Friday, July 08, 2022

Records I'd Forgotten Existed, Let Alone Loved: An Occasional Feature (Special "From the Land Down Under" Edition)

From his first solo album, in 1974, please enjoy The Easybeats' lead singer Stevie Wright and his definitively rocking hit single "Hard Road."

That was produced and written, unsurprisingly, by Harry Vanda and George Young, also of The Easybeats, and who happened to be the cousins(?) and board twirlers behind AC/DC. Rod Stewart had a minor hit with it in the same year, but it doesn't hold a candle to the above.

Have a great weekend, everybody!

6 comments:

FD13NYC said...

Good song!

Allan Rosenberg said...

Another lost classic by Vanda/Young.

Doctored Captain Al

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Peter Power Pop said...

For an overview of Vanda & Young's magnificence, I can thoroughly recommend Harry Vanda And George Young: The Official Songbook. It doesn't contain "Hard Road", but it does include almost all their tracks of note, including the stupendous "Evie (Parts 1, 2 & 3)", the longest song to ever be number one in Australia.

Harry Vanda And George Young: The Official Songbook on Discogs:
https://www.discogs.com/release/10088532-Various-Harry-Vanda-And-George-Young-The-Official-Songbook

Stevie Wright - "Evie (Parts 1, 2 & 3)":
https://youtu.be/j34YkVoJMdo

M_Sharp said...

That rocks!