On the 1st of January 1977 Radio Caroline broadcast an all-time Top 100 album chart, produced in conjunction with Wavelength magazine. The chart positions published in the magazine and on the
poster (courtesy of A look back at
Radio Caroline 1976-80) differ slightly from those heard on air. As can be heard in the clip below, there were some tied positions in the broadcast version. |
RADIO CAROLINE ALL-TIME TOP 100 ALBUMS 1st January 1977 |
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1
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The Dark Side of the Moon |
Pink Floyd |
2
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Wish You Were Here |
Pink Floyd |
3
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
The Beatles |
4
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Tubular Bells |
Mike Oldfield |
5
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Made in Japan |
Deep Purple |
6
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Led Zeppelin IV |
Led Zeppelin |
7
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Physical Graffiti |
Led Zeppelin |
8
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Frampton Comes Alive |
Peter Frampton |
9
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A Trick of the Tail |
Genesis |
10
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
Elton John |
11
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Abbey Road |
The Beatles |
12
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Crime of the Century |
Supertramp |
13
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Everyone is Everybody Else |
Barclay James Harvest |
14
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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway |
Genesis |
15
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Led Zeppelin II |
Led Zeppelin |
16
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Rising |
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow |
17
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Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs |
Derek & the Dominos |
18
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Quadrophenia |
The Who |
19
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The Beatles (“The White Album”) |
The Beatles |
20
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Meddle |
Pink Floyd |
21
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Close to the Edge |
Yes |
22
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Loving Awareness | Loving Awareness |
23
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A Night at the Opera |
Queen |
24
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The Song Remains the Same |
Led Zeppelin |
25
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Band on the Run |
Paul McCartney & Wings |
26
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Selling England by the Pound |
Genesis |
27
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Who's Next |
The Who |
28
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Bridge Over Troubled Waters |
Simon & Garfunkel |
29
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Foxtrot |
Genesis |
30
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Déjà Vu |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
31
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Blood on the Tracks |
Bob Dylan |
32
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Tommy |
The Who |
33
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Greatest Hits |
Simon & Garfunkel |
34
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Yessongs |
Yes |
35
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Deep Purple In Rock |
Deep Purple |
36
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The Yes Album |
Yes |
37
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Fly Like an Eagle |
The Steve Miller Band |
38
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Argus |
Wishbone Ash |
39
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Machine Head |
Deep Purple |
40
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Space Ritual |
Hawkwind |
41
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars |
David Bowie |
42
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One of these Nights |
Eagles |
43
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Blonde on Blonde |
Bob Dylan |
44
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Abraxas |
Santana |
45
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Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 |
Eagles |
46
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The Snow Goose |
Camel |
47
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Can't Buy A Thrill |
Steely Dan |
48
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Electric Ladyland |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
49
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Live |
Barclay James Harvest |
50
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Sheer Heart Attack |
Queen |
51
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How Dare You |
10cc |
52
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The Original Soundtrack |
10cc |
53
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1967-1970 (“The Blue Album”) |
The Beatles |
54
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Harvest |
Neil Young |
55
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Sticky Fingers |
The Rolling Stones |
56
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Hello! |
Status Quo |
57
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Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy |
Elton John |
58
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Greatest Hits | Abba |
59
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Tales from Topographic Oceans |
Yes |
60
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Imagine |
John Lennon |
61
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Paranoid |
Black Sabbath |
62
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In the Court of the Crimson King |
King Crimson |
63
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Exile on Main Street |
The Rolling Stones |
64
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Desperado |
Eagles |
65
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Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones |
The Rolling Stones |
66
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After the Gold Rush |
Neil Young |
67
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Hunky Dory |
David Bowie |
68
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Relayer |
Yes |
69
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Run with the Pack |
Bad Company |
70
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Station To Station |
David Bowie |
71
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Ommadawn |
Mike Oldfield |
72
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Ummagumma |
Pink Floyd |
73
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Aqualung |
Jethro Tull |
74
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Crisis? What Crisis? |
Supertramp |
75
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Rock 'n' Roll Animal |
Lou Reed |
76
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Let It Be |
The Beatles |
77
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Led Zeppelin |
Led Zeppelin |
78
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Octoberon |
Barclay James Harvest |
79
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Innervisions | Stevie Wonder |
80
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This is the Moody Blues |
The Moody Blues |
81=
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Jailbreak |
Thin Lizzy |
Sabotage |
Black Sabbath |
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83
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L.A. Woman |
The Doors |
84
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The Prince Of Heaven's Eyes |
Fruupp |
85
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Horses |
Patti Smith |
86
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Viva! Roxy Music |
Roxy Music |
87=
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Venus and Mars |
Wings |
On Your Feet or on Your Knees |
Blue Oyster Cult |
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Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | |
90
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Nursery Cryme |
Genesis |
91
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Transformer |
Lou Reed |
92
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Days of Future Passed |
The Moody Blues |
93
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Straight Shooter |
Bad Company |
94
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In the Land of Grey and Pink |
Caravan |
95
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All Things Must Pass |
George Harrison |
96
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Blue For You |
Status Quo |
97
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Tapestry |
Carole King |
98
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The Story of The Who |
The Who |
99
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Trilogy |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
100
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Highway 61 Revisited |
Bob Dylan |
Ed Foster and James Ross recap positions 100 to 69 on the All Time Top 100 album chart broadcast on Radio Caroline, 1st January 1977. This is a clip from a recording shared on the Radiotrefpunt (radio meeting point) forum by Vincent. Our thanks to him (duration 1 minute 52 seconds) |