HEART fans?

My collection is sorely lacking. They're a band I always think I have more from, but I only have Dog & Butterfly, Dreamboat Annie, Jupiters Darling, Magazine, Red Velvet Car, and the WTF EP. I dig them all, though.

Eyesore wrote:

My collection is sorely lacking. They're a band I always think I have more from, but I only have Dog & Butterfly, Dreamboat Annie, Jupiters Darling, Magazine, Red Velvet Car, and the WTF EP. I dig them all, though.

Little Queen and Bebe Le Strange should be your next purchases.

Ann Wilson has an amazing voice!

Currently I only have one of their "best of" albums (which is all you need for the 80's hits)... I need to get the early albums as well.

Press release for upcoming boxset:


HEART TO RELEASE MASSIVE BOX SET ON LEGACY
www.antimusic.com

Legacy have set a June 5th release date for a new Heart box set entitled, Strange Euphoria, which was personally curated by Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson. Epic and Legacy sent out these details:

A carefully-considered anthology of biggest hits and best-loved songs set alongside deep catalog treasures, rarities, demos and live performances, Strange Euphoria, three compact discs and one DVD in a deluxe box, will be available everywhere Tuesday,.

"In all the years we have been making music we have seen trends come and go," said Ann Wilson. "We have always felt that to try and chase the latest 'it' sound is pointless, and we have tried to remain true to ourselves as songwriters and musicians. Sometimes we have had amazing success and heard ourselves on the radio... other times not so much, but the music is always playing in our house. In this box we have included many things that until now have never seen the light of day. Also here are our favorite deep tracks and live moments that really speak to who we are on the stage and the connection between us and the people who show up to rock. Enjoy this collection. It has many facets just like we do, but the spirit running through it is all Heart. "

Ann Wilson and her younger sister, Nancy Wilson, first showed the world that women can rock when their band Heart stormed the charts in the 1970s with hits like "Crazy on You," "Magic Man," "Barracuda," 'Straight On," "Even It Up," "Kick It Out," and many more. Not only did the Wilson sisters lead the band, they wrote the songs and played the instruments, making them the first women in rock to do so. Heart continued topping the charts through the '80s and into the '90s with huge hits like "These Dreams," "Alone," "Never," and a string of other hits that showcased the sisters' enormous talents as both musicians and singers. Along the way, Heart sold more than 35 million records, had 21 top 40 hits, sold out arenas worldwide, and profoundly influenced the sound and direction of American rock music while inspiring women (and guys too!) around the world to rock out in bands of their own.

Heart were 2008 recipients of VH1 Rock Honors, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Northwest Grammy Foundation, and received ASCAP's award for Excellence in Songwriting in 2009.

In August 2010, Red Velvet Car, the first new studio album in six years from Heart, entered the Billboard 200 best-selling album charts at #10, becoming the seventh Top 10 album of the group's career. The group's first album for Legacy Recordings, Red Velvet Car marked the return of the group to the Sony Music Entertainment family, reaching #1 in sales on Amazon.com in September.

What's made Heart endure across four decades and 13 studio albums, from Dreamboat Annie (1976) through Red Velvet Car (2010), is simply the quality of the music and the Wilsons' ability to connect to the emotions and experiences of their audience. Strange Euphoria represents the first time Ann and Nancy have personally curated a collection of their work and is the only time they've opened up their vaults for demos and rarities never heard by the public. The set includes song-by-song annotations, anecdotes, and commentary by the Wilson sisters.

Heart - Strange Euphoria - track listing

CD 1
1. Through Eyes And Glass (by Ann Wilson & The Daybreaks)
2. Magic Man (demo)*
3. How Deep It Goes (demo)*
4. Crazy On You (demo)*
5. Dreamboat Annie (Fantasy Child) + Dreamboat Annie Reprise (edit)*
6. Love Alive
7. Sylvan Song
8. Dream Of The Archer
9. White Lightning And Wine (live at the Aquarius)*
10. Barracuda (live from BBC Radio Concert)*
11. Little Queen
12. Kick It Out
13. Here Song (demo)*
14. Heartless (demo)*
15. Dog & Butterfly (acoustic demo)*
16. Straight On
17. Nada One

CD 2
1. Bebe le Strange
2. Silver Wheels II
3. Even It Up
4. Sweet Darlin'
5. City's Burning
6. Angels
7. Love Mistake
8. Lucky Day (demo)*
9. Never (live, with John Paul Jones)*
10. These Dreams
11. Nobody Home
12. Alone
13. Wait For An Answer
14. Unconditional Love (demo)*
15. High Romance (demo)*
16. Under The Sky (demo)*
17. Desire Walks On ("Beach demo" version)*

