The Decca Years
Hazell Dean
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Before breaking through as a dependable club act in the U.K. during the mid-’80s, Hazell Dean inked a contract with Decca in the U.K. from 1975 to 1978, issuing a series of commercially obscure but artistically striking singles with songwriter/producer/Eurovision stalwart Paul Curtis. Astoundingly, none of these tracks – 14 tracks on seven 7″ singles, plus two planned for an ultimately cancelled release – have ever made it onto CD until this release, which features fully remastered audio and a written introduction from Dean in the liner notes.