Dreamboat Annie turns 50!
To all my fellow Heart fans…
This awesome album was released in the U.S. on Valentine's Day 1976.
This is an image of the cover art for the album Dreamboat Annie by Heart. Copyright Mushroom Records/Capitol Records, LLC.
Dreamboat Annie is Heart’s debut studio album. At the time, the band was based in Vancouver, British Columbia; the album was recorded in Vancouver and first released in Canada by the local label Mushroom Records in September 1975, eventually reaching number 20 on RPM's Top Album chart and earning a double platinum certification. It was released in the United States on February 14, 1976, through the U.S. subsidiary of Mushroom Records in Los Angeles, peaking at number seven on the Billboard 200. It also reached the top 10 in the Netherlands and Australia in early 1977. The album contains three commercially successful singles, two of which, "Crazy on You" and "Magic Man", became staples on North American FM radio. Producer Mike Flicker helped the group to polish their sound and obtain a recording contract with the label. The success of the album indirectly led to a break between the band and label. The first cracks appeared when the group tried to renegotiate their royalty rate to be more in keeping with what they thought a platinum band should be earning. For this Michael Fisher, who was Ann Wilson's boyfriend at the time, stepped aside as de facto manager and Ken Kinnear was hired. Mushroom's tough stance in negotiations, and their opinion that perhaps the band was a one-hit wonder, led to Mike Flicker leaving the label. He did, however, continue to produce for Heart. The relationship broke down completely when the label bought a full-page ad in Rolling Stone, mocked up like a National Enquirer front page. The ad used a photo similar to the one on the Dreamboat Annie album cover, showing Ann and Nancy back-to-back with bare shoulders. The caption under the photo read, "It Was Only Our First Time!" The band had not been consulted and was furious with the double meaning of the caption. The encounter infuriated Ann who went back to her hotel and wrote the words to what became one of Heart's signature songs, "Barracuda" (1977).
Source: Wikipedia.org
Legendary Ladies
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“Crazy On You” and “Magic Man” by Heart are two of my all-time favorite Classic Rock songs! I’ve heard these songs on the radio for as long as I can remember. Like Led Zeppelin, Heart is one of the few bands that can seamlessly blend soft acoustic splendor with hard rock thunder.
"Great night, great show; the Wilson sisters showed us all how it’s done…"
Courtesy of Anthony Woodard