CD 3
1. Kiss (by The Lovemongers)
2. Sand (live) (by The Lovemongers)
3. Everything (live) (by Nancy Wilson)
4. She Still Believes (live)*
5. Any Woman's Blues (demo) (with the Seattle Blues Revue Horns)*
6. Strange Euphoria
7. Boppy's Back (demo)*
8. Friend Meets Friend (live) (by The Lovemongers)*
9. Love Or Madness (live) *
10. Skin To Skin*
11. Fallen Ones
12. Enough
13. Lost Angel (live)
14. Little Problems, Little Lies (by Ann Wilson)
15. Queen City
16. Hey You
17. Avalon (Reprise)

* previously unreleased

DVD
KWSU "The Second Ending – featuring Heart" program
circa February-March 1976

1. Pre Show
2. Heartless
3. White Lightning & Wine
4. Dreamboat Annie
5. Silver Wheels
6. Crazy On You
7. Sing Child
8. Soul Of The Sea
9. Devil Delight

I want one...

I was surprised I had this many Heart albums, all on CD except one:

Dreamboat Annie
Little Queen
Dog and Butterfly
Magazine
Bebe Le Strange (on vinyl)
Heart
Bad Animals
Brigade
Desire Walks On
The Road Home
These Dreams: Heart's Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits 1985-1995

Passionworks
Heart
Bad Animals
Brigade
Desire Walks On
The Road Home
Greatest Hits

I have those...I need the ones before it.

I had read that the box set has a live Zeppelin tunes disc as well

James B. wrote:

I had read that the box set has a live Zeppelin tunes disc as well

They did not seem to include them in this set, wonder why they changed their mind, or maybe management or the label changed their mind for them

manny wrote:

James B. wrote:

I had read that the box set has a live Zeppelin tunes disc as well

They did not seem to include them in this set, wonder why they changed their mind, or maybe management or the label changed their mind for them

pobably due to paying publishing to Zep ?

manny wrote:

DVD
KWSU "The Second Ending – featuring Heart" program
circa February-March 1976

1. Pre Show
2. Heartless
3. White Lightning & Wine
4. Dreamboat Annie
5. Silver Wheels
6. Crazy On You
7. Sing Child
8. Soul Of The Sea
9. Devil Delight

Worth getting for this DVD alone, this performance kicks serious ass.

The box set is an Amazon exclusive, right?

Eyesore wrote:

The box set is an Amazon exclusive, right?

Yes it is

manny wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

The box set is an Amazon exclusive, right?

Yes it is

Most likely pressed on-demand...

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

manny wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

The box set is an Amazon exclusive, right?

Yes it is

Most likely pressed on-demand...

I hope not. Those are CDRs. =(

Eyesore wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

manny wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

The box set is an Amazon exclusive, right?

Yes it is

Most likely pressed on-demand...

I hope not. Those are CDRs. =(

I think anything that will be an Amazon Exclusive (since it's A- an online retailer and B- not a record label) it will be CDR/DVDR on-demand.

Never mind, I saw this on the Amazon site:

Quote :

Label: Sony Legacy

I am a huge fan of the 80s heart. Didn't care for to much 70s, 90s or current.

brokentulsa wrote:

I am a huge fan of the 80s heart. Didn't care for to much 70s, 90s or current.

Soooooo you're not a fan of Heart, then?

Eyesore wrote:

Soooooo you're not a fan of Heart, then?

Pretty much, I'm guessing he's a fan of Ron Nevison (producer) and all the outside songwriters.

S.D. wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

Soooooo you're not a fan of Heart, then?

Pretty much, I'm guessing he's a fan of Ron Nevison (producer) and all the outside songwriters.

That is my guess too, but I will defend this album, it has some good songs on it with solid pop hooks, and they did sound natural with this sound, it was the album after this 'Bad Animals' that I feel is not that strong.

I'll be the guy that enjoys both the 70's and 80's Heart. I'm a 80's boy at heart and while I admit it got out of hand, music seemed more fun then so much of what I hear now. And it made those people rich.

I just didn't care for most 70s stuff...Dog and Butterfly, Crazy on You, Barracuda just didn't do it for me at all. 80s heart is a totally different band...music and look. Several bands from the 70s totally changed in the 80s and I am a fan of the 80s sound.

brokentulsa wrote:

I just didn't care for most 70s stuff...Dog and Butterfly, Crazy on You, Barracuda just didn't do it for me at all. 80s heart is a totally different band...music and look. Several bands from the 70s totally changed in the 80s and I am a fan of the 80s sound.

I can see somebody havin that opinion. Playin in bands back in the 70's, Heart was a staple. We would play at a keg party and leave the mic stand open for party goers to get busy singing tunes. Mostly cause nobody in the band at the time was a singer, but more as a gimmick to get more gigs. Word traveled fast that we'd let anybody sing who wanted to.

Has anyone seen pictures of Ann recently? She looks really good... I know she's really had issues regarding her weight battle, but it looks like she might be winning these days.