Hollywood Seven (Disconet Dilemma Extended Edit) - Alides Hidding


In 1974 Gloria Sklerov, a prolific songwriter who now specialises in wedding music, was asked to write an "urban story song" for Terry Jacks who needed a follow-up to the hit single Seasons in the Sun. "On the way home on the freeway one night I passed a motel called Hollywood Eight which intrigued me. I started to think about who might be checking in there. We decided to change the name to 'Hollywood Seven' because it 'sang' better. We then plotted the story and it all came out like it was meant to. Unfortunately the Terry Jacks deal fell though but we were thrilled when we heard the recording by Jon English.  It used some of the synth riffs we had used in the demo and  I was very proud of this version." 

However it's the 1980 cover version of Hollywood Seven by Dutch singer Alides Hidding  which has been "rescued from the depths of dollar bin obscurity" by DJs Mike Simonetti and  Johnny Jewel. Recently released by Perseo Records (with other rare covers such as the German one with psychedelic guitar) Simonetti and Jewel's extended edit "clocks in at 6.51 and is mastered with extremely heavy drums."  

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Comments

Anonymous said…
Yeah! Thanks! What a tune.
Anonymous said…
Amazing!!!
professor Eddy said…
The original sounds quite dreadful, to be honest... But the version of Alides Hidding (lead singer of Time Bandits) is great, just like the edit!
Amacord said…
great tunes, thx a lot. also brought me to the jon english version, xlnt as well .)
Pixiwoo said…
Great Stuff.. :)

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