Seventh Avenue - The Love I Lost
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- Опубликовано: 31 мар 2007
- By the time this came out, Seventh Avenue had changed line-up four times since the AVI days of "Midnight In Manhattan". They were the first "Boyband" ever to present a sexy, somewhat homoerotic image. "The Love I Lost" was a major release in the USA, on Atlantic records, and very big on the Billboard dance charts, so it was decided by my colleagues, particularly Paul Tams, against my better judgement, to tone down the sexy image and make a more wholesome video. The problem is it never got edited, and although shot in 1987, it was just left in pieces, till I put it back together in 1999. It's not wonderful by any means, but the song was a biggie, so I went to all the trouble of tracking down all the footage that was originally shot. It goes without saying that the record was a hit High Energy version of the old disco classic by Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes.
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Seventh Avenue, thank you for great fond memories in the days coming out in El Paso TX at the O.P. Great fun.
Sadly no. But it makes my heart proud that there are still people who remember these records. Thankyou.
I love this song so much... It gives me a lot of straight.... R.I.P. darling xxx Thanks for sharing....
I saw these guys perform live in HOUSTON at a ... nightclub. Great performance. I went the next day and bought their 12" Single at a specialty record store. "The Love I Lost' still have it. This was in the 80's but can't remember the exact year. Was it 1988? Man the club was absolutely PACKED that night.
Coming back to this fantastic song.... Still super..... Kisses from Holland xxx
Fabulous version of a classic song. I have both the UK Nightmare release, and the US 12" version.
After "Love's Gone Mad", which was sung by Steven Harper, every single Seventh Avenue record was sung by Alan Carvell, who never actually appeared live with the group. The lineup changed loads of times but the session vocals remained the same.
I was a 12'' singles buyer at Tower Records in Nashville Tennessee when this was out and I could NEVER keep it in stock! I loved this track, I loved all the Seventh Avenue stuff...wish I had it on CD so badly!
I was in Germany in the 80's, in my 20's so of course in the disco every weekend...and the only Seventh Avenue song I recall was Love's Gone Mad. This is a nice video and nice song. I'll check out the others. Thank you for posting this.
Always loved this version of the song. Very well done.
How fabulous that someone remembers that.
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT .. THANKS IAN
"Won't stop movin' to the music 'til the dawn; tomorrow is another day and we'll be reborn!"
Hi Ian… long time no speak… ;)
Listen… I just asked Alexa to play this and she did… ☺️
Such a top tune… 💯
Yes and I put it up here on RUclips. They then changed lineup into what became Big Fun, but those guys weren't on Love's Gone Mad, even though they performed it in their shows.
Great! I will check it out. Thanks.
I was a huge fan of them in HK and I even bought 3 different 12" remixes of Love's Gone Mad ... and I really loved their later stuff ... shame there weren't videos to go with these great singles. Good work nonetheless.
Thanks for the answer, i did not about that and also thanks for the great high energy music that you have made. By the way I love the song from velvette-Nothing is worse than being alone, such an ass kicking song.
I wish had one. It was made in 1979 and we didn't shoot videos back then.
You are quite correct, and yes I did.
wow! thanks for this! reminded me of my teenage years in the Philippines where they were a huge hit . I love all their songs. hmmm...they sang the song that goes "from Chicago to the sky, flying high" right? anyway, thanks again
Because DJs stopped playing decent records. But as "Disco 2008" proves, I'm still making them.
The lead singer was Paul something or other - I need to check. He also sang "Miami Heatwave". The other three tracks were sung by Peter Butler. The entire album was released on CD in the early 1990s by Hot records out of Miami. It's deleted but if you search Amazon or E-Bay I'm sure you'll find it.
Ian,
Thanks for the history of Seventh Avenue. Love Miami Heatwave and Midnight In Manhattan! Thus, so do my friends and customers.
Nice job on the video.
You may know the answer to a question....
In 1978 maybe 79 Billboard Disco Forum, the entertainment at Roseland and Circus were filmed. Do you know where that film went. Neve have seen the footage anywhere.
Thanks again.
It's a bit late now to say it doesn't cut it, when the record is twenty years old, and was released by Atlantic Records in America, and was a mega huge dancefloor hit there in the 1980s.
They did indeed. Go and look at out new version of "New York's On Fire", by Matthew Pateman. I promise you'll love it to bits.
"Chicago to the Sky"..."New York's On Fire"..."LA at the End of the Day"...grooves that manage to withstand the test of time...classic disco goodness!!!
Homoerotic subtext - so effin' what!!! It's 2009, let's stop actin' like bigoted cavemen.
Yup, a fellow Filipino lovin' the music!!!
Mark Long never really sang lead, he just remained with the group the longest, from 1986 right up until 1991.
"Life is turning our way - in L. A. AT THE END OF THE DAY..... "
Keep making this kind of music, with the kind of music that is coming out nowadays, this is wonderful recharge for all dance music listeners like me. There is a market out there for this kind of music, especially in latin America, Asia and especially Europe. Is Evelyn(my head is in the stars) Thomas still active?
Thank you.
Going back to "Midnight In Manhattan" (AVI 6057), I have two questions: a) who sang lead on "L. A. At The End Of The Day", and b) will that fabulous album ever be available on CD?
At this point - I'm desperate!
LOL, I remember boogie'ing to this in The Phoenix in the West End, and in Pigeon's at Stratford :-))
Why aint the gay scene as fab as that anymore ;-)
They did indeed. They tried to use the name Seventh Avenue till I stopped them.
Any chance of putting up "Midnight in Manhattan" video?? That was a hugh hit!!!
mark and phil from big fun . i think both of them would've been too young to be in the original 1979 line up.
Was there ever a video to Standing By Your Side and No Man's Land?
ARe you the same Ian Levine who did run the record shack label in the mid eighties and produced high energy by Evelyn Thomas and was a doctor who fan who appeared in many docutermentaries,etc. This version of the love I lost is on a par with Sybil.very eighties.
Because I created the name, there had been lineup changes over the years, and they had no legal right whatsoever to try to steal the name off me.
Sorry but I only put proper videos up. People know, when they come to my page here, they can see over two hundred proper real legitimate videos of my work, not just still pics over an audio track. I pride myself on these videos and I won't compromise for anything or anyone.
Anyone want to buy the 12" single for The Love I Lost?
I have the vinyl with original pic sleeve in mint condition. It has three versions of this song on it (extended remix, 12" mix and 12" dub).
Let me know if it is worth anything...thanks!
Why?
Evelyn lives in Florida.
I continue to make great classic dance music. Please check out the new album, Northern Soul 2007. There's a trailer for it on my RUclips page.
Nice try. It just doent cut it. To try to make it contemporary they made it more up tempo. The "mad" drum beats are irritating and over powering. The guys voice is good. In the original Teddys voice was showcased. They should have changed the mix. Just my opinion.
A complete horrendous car wreck. Take a real classic by Harold Melvin and put it through Levine's mincing machine and this is the result. The musical equivalent of sticking a mustache on the Mona Lisa