Hackensack - Up the Hardway (1974 uk strong hard rock - Wave)

Hackensack - Up the Hardway, title track from their debut (and only official album for Polydor) album, released in 1974. Hackensack existed between 1968 and 1974 and released the abovementioned album and one single. They were formed by vocalist Nicky Moore, one of England's best frontmen. Their stage act was reminiscent of The Who and they built up a good reputation as a hard working and hard rocking blues/rock quartet. Their only album release is quite collectible today, and had a good mix of solid rockers as well as the odd tasteful blues track. Unfortunately its failure to do much led to the demise of the band in 1974. Moore subsequently joined Tiger, Samson and Mammoth, with drummer Simon Fox moving on to Be Bop Deluxe and guitarist Ray Smith (a.k.a. Ray Major ) moving on to The British Lions, an offshoot of Mott the Hoople.(From Chris Goes Rock)

Tracklist

1. Up The Hardway  

2. Long Way To Go  

3. Goodbye World  

4. Lazy Cow  

5. Angels Theme-Goodboy Badb  

6. Blindman  

7. Northern Girl  

8. Hot Damn Home-Made Wine 

Line Up

Nicky Moore - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Electric Piano

Paul Martinez - Bass Guitar

Ray Smith - Vocals, Lead Guitar

Simon Fox - Drums, Percussion

Sue Lynch, Joy Yates, Jacky Sullivan - Background Vocals  

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