“Love Alive” by Heart

"Love Alive" comes from Little Queen, Heart's third album, which reached the stores in May 1977 on Portrait Records, a newly formed arm of CBS, after a contract fight with Mushroom, the label the band had been on. Mushroom tried to block the release altogether; the court eventually ruled that Heart could sign elsewhere, though they still owed Mushroom a second album.

Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson and Roger Fisher wrote it, and it was cut at Kaye-Smith Studios in Seattle between February and April 1977, with Mike Flicker producing and the band arranging. The credits read like a travelling folk revue: Ann sings lead and plays flute, Nancy adds acoustic guitar, autoharp and vocals, Howard Leese brings acoustic guitar and piano, Fisher plays electric guitar, Steve Fossen bass, and Michael Derosier drums and tabla.

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