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.

Focus

Focus 3

At No.8, on the “The Top 50 U.K. Albums Chart”, the week of my 1st Birthday, are Focus with Focus 3.

With two of their singles in the equivalent U.K. singles Chart this very week,..

…”Hocus Pocus” pulled from their previous album, and “Sylvia” pulled from this one, it’s no surprise to find that a lot of people were looking into going the whole Prog hog and buying their new double album as well.

No.20 on “The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart” on my 1st Birthday

No.4 on “The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart” on my 1st Birthday

Their third album they had released,..

…a double set this time round, first landed in the charts back on the 26th of November the previous year of 1972, at No.50, but only attended for one week.

It took hold once it was into the new year of 1973, when it initially landed at No.39 on the 14th of January, and from there began it’s gradual climb up the U.K. Album Chart, where this week sees it break into the Top 10, and in a couple of weeks hit its peak position at No.6.

In a months time, it will drop back out of the Top 10 and begin its descent down the chart, falling out completely after the 21st of April, before one more brief week long visit during early May.

In total, it will end up securing 16 active weeks here in the U.K.

I’ve created my own separate playlists for both Records 1 and 2, sides 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this album with (I hope) the correct versions and the original track sequencing order for the U.K. release.