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Burton Cummings is perhaps best known from his days as the lead singersongwriter for the legendary GUESS WHO. From his days with The Guess Who to his successful solo career, Winnipeg native Burton Cummings has managed to make himself something of a Canadian icon. Now, for the first time, his fourth solo recording,'Woman Love', is available in newly remastered version and released the configuration Cummings had originally wanted it to be.
This fourth solo album, the first to be released on the Columbia label, was a particularly sore spot for Cummings upon its original release in 1980. The year before " Dream Of A Child" had brought him so much success that he was signed to a very lucrative, long term contract with Columbia Records in the U.S.A. but this contract unknown to Cummings at the time, cost him his creative control of the record. After a dispute with the executives at the label, "Woman Love" was never released in the U.S. and the rest of the world and the configuration of the album was altered by the label executives and not released as Cummings intended it to be.
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This album was a commercial success in Canada and won Cummings a Juno award, produced the hits, "Fine State Of Affairs", and remains a fan favorite to this day, with such songs as, "Heavenly Blue Day" and "One And Only". The corporate politics surrounding the release of the album left Cummings with a disdain for record company executives that it still reflected in the new liner notes of this album.
This album was remastered by legendary engineer, Bill Inglot and contains two new bonus tracks, from Cummings extensive library, which were not included on the original release. All original artwork has been fully restored, and new liner notes, written by Burton himself, and all of the songs lyrics accompany this re-mastered version of the album.
Keith Pettipas, CanEHdian.com 2001
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