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Dreamboat Annie by ReleasedAugust 1975 (Canada)
February 14, 1976 (US)RecordedJuly–August 1975Studio, , , , , Length40:02 (Original)
 (Reissue) chronologyDreamboat Annie
(1976)
(1977) from Dreamboat Annie "How Deep It Goes" / "Here Song"
Released: 1975 "" / "How Deep It Goes"
Released: June 1975 "" / "Soul of the Sea"
Released: February 1976 "" / "Sing Child"
Released: December 1976 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingC+(favorable)

Dreamboat Annie is the debut album by American  band . At the time, the band was based in ; the album was recorded in B.C. and first released in Canada by the local label  in the summer of 1975. It was released in the United States on February 14, 1976 through the subsidiary of Mushroom Records in Los Angeles. The album contains three hit singles which became staples on . Producer  helped the group to polish their sound and obtain a recording contract with the label.

Recording

The album was recorded on an  MM1000 16-track tape recorder (which formerly belonged to ) at the Can-Base Studios in , which were later renamed to the current . It was the first major hit album recorded there.

Release

Heart's first single "How Deep It Goes" b/w "Here Song" (M-7008) received little attention when released in Canada by the small Mushroom label in 1975. The second single "Magic Man" b/w "How Deep It Goes" was first picked up for radio play by  96 in , while the band was on tour playing small club dates.

Dreamboat Annie was released following the success of the second single. The album cover was designed by current  communication design instructor Deborah Shackleton Heart's first radio success earned them a spot opening a Montreal concert for  in October 1975. More Canadian airplay soon followed, partly because Heart's recordings qualified for  broadcast requirements. The album sold an impressive 30,000 copies across Canada in its first few months.

Mushroom then formed a US division and released Dreamboat Annie on Valentine's Day 1976 in the  area, where Heart's members had lived and played before relocating to Canada in the early 1970s. The album was played by Seattle stations  and  and promptly sold another 25,000 copies in the local area. The group and their label then began working together to build success for the album city by city. According to Flicker, this was part of a plan to convince record distributors that Mushroom had a hit record, so that the album would get national distribution.

Subsequent events

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 '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  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  mocked up like a  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.

Since the label could no longer provide Flicker as producer as the contract specified, the band took the position that they were free to move to another label and signed with . Mushroom insisted that the band was still bound to the contract which called for two albums. So, Mushroom released  with incomplete tracks, studio outtakes and live material and a disclaimer on the cover.

The band got a federal  to stop distribution of the 1977 edition of Magazine. Most of the initial 50,000 pressings were recalled from stores. The court eventually decided that the band could sign with Portrait, but that they did owe Mushroom a second album. The band returned to the studio to re-record, remix, edit, and re-sequence the recordings. Magazine was re-released in 1978 and sold a million copies in less than a month.

Shelley Siegel, the promoter behind the "First Time" ad and Vice President of the record label, died a few months after the re-release, and Mushroom Records went bankrupt two years later. The episode had at least one more repercussion. Not long after the ad appeared, a radio promoter asked Ann about her lover; he was referring to Nancy, thus implying that the sisters were   lovers. The encounter infuriated Ann who went back to her hotel and penned the words to what became Heart's signature song, "".

Track listing

All songs written by  &  except where noted.

Side one

"" – 5:28 "" – 1:10 "" – 4:53 "Soul of the Sea" – 6:33 "" – 2:02

Side two

"White Lightning & Wine" – 3:53 "(Love Me Like Music) I'll Be Your Song" – 3:20 "Sing Child" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Steve Fossen, ) – 4:55 "How Deep It Goes" (A. Wilson) – 3:49 "" – 3:50