The 20th of February 1973
Official U.K. Albums Chart results from Sunday the 18th to Saturday the 24th of February 1973
Cut-off for sales figures was up to the end of Saturday the 17th of February
Results counted from Sunday the 18th,
and published on Wednesday the 21st of February 1973.
Rory Gallagher
Blueprint
At No.25, on the “The Top 50 U.K. Albums Chart”, the week of my 1st Birthday, is Rory Gallagher with Blueprint.
Fresh from winning Melody Maker’s guitarist of the year for 1972,..
…Rory was back with his 3rd solo studio album.
Adding a keyboard player to his existing power trio line-up for this project would begin one of his most successful musical periods.
The boy from Ballyshannon in Ireland used, as the cover art for this album, the actual electronic blueprint of his custom built Stramp “Power Baby” Amplifier which, according to Rory’s younger brother, and manager, Dónal, …was compact enough to fit into the small luggage compartment of a Volkswagen Beetle, one of the cars that Rory loved to drive.
The album itself…
…is a new entry, and will climb up to its highest position of No.12 next week.
From there, it will slip back into the Top 20 to No.16, and then drop back again to No.20.
After completing a month in the chart by then, the LP will slip another place to No.21, before the momentum takes it further down the Top 50.
After completing 7 weeks, it will fall out of the chart after the 7th of April.
I’ve created my own separate playlists for both Sides 1 and 2 of this album with (I hope) the correct versions and the original track sequencing order for the U.K. release.
Side 1
Side 2
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