Heart : Magazine ( Recalled 1977 Version )

Magazine

 is the second 

studio album

 by the American 

hard rock band

 Heart.

 It has an

 unusual history

 in that the first 

release in 1977

( THIS ONE ) !!!

 was an unfinished version 

not authorized by the group. 

A second authorized version

 of the album was

 re-released in 1978. 

The album was certified 

platinum in the 

US and Canada.

After their debut album,

 Heart began recording 

new songs in Vancouver

 that were intended as their 

next studio album

 for Mushroom Records.

 However, 

the group had a falling out 

with Mushroom over an 

advertisement celebrating the 

sales of Dreamboat Annie. 

The advertisement, 

which ran as a full-page in

 Rolling Stone magazine 

was mocked-up to 

a resemble the cover 

of a salacious

 tabloid-style magazine, 

and showed the sisters

 bare-shouldered 

as on the

 "Dreamboat Annie" 

album cover

with the suggestive caption

 "It was only our first time!"

Recording sessions for

 the new album stopped

 after the band and their label 

were unsuccessful in

 re-negotiating their contract. 

Only five incomplete recordings 

were made during these 1976 sessions.

 As Heart had now proven themselves 

to be hit-makers,

 they expected

Mushroom to raise 

their royalty rate.

 But to the surprise of the group

 and their producer Mike Flicker 

the label refused to pay more.

While keeping the

 group under contract, 

Mushroom apparently was not

 interested in releasing a 

second Heart album. 

Flicker then ended

 his relationship 

with the label. 

The contract stipulated that

 Flicker would be the producer 

of all Heart recordings. 

The band took the position 

that since Mushroom was unable 

to provide the services of Flicker 

they would be free 

to sign with another label. 

Heart hired a lawyer

 to resolve the dispute, 

and they signed with

 Portrait Records, 

a CBS Records

 (now Sony BMG) 

subsidiary

The change in 

labels resulted in

 a prolonged legal battle 

with Mushroom's

 creative director 

Shelly Siegel. 

Mushroom, 

still having a

 2-album contract, 

claimed they had 

the legal right 

to release a second

 Heart album after all. 

Still in possession of the

 five unfinished studio recordings 

as well as unreleased live tracks 

recorded in 1975, 

Mushroom had them remixed

 by the band's recording engineer,

 but without the presence 

of any group members.

The label added another 

studio track,

* Here Song 

the B-side of

 Heart's first 

Canadian single from 1975

 The rest of the album 

was filled by

 two live songs recorded in 1975 

at The Aquarius Tavern,

 a Seattle area rock club

 where the group had

 played regularly. 

Mushroom

 released the collection

 as Magazine

 in the spring of 1977,

 at the same time that the group

 was preparing their next album 

for Portrait titled 

Little Queen.

According to Flicker, 

about 50,000 copies

 of the original

Magazine

 album were pressed. 

Some of these copies 

were sold in stores, 

mostly in

 Los Angeles and Hollywood, 

Florida where the records

 were manufactured. 

Unsold copies were

 quickly recalled

 and later destroyed

 when Heart took

 Mushroom to court

 to stop distribution 

of the album. 

The 1977 version 

was also briefly released

 in Europe through

 Arista Records

 but were ordered

 off shelves by a 

second court action.

Though the album was

 not officially

 released to radio stations in 1977,

 some stations such as KISW,

 a leading rock station in Seattle, 

played songs from

 the unauthorized version, 

against the wishes of the group. 

The 1977 release album cover 

carried a disclaimer 

on the back that read:

"Mushroom Records regrets 

that a contractual dispute has

 made it necessary to

 complete this record

 without the cooperation 

or endorsement of

 the group

 Heart, 

who have

 expressly

 disclaimed 

artistic involvement 

in completing this record. 

We did not feel that 

a contractual dispute

 should prevent the public

 from hearing and 

enjoying these

 incredible tunes 

and recordings

Unhappy with the

For the 1978 version

 Heart chose to re-record,

 remix and edit the songs 

and re-sequence the album. 

This work was done 

March 6–9, 1978

 at Sea-West 

Studios in Seattle.

 The original vocals were

 probably intended as

"guide vocals"

 rather than final takes. 

Ann Wilson added new

 lead vocals to most of 

the existing studio tracks

 somewhat unpolished 

studio performances 

and the inclusion of 

the live recordings, 

the group took

 Mushroom 

to court with the

 aim of having

 the 1977 release 

of Magazine

 taken off the market. 

The Seattle court ruled that

 Mushroom had to recall the album, 

but the terms of the settlement

 required that Heart provide

 a second album for Mushroom. 

Heart chose to fulfill this obligation

 by finishing the 

previously released songs 

to a quality of their satisfaction.

I ALSO 

ADDED SOME 

BONUS TRACKS 

ON THIS !!!!

Straight On ( Acoustic )

Dog & Butterfly ( Acoustic )

Barracuda ( Live )

Stairway To Heaven ( Live ) 

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