JANUARY '68: THE BEST SELLING ALBUMS

Forty years ago the best selling albums in both sides of the Atlantic were:

UK

1. "Val Doonican Rocks But Gently" (Val Doonican)

2. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (Beatles)

3. "The Sound of Music" (OST)

4. "British Motown Chartbusters" (Various)

5. "Reach Out" (Four Tops)
6. "Their Satanic Majesties Request" (Rolling Stones)

7. "The Last Waltz" (Engelbert Humperdinck)

8. "Axis: Bold As Love" (Jimi Hendrix Experience)

9. "13 Smash Hits" (Tom Jones)

10. "Breakthrough (Various)

US

1. "Magical Mystery Tour" (Beatles)

2. "Their Satanic Majesties Request" (Rolling Stones)

3. "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Lda" (Monkees)

4. "Greatest Hits" (Diana Ross & The Supremes)

5. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (Beatles)

6. "Herb Alpert's Ninth" (Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass)

7. "Doctor Zhivago" (OST)

8. "Farewell To The First Golden Era" (Mamas & Papas)

9. "The Sound of Music" (OST)

10. "Disraeli Gears" (Cream)