Radio Caroline Countdown of Album Sound
20th, 27th March 1978.


This chart is kindly provided by the Felixstowe & Offshore Radio Facebook page.


 

Caroline Countdown of Album Sound  Top 30   20th, 27th March 1978
 
Presented by James Ross (20th) / Mike Stevens and Mark Lawrence (27th)

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1
2
Out of the Blue
The Electric Light Orchestra
2
6
Plastic Letters
Blondie
3
9
Live And Let Live
10cc
4
12
Seconds Out
Genesis
5
26
One World
John Martyn
6
1
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
7
23
Aja
Steely Dan
8
8
Broken Heart
The Babys
9
13
Running On Empty
Jackson Browne
10
5
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
Joni Mitchell
11
4
New Boots and Panties
Ian Dury
12
3
News of the World
Queen
13
11
Night After Night
Nils Lofgren
14
-
Don't Look Down
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
15
15
All 'n' All
Earth Wind & Fire
16
24
Little Criminals
Randy Newman
17
17
Foot Loose and Fancy Free
Rod Stewart
18
-
Watch
Manfred Mann's Earthband
19
7
Stick To Me
Graham Parker & the Rumour
20
30
Spectres
Blue Oyster Cult
21
-
Talking Heads: 77
Talking Heads
22
10
“Heroes”
David Bowie
23
19
Songs For Swinging Lovers
Radio Stars
24
18
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols
25
29
Spiral
Vangelis
26
21
Slowhand
Eric Clapton
27
-
At the End of A Perfect Day
Chris De Burgh
28
-
Decade
Neil Young
29
25
Moonflower
Santana
30
-
Rockin' All Over the World
Status Quo





Our thanks to Brian Nichols.
 
When the chart was broadcast on 27th March 1978, Easter Monday, the DJs celebrated Caroline's 14th birthday by alternating the LP tracks with hits from 1964.

click to hear audio Mike Stevens from the special 14th birthday edition of the Caroline Countdown show, 27th March 1978. This clip is taken from a longer recording, processed by the Offshore Radio Archive and available from www.azanorak.com. Our thanks to Harm Koenders and Ray Robinson (duration 3 minutes 5 seconds)

The links from the songs on this page lead to the Amazon MP3 Store where you can hear short audio clips of the tracks and customers in the UK can buy downloads. Please see this note.
 
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