Magazine (Unauthorized Version)  Vinyl Album. Heart 1977 Ann & Nancy Wilson Rare

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RARE UNAUTHORIZED 1977 VERSION OF THE ALBUM “MAGAZINE,” BY HEART.  

NO RESERVE! COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MIX, VOCALS AND TRACKING OF SONGS!

ABOUT THE RECORD UP FOR AUCTION:

This is a genuine import version of the original mix of the album Magazine by the band Heart, issued by Arista UK, under license from Mushroom Records, and printed in Holland; it is NOT a bootleg. The record itself has some light marks, with Side A having more than Side B. There is one mark on Side A, near the bottom of the record, slightly to the right of center that is the most noticeable, but looking at it with a magnifying glass, it does not appear to be a scratch. The record played fine on my turntable when I checked it out, and I see no reason why it would not on any other record player. However, given the rarity of the album and its age, I cannot guarantee how it might play on any given machine, so the record is being sold as-is, with no returns. All the photos here are of the actual item for sale, and are not stock photos.  The LP cover has some minor ring wear, some short white lines/cracks along three edges on the front, with fewer on the back cover, and the biggest such scrape starts in the letter “e” of the band’s name at the top of the album cover, Extending down into the black background between the “A” and the “Z” of the word “MAGAZINE.” 

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS RECORDING

If you are a Heart fan, or if you are looking for the PERFECT holiday gift for the Heart fan in your life, then this item is for you!  Up for auction here is an album that should not exist: the vinyl LP record of ORIGINAL version of the album Magazine by the group Heart, with Ann and Nancy Wilson. This version was released by Mushroom Records in 1977, while the record company was in the middle of a lawsuit with Heart, who had left the label to sign with Portrait. The people at Mushroom took five demos with scratch vocals by Ann Wilson, and hired studio musicians to complete the songs. To complete the album, Mushroom added two live club recordings, and Here Song, the B-side to a previously-released Canadian 45 rpm single for How Deep It Goes, and the album Magazine, was born, although without the cooperation or approval of Heart. About 50,000copies of the album were pressed, but the band successfully sued and obtained a court order to have all unsold copies withdrawn and DESTROYED! Some of those albums survived, and THIS IS ONE OF THEM, AND YOU CAN ADD IT TO YOUR COLLECTION IF YOU PLACE A BID ON IT!

THIS IS NOT THE VERSION OF "MAGAZINE" YOU HAVE MOST LIKELY HEARD. THIS IS THE VERSION HEART NEVER WANTED YOU TO HEAR!

Also, as part of the resolution of the lawsuit, Heart was required to provide a second album to Mushroom Records, which lead to the official,1978 version of Magazine. The official version differs greatly from this unauthorized version. The most obvious difference is that the songs on the unauthorized version of the LP are in a difference sequence than the official version. As for the individual songs, the only song that is identical on both versions of the album is the brief Here Song, originally a B-side on a 45-RPM single released by Mushroom Records in Canada in 1975. The demos that comprise the unauthorized version contain scratch vocals that were never intended for release when Ann sang them. But in addition to the vocals being more fully realized in the official version, there are changes to some of the lyrics in the in-studio songs as well. This is very obvious in the case of Heartless, where Ann sings “The doc said come back again next week…” in the original mix, while she sings “The doctor said…” in the official version. Another obvious difference in the unauthorized version appears in Devil Delight, where Ann sings a series of “oooh yeahs” close to the end of the song that were not used in the official version.

LISTENING TO THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS VERSION AND THE COMMERCIAL VERSION OF "MAGAZINE" WILL GIVE YOU INSIGHT AS TO HEART'S CREATIVE PROCESS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CHOICES MADE WHEN RECORDING AND MIXING AN ALBUM!

Some differences in the title track (indicated in italics) include Ann singing “Princess all dressed in wool, dreaming eyes, holding a sweet rhyme…,” as well as “Rain sings my song today…,” “She says I can’t wait much more for you…” “Over across town, caught in a crowd, lord still living alone…,” “A little bit of something to take away her pain…”and especially “Kissing the photograph at night are the lovers of sand through her hands hold onto him so tight…,” as well as many more in that one song alone.

This description does not even begin to list all the differences between the unauthorized and official versions of Magazine. The live songs were also edited differently, so they are not completely the same either. Also, the live songs are presented as one track in the unauthorized version while they are separate tracks in the official version of the album.

THE MUSHROOM RECORDS' DISCLAIMER ON THE REVERSE OF THE ALBUM COVER

A very noticeable difference between the album covers appears on the back of the unauthorized version’s LP jacket. Mushroom Records included the following disclaimer on the LP cover, which states: “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.”