Seventh Avenue - The Love I Lost

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

Category:

Music

Tags:

• High-Energy
• Disco
• Eurobeat
• Eighties
• Gay-Classic
• Boyband

[thisgirlemily]

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

[IanLevine]

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.

[OERETSTA]

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!

[IanLevine]

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.

[londonoftom]

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 ;-)

[IanLevine]

Because DJs stopped playing decent records. But as "Disco 2008" proves, I'm still making them.

[arawgabi]

OH MY GOD!!! Beautiful classic disco song.

[banookie]

i have a CD and am willing to share a copy of it!

[iwasanangryyoungman]

"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!!!

[joemisti]

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!