Hollywood Heroes –Caught In The Act/If You Don’t Know –Negram NG 669 (1974 Dutch issue)Caught In The Act is a wonderful hybrid of a tune juxtaposing My Sweet Lord onto a rockin’ Summertime Blues beat with 10CC/ Beach Boys backing vocals and acoustic/Dobro slide. The single is perfectly produced by US Actor/Producer Steve Rowland better known for his production duties with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich and to a much lesser extent Ace Kefford’s Rockstar single. It’s a total mystery as to who the Hollywood Heroes actually were, if they existed at all. Unless proved otherwise, it looks like the guy on the left in the hippy dippy floppy hat is Steve Rowland. The A side is written by Alan Hall, the B side by Ken Watson if that’s any help…Caught In The Act has all the necessary ingredients and really deserved to be a hit.
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5 comments:
From Steve Rowland:
This was a pair of song writers that were introduced to me through Bob Bloomfleld. There was no actual band. I loved the song so I recorded it with the song writers singing and playing. Along with Albert Hammond and a couple of other guys, we sang the background harmonies. We all thought that the song was a hit.
While listening to this last night my friend pointed out that the song is a version of an early lindisfarne single "Court in the act",So the songwriting credit was probably a misspelling of Alan Hull.
I was the guitarist in Ace Keffords Rockstar band, i think we recorded about six songs with Steve, it was IBC Studios in London, great days.
on the bottom right of the sleeve pic is me sitting down Len Watson i wrote the B side they spelt my first name wrong anyway sitting next to me is Bill Legend T Rex's drummer the other two guys were studio friends, Caught in the act the A side was written by Alan hall of Lindisfarne, Record producer Steve Rowland took the song to 10c's studio where they sang the song for him Steve happened to like my song If you don't know so that's how it ended up om the B side Steve asked me and the lads to go out and promote the song but sadly it never happened, i have my copy in the drawer, at the moment Steve Rowland lives in California my friend has dinner with him often and i think Bill Legend lives in America to -Lenny
hI Lenny, thanks for getting in touch, great to fill in the gaps!
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