Helen Reddy “Long Hard Climb” LP (1973)

Details: Helen Reddy tri-fold (gatefold) LP released on Capitol Records in 1973. Features “Delta Dawn.” Great condition VG++!

Description: “Australia’s Helen Maxine Lamond Reddy has been unfairly consigned to the easy-listening dustbin of history. There’s no denying Reddy generally stuck to the middle of the road. But to steal a phrase from Dylan Thomas, she sang in her chains like the sea. And a careful look at her discography reveals she brought a host of weirdly subversive bunch of songs to the party while she was at it.” - Michael H Little, The Vinyl District 

“Delta Dawn - There was a race to exploit this slightly gothic song about a 41-year-old southern belle from Brownsville, Tennessee who remains obsessed by the memory of a suitor who jilted her. There were versions by Tanya Tucker, Bette Midler, Dianne Davidson, Tracy Nelson and the songwriter Alex Harvey. But Reddy, offered the song when Barbra Streisand turned it down, took it to No.1 and made it her own.” - The Sydney Herald

“Long Hard Climb is the fourth studio album by Australian-American pop-singer Helen Reddy, released on July 23, 1973, by Capitol Records and, aside from its primary focus on Top 40-friendly material, had her trying out New Orleans jazz ("Lovin' You") and the English-language version of a recent Charles Aznavour standard ("The Old Fashioned Way"). It debuted on Billboard's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated August 11, 1973, and reached number eight during its 43 weeks there, and in Canada's RPM magazine it peaked at number 14. On September 19 of that year, the Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album with Gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States. On July 22, 2003, it was released for the first time on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD, the other album being her 1972 release I Am Woman.”

Grade: VG+ (Cover/Record)

TRACK LISTING SIDE A:

A1. Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)
A2. Lovin’ You
A3. A Bit O.K.
A4. Don’t Mess With A Woman
A5. Delta Dawn

TRACK LISTING SIDE B:

B1. The West Wind Circus
B2. If We Could Still Be Friends
B3. Long Hard Climb
B4. Until It’s Time For You To Go
B5. TheOld-Fashioned Way