The Decca Years

Kickstarting the celebrations of Hazell Dean’s 50th Anniversary as a recording artist.

Hazell Dean - The Decca Years compiles together, for the first time ever since their original release, all of Hazell’s very first singles recorded for the Decca record label between 1975 to 1978, all of which have never previously been released on CD. Contains every A and B side from her six Decca singles fully remastered.

The collection is further complemented by a selection of four carefully curated bonus tracks including a first time on CD appearance of the one-off 1981 single by Curtis and Dean ‘You Got Me Wrong’ and its B-Side ‘O, That’s Nice’ and Hazell’s second attempt at ‘A Song For Europe’ - a 1984 track, co-written by her, called ‘Stay In My Life' which featured on a planned, but cancelled 7” Single - the rare B-Side of which, ‘Too Young For Your Love’, was a song solely written by Hazell, which features on CD for the first time too!

The booklet features a specially written introduction by Hazell in which she states, “My time with Decca was magical, and I know that this will be a much loved addition to the collection of my fans all over the world.”

Years before she became ‘The Queen Of Hi-NRG’ with her breakout hit single ‘Searchin’ in 1984, Hazell was recording a series of lush, orchestrated ballads; a deft succession of beautiful songs with sweeping strings and emotive lyrics for Decca Records, largely with the help of songwriter and producer Paul Curtis. Amid this hitherto lesser known repertoire is a studio recording of the glorious ballad, ‘I Couldn’t Live Without You For A Day’, a Paul Curtis song, which Hazell sang with a live orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in 1976 for BBC TV’s ’A Song For Europe’ - Hazell’s first ever television appearance.