Issue number
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Date
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Cover
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Top album
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Top single
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1355
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6 January 1973
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Steeleye Span
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20 All Time Hits of the 50's by various artists
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'Long Haired Lover from Liverpool' by Little Jimmy Osmond
|
1356
|
13 January 1973
|
Neil Young
|
Slayed? by Slade
|
'Long Haired Lover from Liverpool' by Little Jimmy Osmond
|
1357
|
20 January 1973
|
Eric Clapton
|
Back to Front by Gilbert O'Sullivan
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'Long Haired Lover from Liverpool' by Little Jimmy Osmond
|
1358
|
27 January 1973
|
Maggie Bell
|
Slayed? by Slade
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'Block Buster!' by the Sweet
|
1359
|
3 February 1973
|
Alice Cooper
|
Slayed? by Slade
|
'Block Buster!' by the Sweet
|
1360
|
10 February 1973
|
Joan Baez, and Alice Cooper
|
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player by Elton John
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'Block Buster!' by the Sweet
|
1361
|
17 February 1973
|
T. Rex
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Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player by Elton John
|
'Block Buster!' by the Sweet
|
1362
|
24 February 1973
|
Slade
|
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player by Elton John
|
'Block Buster!' by the Sweet
|
1363
|
3 March 1973
|
Paul Simon, and Neil Young
|
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player by Elton John
|
'Cum on Feel the Noize' by Slade
|
1364
|
10 March 1973
|
The Faces
|
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player by Elton John
|
'Cum on Feel the Noize' by Slade
|
1365
|
17 March 1973
|
David Bowie
|
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player by Elton John
|
'Cum on Feel the Noize' by Slade
|
1366
|
24 March 1973
|
Neil Young
|
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player by Elton John
|
'Cum on Feel the Noize' by Slade
|
1367
|
31 March 1973
|
Lindisfarne
|
Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper
|
'The Twelfth of Never' by Donny Osmond
|
1368
|
7 April 1973
|
The Beatles
|
Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
|
'The Twelfth of Never' by Donny Osmond
|
1369
|
14 April 1973
|
David Bowie
|
Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin
|
'Get Down' by Gilbert O'Sullivan
|
1370
|
21 April 1973
|
Led Zeppelin
|
Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin
|
'Tie a Yellow Ribbon' by Tony Orlando and Dawn
|
1371
|
28 April 1973
|
Slade, the Rolling Stones, and Joan Baez
|
Ooh La La by the Faces
|
'Tie a Yellow Ribbon' by Tony Orlando and Dawn
|
1372
|
5 May 1973
|
Paul Simon
|
Aladdin Sane by David Bowies
|
'Tie a Yellow Ribbon' by Tony Orlando and Dawn
|
1373
|
12 May 1973
|
Maggie Bell
|
Aladdin Sane by David Bowies
|
'Tie a Yellow Ribbon' by Tony Orlando and Dawn
|
1374
|
19 May 1973
|
David Bowie
|
Aladdin Sane by David Bowies
|
'See My Baby Jive' by Wizzard
|
1375
|
26 May 1973
|
The Faces
|
Aladdin Sane by David Bowies
|
'See My Baby Jive' by Wizzard
|
1376
|
2 June 1973
|
Frank Zappa, and Jimmy McCulloch
|
Aladdin Sane by David Bowies
|
'See My Baby Jive' by Wizzard
|
1377
|
9 June 1973
|
Edgar Winter
|
Pure Gold by various artists
|
'See My Baby Jive' by Wizzard
|
1378
|
16 June 1973
|
Wings
|
Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
|
'Can the Can' by Suzi Quatro
|
1379
|
23 June 1973
|
Van Morrison
|
Pure Gold by various artists
|
'Can the Can' by Suzi Quatro
|
1380
|
30 June 1973
|
Carole King
|
That'll Be the Day soundtrack
|
'Skweeze Me Pleeze Me' by Slade
|
1381
|
7 July 1973
|
David Bowie
|
That'll Be the Day soundtrack
|
'Skweeze Me Pleeze Me' by Slade
|
1382
|
14 July 1973
|
David Bowie
|
That'll Be the Day soundtrack
|
'Skweeze Me Pleeze Me' by Slade
|
1383
|
21 July 1973
|
The Rolling Stones
|
We Can Make It by Peters and Lee
|
'Welcome Home' by Peters and Lee
|
1384
|
28 July 1973
|
Roxy Music
|
Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
|
'Welcome Home' by Peters and Lee
|
1385
|
4 August 1973
|
The Faces
|
We Can Make It by Peters and Lee
|
'I'm the Leader of the Gang' by Gary Glitter
|
1386
|
11 August 1973
|
Lou Reed
|
We Can Make It by Peters and Lee
|
'I'm the Leader of the Gang' by Gary Glitter
|
1387
|
18 August 1973
|
The Faces
|
We Can Make It by Peters and Lee
|
'I'm the Leader of the Gang' by Gary Glitter
|
1388
|
25 August 1973
|
Jethro Tull
|
Now and Then by the Carpenters
|
'I'm the Leader of the Gang' by Gary Glitter
|
1389
|
1 September 1973
|
Roxy Music
|
Now and Then by the Carpenters
|
'Young Love' by Donny Osmond
|
1390
|
8 September 1973
|
Ten Years After
|
Sing It Again Rod by Rod Stewart
|
'Young Love' by Donny Osmond
|
1391
|
15 September 1973
|
George Harrison
|
Sing It Again Rod by Rod Stewart
|
'Angel Fingers' by Wizzard
|
1392
|
22 September 1973
|
The Rolling Stones
|
Sing It Again Rod by Rod Stewart
|
'Rock On' by David Essex
|
1393
|
29 September 1973
|
The Osmonds
|
Goats Head Soup by the Rolling Stones
|
'Ballroom Blitz' by the Sweet
|
1394
|
6 October 1973
|
The Faces
|
Goats Head Soup by the Rolling Stones
|
'Eye Level' by Simon Park Orchestra
|
1395
|
13 October 1973
|
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|
Sladest by Slade
|
'Eye Level' by Simon Park Orchestra
|
1396
|
20 October 1973
|
James Dean, and Family
|
Sladest by Slade
|
'Eye Level' by Simon Park Orchestra
|
1397
|
27 October 1973
|
David Bowie, and the Rolling Stones
|
Hello! by Status Quo
|
'Puppy Song' by David Cassidy
|
1398
|
3 November 1973
|
Pink Floyd
|
Pin-Ups by David Bowie
|
'Puppy Song' by David Cassidy
|
1399
|
10 November 1973
|
Greg Lake
|
Pin-Ups by David Bowie
|
'Puppy Song' by David Cassidy
|
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|
17 November 1973
|
no issue due to strike action
|
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24 November 1973
|
no issue due to strike action
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1 December 1973
|
no issue due to strike action
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8 December 1973
|
no issue due to strike action
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15 December 1973
|
no issue due to strike action
|
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|
1400
|
23 December 1973
|
Mick Jagger
|
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
|
'Merry Xmas Everybody' by Slade
|
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30 December 1973
|
no issue due to strike action
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