Magazine (Heart album)

The advertisement, which ran as a full-page ad in the December 30, 1976 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, was designed to resemble the cover of a salacious tabloid-style magazine (a satire of the National Enquirer), and showed the sisters bare-shouldered (as on the Dreamboat Annie album cover) with the suggestive caption "It Was Only Our First Time!

[5] While keeping the group under contract, Mushroom apparently was not interested in releasing a second Heart album.

[6] The change in labels resulted in a prolonged legal battle with Mushroom's creative director Shelly Siegel.

Mushroom, which still had a two-album contract, claimed they had the legal right to release a second Heart album after all.

The rest of the album was filled by two live songs recorded in 1975 at The Aquarius Tavern, a rock club in Seattle 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.

Unsold copies were quickly recalled and later destroyed when Heart took Mushroom to court to stop distribution of the album.

[7] The 1977 version was also briefly released in Europe through Arista Records, but were ordered off shelves by a second court action.

"[6]Unhappy with the 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inclusion of the live recordings, the group took Mushroom to court with the aim of having the 1977 release of Magazine withdrawn from the market.

Heart chose to fulfill this obligation by finishing the previously released songs to a quality of their satisfaction.

"[11] Cash Box said of the title track that "Ann Wilson shines vocally on this lush, engaging ballad, as sister Nancy provides sweet acoustic guitar", and also praised Flicker's production.