THE MOTELS - 'ONLY THE LONELY' (Ian Stone's 2023 Remixed & Extended 'NYC Session' Version)

AWESOME ONE HIT WONDER TRACK OVER HERE IN THE U.K. FROM THE YEAR 1982 THE SONG WAS CALLED 'ONLY THE LONELY' RECORDED AND RELEASED BY AMERICAN NEW WAVE OUTFIT CALLED 'THE MODELS' IT FEATURED ON THEIR THIRD SUCCESSFUL STUDIO ALBUM CALLED 'ALL FOUR ONE' WHICH WAS PUT OUT ON EMI RECORDS.THE GROUP HAD SINGLES RELEASED TO GREAT EFFECT ALL AROUND EUROPE DURING THE LATE SEVENTIES AND IN TO THE NEW DECADE AND SEEMED TO HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESS BUT HERE AND EVEN IN AMERICA IT TOOK A WHILE FOR PEOPLE TO DISCOVER THEIR MUSIC WHICH SOME CLAIMED SOUNDED LIKE 'FLEETWOOD MAC' AT THAT TIME.BAND MEMBERS INCLUDED ON VOCALS THE LOVELY 'MARTHA DAVIS' ALONG WITH LEAD GUITAR PLAYER 'GUY PERRY'.THE GROUP HAD A SOMEWHAT OPEN DOOR POLICY REGARDING MEMBERS AND THE ONLY OTHER TWO REGULAR PEOPLE WERE ON KEYBOARDS 'MARTY JOURADE' AND THE LATE GREAT DRUMMER CALLED 'BRIAN GLASCOCK'.THE GROUP WHO HAD BEEN PLAYING NEARLY NON-STOP ACROSS EUROPE AT THE START OF 1982 RUSH RELEASED THE TRACK 'ONLY THE LONELY' AS THEIR NEXT SINGLE BUT THIS CAUSED A BIT OF TENSION WITH EMI WHO THOUGHT THE RECORD BUYING PUBLIC WOULD THINK THEY WERE COVERING THE 'ROY ORBISON' SIXTIES CLASSIC.ANYWAY THERE IS A LOT MORE TO BE SAID ABOUT 'THE MODELS' AND THEIR WONDERFUL AT TIMES MUSIC BUT HERE WE FIND THAT 'IAN STONE' HAS TAKEN HOLD OF THE ORIGINAL ALBUM VERSION O 'ONLY THE LONELY' AND ADDED A GREAT REMIX TO IT WHILE EXTENDING IT AND UPGRADING THAT 1982 SOUND QUALITY READY FOR FANS YOUNG AND OLD TO DISCOVER THE SONG AND ENJOY OVER AGAIN.