NED DOHENY - Hard Candy (2024 Reissue) - LP - 180g Vinyl [MAY 17]

LP - Limited Edition 180g Black Vinyl Reissue.  

Appetites whetted by the recent Ned Doheny compilation, Be With Records present Ned’s Hard Candy in its complete album form so his fans can now appreciate the songs in the context they were designed to be heard. Ned Doheny’s Hard Candy, originally released in 1976, is widely considered the finest blue-eyed soul album of all time. It has long been a source of great frustration then, that this perfectly-formed Southern California masterpiece has been unavailable on vinyl for almost 40 years.

Be With Records continues apace by marking its third release with the first officially licensed reissue of Doheny’s nautical classic. Perhaps most famously, this impeccably smooth set features the timeless “Get It Up For Love”, a wonderful example of mid-70s mid-tempo white-(hot)-funk.

Produced by the legendary Steve Cropper, it featured a veritable who’s-who of the Laurel Canyon soft-yacht sound (JD Souther, The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, the entire horn section for Tower of Power!) yet bombed mysteriously. It’s been a cult record since.

Tracklist: 

Side 1
A1. Get It Up For Love
A2. If You Should Fall
A3. Each Time You Pray
A4. When Love Hangs In The Balance

Side 2
B1. A Love Of Your Own
B2. I’ve Got Your Number
B3. On The Swingshift
B4. Sing To Me
B5. Valentine (I Was Wrong About You)