Original version of "Escape"
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Original version of "Escape"
The Hollywood Stars, a '70s rock band, recorded a song called "Escape" in 1974. It is, in fact, the original version of the track that Alice recorded for his WTMN album.
The song can be heard on the following web site: http://www.rubendefuentes.com/ruben_hollywoodstars.htm
The song can be heard on the following web site: http://www.rubendefuentes.com/ruben_hollywoodstars.htm
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Interesting. Not sure I'd ever heard that. Good find!
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Great discovery! I looked at the writing credits, and sure enough... (Cooper, Fowley, Anthony)!
I had always thought that "Escape" was conceived by the same guitarists that played "Sweet Jane." Very similar to my ears.
Cool also to see "King of the Night Time World" in there. I love this kind of information. Well done, Petri!!
I had always thought that "Escape" was conceived by the same guitarists that played "Sweet Jane." Very similar to my ears.
Cool also to see "King of the Night Time World" in there. I love this kind of information. Well done, Petri!!
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Great find. Thanx for sharing this (Alice's versin still the best)
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Good one, Petri. That was cool.
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Thanks for that! Cool to hear how it started, and what it became.
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Wow....I did not know that.
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That explains this then:
http://www.sickthingsuk.co.uk/albums/a-wtmn.phpAnthony and Fowley sued Randy Bachman of Bachman Turner Overdrive because his song 'Down The Line' sounded like 'Escape' (Alice was not involved as he wrote the lyrics). They settled out of court and he added their names to the publishing.
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I'll have to give Down the Line a listen - I can't recall a similarity.
KISS must have bought King of the Nighttime World outright, because IIRC, Stanley has the writing credit on that one. HA HA Kiss - what a scam they were.
KISS must have bought King of the Nighttime World outright, because IIRC, Stanley has the writing credit on that one. HA HA Kiss - what a scam they were.
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Good find, Petri - thanks for sharing!
Prefer Alice's version, natch..
Prefer Alice's version, natch..
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Actually he only has co-writing credit (along with Bob Ezrin, Kim Fowley and Mark Anthony) and in all fairness the KISS version is a bit rewritten (faster tempo and slightly different lyrics for example).Toronto Bob wrote:KISS must have bought King of the Nighttime World outright, because IIRC, Stanley has the writing credit on that one. HA HA Kiss - what a scam they were.
It's mentioned on that page that they worked with Bob Ezrin so that's probably why two of their song ended up on albums produced by him.
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Thanks for the clarification - I didn't check my record just on the interweb. That's fine then.Swinger wrote:Actually he only has co-writing credit (along with Bob Ezrin, Kim Fowley and Mark Anthony) and in all fairness the KISS version is a bit rewritten (faster tempo and slightly different lyrics for example).Toronto Bob wrote:KISS must have bought King of the Nighttime World outright, because IIRC, Stanley has the writing credit on that one. HA HA Kiss - what a scam they were.
It's mentioned on that page that they worked with Bob Ezrin so that's probably why two of their song ended up on albums produced by him.
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I really like the Hollywood Stars version of King Of The Night...better than Kisses version.
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Escape is a very mediocre and rather basic and boring song, but I have to say that I didn't know it was written and recorded before Cooper worked on it.