The Cars – Candy-O
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1979 album Candy-O.
Music from Candy-O
Gear Used On Candy-O
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of The Cars – Candy-O (1979). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Greg Hawkes
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Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Greg Hawkes on Candy-O
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When The Cars recorded Candy-O, Greg Hawkes used an unknown Farfisa. When touring for the album in 1979, Greg started using a Vox Continental.
He prefers this to the Farfisa they used on the Candy-O record on "Got a Lot On My Head." Source.
The Continental that Hawkes used with The Cars was sold at auction in 2020.
Avg price: $173.15
It's mentioned as a part of Greg's setup for the 1984 Heartbeat City album - and was also used extensively on Door to Door in 1987 as well.
http://dailyeventsbookpagethree.blogspot.com/2006/03/rics-right-hand-man-greg-hawkes.html
Greg Hawkes Both Greg and Ric used the Fairlight CMI extensively on Heartbeat City, but also used the Roland Jupiter B and Vocoder, the Memorymoog, the Yamaha DX7 and DX9, the Mini-Korg, a Prophet 5 and a PPG 3.2 Wave synthesizer.
Studio Equipment used by Greg Hawkes on Candy-O
According to this posting on Google Books - Greg used an Echoplex on parts of the Candy-O record.
Avg price: $2,000.00
According to the article in Google Books that I linked to, Greg also used a Roland Chorus Echo on Candy-O in some places.
Guitars used by Ric Ocasek on Candy-O
B.C. Rich Perfect 10 Bich 10-String Guitar
Avg price: $1,549.99
Sometime toward the later end of The Cars initial album tour, Ric Ocasek and Elliot Easton got some B.C. Rich guitars, Elliot got a left-handed Mockingbird, and Ric this right handed 10-string Bich model.
The guitar was used from the later part of the 1st album tour, and the recording of Candy-O and Panorama in 1980. It's easy to tell what songs the Bich 10-string is used on because Ric Ocasek rarely, if almost never, uses any pedals in his sound, so songs with the B.C. Rich on them sound like there is a chorus or a 12-string guitar when he hits the higher strings. "Since I Held You" off of Candy-O, both here and on the Musikladen performance, has this sound to it.
Supposedly and Eventually the guitar was repainted black, turned into a six string (maybe), and eventually found it's way to a Hard Rock Cafe in an airport in India. Ric stopped using the B.C. Rich around the time of Shake It Up at the latest. A picture of this guitar in it's present state was availible on Hard Rock Cafe's website under memoribelia.
Avg price: $1,555.40
On the 1979 Candy-O tour, Ric started using a 55' Les Paul Jr. on some songs, most known appearance of this guitar being on "Dangerous Type" off the same album.
It was referenced in a 1984 Musician Magazine interview posted in the Daily Event's Book blog..... http://dailyeventsbookpagethree.blogspot.com/2006/03/rics-right-hand-man-greg-hawkes.html
Ric Ocasek is a Gibson guitar man, playing mostly a '55 Les Paul Jr or an SG. Occasionally, he'll switch to a Fender guitar, usually his pink Jazzmaster. All are sent through Marshall amps with a minimum of treatment.
