'70's Music Scrapbook.

[Eddie Dingle]

Hey Gigantor are you doing Aus or US or Uk charts?

 

[Gigantor]

Hey Gigantor are you doing Aus or US or Uk charts?

Yeh, doing Australian album charts, from the Kent Music Report.

I figured that was more relevant to us, and back in those days, that's the only way you'd see an Australian band at no. 1.

 

[Gigantor]

We open 1972 with Cat Stevens at no. 1, Teaser and the Firecat:

 

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^ few famous songs on this one, this is one of my favourites:

 

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John Lennon had two weeks at no. 1 in January 1972 with Imagine:

 

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^ we all know the opening track, but how about this one, covered by Roxy Music about a decade later:

 

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Don McLean had 11 weeks at no. 1 from April to June 1972 with American Pie:

 

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^ after the title track, this is probably his next best known song:

 

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Neil Young had one week at no. 1 with Harvest:

 

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^ a few good songs on this one, this is one of my faves:

 

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Mid 1972 we have Deep Purple hitting no. 1 for two weeks, how about this for an iconic cover:

 

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^ stacks of great tracks on this one, thought I'd pick out one of the lesser known ones:

 

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Speaking of iconic album covers, Jethro Tull spent 11 weeks at no. 1 from July to Sept 1972 with Thick as a Brick:

 

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^ didn't want to put up the whole album in a single track, here is the opening 3 minutes:

 

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Slade spent a total of 12 weeks at no. 1 with Slade Alive:

 

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^ I like this John Sebastian song:

 

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Around this time, Slade were pretty big, so not only do we open up 1973 with Slade Alive at no. 1, but it's replaced by another Slade album, Slayed, which stayed no. 1 for 6 weeks.

 

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^ Mama weer all crazee now would be the best known song on the album, covered by Quiet Riot about 15 years later, this is one of my faves., Gud'buy t' Jane:

 

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Carly Simon was no. 1 for 6 weeks over March/April 1973 with No Secrets:

 

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^ contained her biggest ever hit:

 

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Elton John had 3 weeks at no. 1 with:

 

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^ biggest hit from the album:

 

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Neil Diamond was no. 1 for 29 weeks with his well known live album, Hot August Night, it hung around the album charts for over two years:

 

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^ incredible sound quality for a live album, the opening track is the best known, and still sounds pretty good:

 

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Zep back on top for 3 weeks in June 1973 with Houses of the Holy :