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Magazine (1977)

Where the lyrics of Magazine take you, and where it was really made.

Heart's second album was first released without the band's permission, and the band later had to finish a version of its own.

Key places

Where the 1976 sessions began (1977)

Recording site Mushroom Studios — Heart began recording new songs at Mushroom Studios for their next album. The sessions stopped after contract talks failed, leaving only five incomplete recordings. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Live songs from a Seattle rock club (1977)

Recording site The Aquarius Tavern — Two live songs recorded in 1975 at The Aquarius Tavern, a Seattle rock club, filled the rest of the 1977 album. The group had played there regularly. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Magazine: second studio album by American rock band Heart
• Originally released 19 April 1977 by Mushroom Records, in unfinished form, without the band's permission
• Authorized second version released 22 April 1978
• Certified platinum in both the United States and Canada
• Eight tracks in total; two of them are live songs recorded in 1975 at The Aquarius Tavern, Seattle
• The dispute over this album led to a court case and to re-recording

Background

• After the debut album Dreamboat Annie, Heart began recording new songs at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver for their next album
• A full-page Rolling Stone advertisement from 30 December 1976 celebrated the debut's sales and caused a falling out with Mushroom
• The ad was designed to resemble a tabloid cover, a satire of the National Enquirer
• Contract re-negotiation failed and recording stopped; only five incomplete recordings were made in the 1976 sessions
• The band's producer Mike Flicker ended his relationship with the label
• The band signed with Portrait Records, a subsidiary of CBS Records
• Mushroom still claimed the legal right to release a second Heart album

Recording

• Mushroom had the five unfinished studio recordings remixed by the band's recording engineer, without the group members
• The label added the studio track Here Song, the B-side of How Deep It Goes
• The rest of the 1977 album was filled with live songs recorded at The Aquarius Tavern, a Seattle rock club where the group played regularly
• The 1978 version was re-recorded, remixed, edited and re-sequenced at Sea-West Studios in Seattle from 6 to 9 March 1978
• Ann Wilson added new lead vocals to some of the existing tracks

Cover

• The original cover had a circle cut out of it
• The circle was sent to record stores to be hung up as promotion for the album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Heart is an American rock band formed in 1974 in the Pacific Northwest, coalescing from earlier projects including the Army (1967–1969), Hocus Pocus (1969–1970), and White Heart (1970–1973).
• By 1975 the lineup had settled with Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson, Michael Derosier, Howard Leese, Roger Fisher, and Steve Fossen.
• The band rose to fame with music influenced by hard rock, heavy metal, and folk.

Members

• Ann Wilson (lead vocals, flute) and Nancy Wilson (rhythm guitar, vocals) are the only consistent members across the band's history.
• Early members included Roger Fisher (guitar), Steve Fossen (bass), Michael Derosier (drums), and Howard Leese (guitar, keyboards).
• Mark Andes (bass) and Denny Carmassi (drums) joined around 1982 after the earlier lineup changes.

Career

• Debut album Dreamboat Annie (1975) produced the hits "Magic Man" and "Crazy on You" and sold over a million copies.
• The band split from Mushroom Records and signed with Portrait; "Barracuda" became a major hit in 1977.
• A commercial decline in the early 1980s was followed by a mid-1980s comeback led by the album Heart (1985), which produced the No. 1 hit "These Dreams".
• The 1987 single "Alone" spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Heart disbanded in 1998, reunited to tour and record several times afterward, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.
• The band has sold over 50 million records worldwide.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The New York Times: Ann Wilson's vocals are worth hearing, and several songs are strong enough to explain why the Wilsons resisted losing control of them
• Cash Box: praised the title track as a lush, engaging ballad, with Ann Wilson's vocals and Nancy Wilson's sweet acoustic guitar
• Cash Box also praised producer Mike Flicker's production
• About 50,000 copies of the original 1977 version were pressed, according to Flicker
• Unsold copies of the 1977 version were recalled quickly and later destroyed after Heart took Mushroom to court

Records

• Certified platinum in the United States and Canada
• The 1978 version was also pressed as a picture disc with the album cover
• The 1978 picture disc's back cover marks it as a special limited edition of 100,000 copies
• The 1977 version carried a disclaimer on its back cover saying the label finished the record without the band's cooperation or endorsement

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Mushroom released the 1977 version while Heart was preparing their next album for Portrait, titled Little Queen
• The 1978 version's Just the Wine replaced its synthesizer solo with a flute solo
• The 1978 re-recording was done at Sea-West Studios, and the mix was finished there too
• The 1978 picture disc was limited to 100,000 copies
• Heart's 1977 Rolling Stone ad parodied a tabloid cover, showing the Wilson sisters bare-shouldered with a suggestive caption

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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