tamla TS 304)
23 CLOSE TO YOU 51 -- -- 2  
Carpenters (A&M SP-4271)
24 LET IT BE 22 16 15 20
Beatles (Apple AR 34001)
25 ABC 24 20 18 19
Jackson 5 (Motown MS 709)
26 THE SESAME STREET BOOK AND RECORD 26 25 27 10
Original TV Cast Recording (Columbia CS 1069)
27 HOT TUNA 16 13 11 11  
Hot Tuna (RCA LSP-4353)
28 SPIRIT IN THE DARK 39 63 85 4  
Aretha Franklin (Atlantic SD 8265)
29 JUST FOR LOVE 30 35 45 7
Quicksilver Messenger Service (Capitol ST 498)
30 METAMORPHOSIS 36 45 48 5
Iron Butterfly (Atco SD 33-339)
31 MCCARTNEY 23 17 17 23
Paul McCartney (Apple STAO 3363)
32 WAR AND PEACE 34 48 57 5
Edwin Starr (Gordy GS 948)
33 HISTORICAL PERFORMANCES RECORDED AT THE MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL 43 -- -- 2
Otis Redding & The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Reprise MS 2029)
34 ERIC CLAPTON 28 24 16 11
Eric Clapton (Atco SD 33-329)
35 LIVE AT LONDON'S TALK OF THE TOWN 33 32 36 7
Temptations (Gordy GS 953)
36 LEFTOVER WINE 66 87 -- 3  
Melanie (Buddah BDS 5066)
37 THE LAST POETS 35 38 41 11
Last Poets (Douglas Z 30811)
38 FIRE AND WATER 48 51 64 4
Free (A&M SP-4268)
39 ELVIS' WORLDWIDE 50 GOLD AWARD HITS, VOL. 1 42 40 44 7
Elvis Presley (RCA LPM 6401)
40 IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON 49 59 70 5
King Crimson (Atlantic SD 8266)
41 THE BEST OF PETER, PAUL AND MARY: TEN YEARS TOGETHER 32 28 30 17
Peter, Paul And Mary (WB BS 2552)
42 OPEN ROAD 27 22 25 12  
Donovan (Epic E 30125)
43 FIFTH DIMENSION'S GREATEST HITS 29 27 26 22  
Fifth Dimension (Soul City SCS-33900)
44 THE BEGATTING OF THE PRESIDENT 46 50 60 5
Orson Welles (Mediarts 41-2)
45 GREATEST HITS II 58 -- -- 2  
Temptations (Gordy GLPS 954)
46 SELF PORTRAIT 31 26 21 15  
Bob Dylan (Columbia C2X 30050)
47 BARREL 37 30 31 9
Lee Michaels (A&M SP-4249)
48 CACTUS 38 42 46 11
Cactus (Atco SD 33-340)
49 GET READY 53 36 34 48
Rare Earth (Rare Earth RS 507)
50 WORKINGMAN'S DEAD 52 57 50 15
Grateful Dead (WB WS 1869)
51 CHAPTER 2 63 88 -- 3  
Roberta Flack (Atlantic SD 1569)
52 IT AIN'T EASY 54 33 33 24
Three Dog Night (ABC/Dunhill DS 50078)
53 ERIC BURDON DECLARES "WAR" 44 29 28 20
Eric Burdon & War (MGM SE 4663)
54 ALONE TOGETHER 47 31 29 14
Dave Mason (Blue Thumb BTS 19)
55 THE ISAAC HAYES MOVEMENT 57 47 43 25
Isaac Hayes (Enterprise ENS-1010)
56 GREATEST HITS 59 60 54 15
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia CS 1042)
57 THEM CHANGES 45 49 52 13  
Buddy Miles (Mercury SR 61280)
58 SUGARLOAF 70 73 84 6  
Sugarloaf (Liberty LST-7640)
59 ON STAGE - FEBRUARY, 1970 62 44 32 17
Elvis Presley (RCA LSP-4362)
60 DON'T CRUSH THAT DWARF, HAND ME THE PLIERS 61 64 68 5
Firesign Theatre (Columbia C 30102)
61 GASOLINE ALLEY 67 53 61 16
Rod Stewart (Mercury SR 61624)
62 LIVE 60 66 59 26
Steppenwolf (Dunhill DSD 50075)
63 MY WOMAN, MY WOMAN, MY WIFE 68 79 -- 3
Dean Martin (Reprise RS 6403)
64 MUNGO 69 75 82 5
Mungo Jerry (Janus JXS 7000)
