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.

The London Symphony Orchestra

The Strauss Family

At No.3, on the “The Top 50 U.K. Albums Chart”, the week of my 1st Birthday, are The London Symphony Orchestra with The Strauss Family.

As TV tie-ins go,..

…this British TV series proved so popular that it pushed the accompanying double album which it generated, almost to the very top of the charts.

Airing from early November, and each week thereafter up to Christmas, the TV drama, focusing on the famous family of composers, boasted acting alumni such as Derek Jacobi and Jane Seymour amongst its illustrious cast.

The album itself had a quiet start,..

…while the ITV show aired, entering at No.50 on the 10th of December back in 1972, and climbing to the middle of the Top 50 chart, before falling back out of the chart altogether after the 6th of January this following year of 1973.

When it re-enters, from the 14th of that month, it’s only a matter of a few weeks before it gets as high as No.2, where it has sat for the last couple of weeks before this one.

Stepping back one position this week, it will take up further residency in the Top 10 until the middle of March, before it begins to glide back down the chart, falling out once again after the 5th of May, but then returning for one final flourish to add one more week to its tally, before waltzing off for good after the 19th of that month, leaving with 21 weeks in the chart in total.

The London Symphony Orchestra – The Strauss Family (Front Cover)

The London Symphony Orchestra – The Strauss Family (Back Cover)

The London Symphony Orchestra – The Strauss Family (Inner Gatefold)

Due to the actual recordings from the album, performed by The London Symphony Orchestra, being unavailable, I have used other versions by other orchestras, to give as close an interpretation of this album as I can.

As these aren’t the actual recordings on this particular album, there will be differing times (especially on Record 2, Side 3 which would overrun).