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''Little Queen'' is a studio album released by the American rock band Heart. It was released in May 1977 on Portrait Records, and re-released in 2004 with two bonus tracks. ==Overview== The group intended ''Magazine'' to be the official follow-up album to the debut ''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).〔Wilson, Wilson, Cross: 13 - Natural Fantasies〕 The contract called for two albums and Mushroom 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, and took the four unfinished tracks for ''Magazine'', added some studio outtakes and live material, and released the album with a disclaimer on the cover.〔 The dispute dragged on for about two years and ended with the court deciding that the band was free to sign with another label, but that Mushroom was indeed owed a second album. So, Heart went back to the studio to re-record, remix, edit, and re-sequence the recordings in a marathon session over the period of a few days. A court ordered guard stood nearby to prevent the master tapes from being erased.〔 ''Little Queen'' was released 14 May 1977 and ''Magazine'' was re-released 22 April 1978. With the hit single "Barracuda" on it, ''Little Queen'' outsold ''Magazine'' handily, eventually achieving 3x Platinum status.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RIAA Searchable database: search for "Little Queen" )〕 However, the almost contemporary release also gave the band the distinction of having all three of their albums on the charts at the same time.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Little Queen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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