65 STILL WATERS RUN DEEP 71 71 56 21
Four Tops (Motown MS 704)
66 NUMBER 5 41 43 40 12  
Steve Miller Band (Capitol SKAO 436)
67 SUSAN SINGS SESAME STREET SONGS 74 72 63 10
Susan (Scepter SPS 584)
68 ABRAXAS -- -- -- 1  
Santana (Columbia KC 30130)
69 SHILO 75 86 91 5
Neil Diamond (Bang BLPS 221)
70 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER 76 61 38 34
Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia KCS 9914)
71 CHARLEY PRIDE'S TENTH ALBUM 56 39 39 11  
Charley Pride (RCA LSP 4367)
72 JAMES TAYLOR 82 -- -- 2
James Taylor (Apple SKAO 3352)
73 WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOU 80 81 88 4
Ronnie Dyson (Columbia C 30223)
74 BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (SOUNDTRACK) 77 58 65 45
Burt Bacharach (A&M SP-4227)
75 CLIMBING! 50 55 35 30  
Mountain (Windfall 4501)
76 GREATEST HITS 87 -- -- 2  
Neil Diamond (Bang BLPS 219)
77 EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE 85 89 62 8
Neil Young (Reprise RS 6349)
78 IF 89 -- -- 2  
If (Capitol ST 539)
79 SILVERBIRD 84 96 -- 3
Mark Lindsay (Columbia C 30111)
80 FUTURE BLUES 92 -- -- 2  
Canned Heat (Liberty LST 11002)
81 BOB MCGRATH FROM SESAME STREET 83 85 90 7
Bob McGrath (Affinity A 10015)
82 THE YARDBIRDS FEATURING JEFF BECK, ERIC CLAPTON & JIMMY PAGE 88 94 96 4
Yardbirds (Epic EG 30135)
83 ELTON JOHN -- -- -- 1  
Elton John (UNI 73090)
84 BAND OF GOLD 64 52 53 8  
Freda Payne (Invictus ST 7301)
85 PATCHES -- -- -- 1  
Clarence Carter (Atlantic SD 8267)
86 THE DELFONICS 73 74 75 7  
Delfonics (Philly Groove PG 1153)
87 HOME 55 41 37 14  
Procol Harum (A&M SP-4261)
88 SNOWBIRD -- -- -- 1  
Anne Murray (Capitol ST 579)
89 BLACK SABBATH 96 -- -- 2
Black Sabbath (WB WS 1871)
90 GULA MATARI 90 92 99 4
Quincy Jones (A&M SP-3030)
91 HERE COMES BOBBY 97 83 87 26
Bobby Sherman (Metromedia MD 1028)
92 CLOSE TO YOU -- -- -- 1  
Johnny Mathis (Columbia C 30210)
93 IN ROCK 100 82 86 4
Deep Purple (WB WS 1877)
94 EASY DOES IT 93 97 100 4
Al Kooper (Columbia KC 30031)
95 JOHNNY WINTER AND -- -- -- 1  
Johnny Winter And (Columbia C 30221)
96 LADIES OF THE CANYON 72 78 76 27  
Joni Mitchell (Reprise RS 6376)
97 TO DELANEY FROM BONNIE 98 -- -- 2
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (Atco SD 33-341)
98 CANDLES IN THE RAIN 94 69 49 21
Melanie (Buddah BDS 5060)
99 MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF 79 77 81 6  
Burt Bacharach (A&M SP-4188)
100 AMERICAN WOMAN 99 80 77 36
Guess Who (RCA LSP-4266)

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:

   • "The July 5th Album" by Fifth Dimension (# 65)
   • "Hair" by Original Broadway Cast Recording (# 78)
   • "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" by Original Film Soundtrack (# 81)
   • "Benefit" by Jethro Tull (# 86)
   • "The Last Puff" by Spooky Tooth (# 91)
   • "We Made It Happen" by Engelbert Humperdinck (# 95)

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