Heart Strings | ||||
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Released | 1974 | |||
Genre | Soul, Rhythm and blues | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Jim Cregan, Tony Silvester and Bert DeCoteaux | |||
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Heart Strings is an album by British singer-songwriter Linda Lewis. It was her last album with Reprise Records.
This album is essentially a compilation which includes tracks from her first three solo records Reprise label releases and also includes three tracks that were only otherwise available on singles: "Safe and Sound," "Sideway Shuffle" and "Rock a Doodle Do". The record was released following Lewis' departure to Arista Records, but before her hit "It's in His Kiss".
Tracks A2 and A5 from Lark LP. Tracks A4, B2 and B3 from Fathoms Deep LP.[ citation needed ]
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