{"product_id":"various-artists-strong-love-songs-of-gay-liberation-1972-1981-pink-vinyl-lp","title":"Various Artists - Strong Love: Songs Of Gay Liberation 1972-1981, Pink Vinyl LP","description":"\u003ch2\u003eVarious Artists - Strong Love: Songs Of Gay Liberation 1972-1981, Pink Vinyl LP\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-jss-groupItem-167\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChapter’s pivotal 2012 compilation Strong Love released on vinyl for the very first time!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally released on CD in 2012, Chapter’s landmark compilation of 70s gay musical pioneers gets a vinyl release for the first time ever – and on pink vinyl to boot!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStrong Love explores the first wave of openly gay songwriting, emerging after New York’s Stonewall Riots kickstarted the modern gay rights movement in 1969. It took just a few years for the defiant chanting and interlocked arms of early 70s pride marches to reverberate onto record, and Strong Love begins with the earliest known example, 1972’s A Gay Song by London hippie collective Everyone Involved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross 15 tracks, the compilation takes in disarmingly personal folk, uplifting soul, outsider country and dark synth-rock. But tellingly, none of its songs could be considered well-known. New York’s Steven Grossman released the first major label album by an openly gay artist in 1974, and Tom Robinson hit the UK Top 20 with the fiery Glad To Be Gay in 1978, but these are the exceptions. The coy ambivalence of Lou Reed and David Bowie was about as sexually adventurous as the 1970s music industry got, and most Strong Love artists released their own self-funded recordings in very limited numbers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnlike their lesbian counterparts, who joined forces\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto create long- lasting record labels, strong distribution networks and considerable sales figures, gay male musicians in the 1970s existed largely in solitary bubbles. Which doesn’t mean they didn’t carve out niches of their own. Eccentric one man band Chris Robison played with the New York Dolls and Elephant’s Memory, while LA glam seducer Smokey saw members of the Stooges and Quiet Riot pass through his backing band. Steven Grossman was covered by Twiggy and Scrumbly \u0026amp; Martin are infamous for their work with San Francisco drag hippies the Cockettes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"leftColumn\" id=\"trackInfo\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfoInner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eWhether known or not, what the songs on Strong Love illustrate is the vision, talent and raw courage that drove 1970s songwriters to sacrifice popular careers for the sake of honesty and self- expression. Compiled by Chapter Music’s Guy Blackman, with an evocative introduction from drummer RIchard Dworkin (who played with Blackberri and Buena Vista and is one of the few to have witnessed many Strong Love artists firsthand), the album is a powerful tribute to pioneering artists whose music has been neglected for too long.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFactory sealed. New.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pdp-jss-groupTitle-168\"\u003eA1 Everyone Involved – A Gay Song\u003cbr\u003eA2 Charlie Murphy – Gay Spirit\u003cbr\u003eA3 Blackberri - It's Okay\u003cbr\u003eA4 Smokey - Strong Love\u003cbr\u003eA5 Robert Campbell – Dreamboy\u003cbr\u003eA6 Mike Cohen – Evil \u0026amp; Lusty\u003cbr\u003eB1 Lavender Country – Cryin' These Cocksucking Tears\u003cbr\u003eB2 Steven Grossman – Out\u003cbr\u003eB3 Chris Robison – Big Strong Man In My Life\u003cbr\u003eB4 Tom Robinson – Good To Be Gay\u003cbr\u003eB5 Buena Vista – Hot Magazine\u003cbr\u003eB6 International Gay Society – Stand Up For Your Rights\u003cbr\u003eB7 Scrumbly \u0026amp; Martin – Hots For A Hustler\u003cbr\u003eB8 Paul Wagner – The One\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chapter Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42638363984065,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1407\/4970\/files\/Various-Artists-Strong-Love-Songs-Of-Gay-Liberation-1972-1981-Pink-Vinyl-LP.webp?v=1764308360","url":"https:\/\/hathillrecords.com.au\/products\/various-artists-strong-love-songs-of-gay-liberation-1972-1981-pink-vinyl-lp","provider":"Hat Hill Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}