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YOU LYING SO LOW IN THE WEEDS
I BET YOU GONNA AMBUSH ME
Little Queen
is the third
studio album
by
American Rock band
released in
May 1977
by Portrait Records.
The album was
recorded and
mixed at
Kaye-Smith Studios
in Seattle, Washington,
from
February to April 1977.
On June 29, 2004,
a remastered version
of
Little Queen
was released by
Epic Records
and
Legacy Recordings
with
two bonus tracks.
Background
The group intended
Magazine
to be the
official follow-up
to their
debut album
Dreamboat Annie.
However,
a contract dispute
with their label,
Mushroom Records,
resulted in the
group signing with
the newly formed
Portrait Records,
a division of
CBS Records
(now Sony BMG).
The Mushroom contract
called for two albums,
and the
label took the position
that they were
owed a second one.
On that basis,
Mushroom attempted
to prevent the release
of
Little Queen
and any
other work
by Heart.
They took the
five unfinished tracks
for
Magazine
and added a
B-side
and two
live recordings.
The first release
of the album
in April 1977
included a disclaimer
on the back cover.
The court
eventually decided
that Heart
was free
to sign with a
new label,
but indeed owed
Mushroom
a second album.
Therefore,
Heart
returned to the studio
to re-record,
remix,
edit,
and resequencing
the Magazine recordings
in a marathon session
over four days.
A court-ordered
guard stood nearby
to prevent
the master tapes
from being erased.
Little Queen
was released on
May 14, 1977,
and the
reworked version
of Magazine
was entered
Billboard on
April 22, 1978.
With the successful single
"Barracuda",
Little Queen
outsold
Magazine handily,
eventually earning
a triple
platinum certification
from the
Recording Industry
Association of America
(RIAA).
However,
the almost simultaneous
1977 releases
also gave the band
the distinction of
having all three
of their albums
Dreamboat Annie,
Magazine,
and
Little Queen
on the charts
at the same time.
After
Dreamboat Annie
became a million seller,
Mushroom
took out a
full-page ad
in the
December 30, 1976,
issue of
Rolling Stone magazine
touting the
band's success,
using the headline
"Million to One Shot Sells a Million".
The ad looked like
the front page
of the tabloid
newspaper
National Enquirer
and included a photo
from the
Dreamboat Annie
cover shoot.
The caption read:
"Heart's Wilson Sisters Confess:
'It Was Only Our First Time!'"
TRACKLIST
CD 1
Barracuda
Love Alive
Sylvan Song
Dream Of The Archer
Kick It Out
Little Queen
Treat Me Well
Say Hello
Cry To Me
Go On Cry
Too Long A Time
(early demo version of Love Alive)
Stairway To Heaven
[Live]
(live at the Aquarius Tavern, Seattle, WA, 1976)
Barracuda
[Live]
CD 2
Love Alive
(Vocal Mix)
Dream Of The Archer
(Vocal Mix)
Cry To Me
(Vocal Mix)
Kick It Out
(Vocal Mix)
Barracuda
(Remix)
In the Studio with Redbeard
for the
Little Queen
and
Dog & Butterfly albums
(Interview)
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