Radio Caroline Top 40 album chart
March 1974

In March 1974 Radio Caroline introduced an album chart. Andy Archer kindly provided a chart which we thought was the first. You can find it here. Then Ben Meijering got in touch. He had found a recording of an earlier chart, and on this one it is announced as being the first. It was broadcast on 26th March 1974. Here it is. Many thanks to Ben, and to Ian Biggar for confirming the transmission date.

Radio Caroline Top 40 album chart 26th March 1974 presented by Andy Archer.
no.
1		Burn	Deep Purple
2		Selling England By The Pound	Genesis
3		Queen 2	Queen
4		Wild Tales	Graham Nash
5		Band on the Run	Paul McCartney & Wings
6		Laid Back	Gregg Allman
7		Pretzel Logic	Steely Dan
8		Tubular Bells	Mike Oldfield
9		What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits	The Doobie Brothers
10		Moontan	Golden Earring
11		Planet Waves	Bob Dylan
12		Live Rhymin'	Paul Simon
13		1990	The Temptations
14		Under the Influence of Love Unlimited	Love Unlimited
15		The Dark Side of the Moon	Pink Floyd
16		Solar Fire	Manfred Mann's Earth Band
17		Unborn Child	Seals & Crofts
18		It's Too Late To Stop Now	Van Morrison
19		Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Elton John
20		Slaughter On 10th Avenue	Mick Ronson
21		Tales From Topographic Oceans	Yes
22		Buddha And The Chocolate Box	Cat Stevens
23		Nexus	Argent
24		Sabbath Bloody Sabbath	Black Sabbath
25		Let Me In Your Life	Aretha Franklin
26		Fathoms Deep	Linda Lewis
27		Court And Spark	Joni Mitchell
28		Brain Salad Surgery	Emerson Lake & Palmer
29		Bette Midler	Bette Midler
30		Ship Ahoy	The O'Jays
31		Dream Kid	The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver
32		Live Dates	Wishbone Ash
33		Easy	Ralph McTell
34		Hello	Status Quo
35		Rhapsody in White	The Love Unlimited Orchestra
36		Rock 'n' Roll Animal	Lou Reed
37		Lindisfarne Live	Lindisfarne
38		The Free Story	Free
39		Innervisions	Stevie Wonder
40		Chicago VII	Chicago

Andy Archer counts down the first Top 40 on Caroline, 26th March 1974. This recording from Eugene Bruggeman's archive was kindly passed to us by Ben Meijering. Our thanks to both. Andy makes one mistake. He credits the number 30 album to the Three Degrees. It is by the O'Jays (duration 2 minutes 3 seconds)

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