V. Dorrel

Italo-Disco project of 1990 by Discomagic Records and Novecento (the Nicolosi family's pop band) as producer, consisting of two new mixes of Valerie Dore hits on the 12" The Night / Get Closer, crediting no artist name, just Two Italian Greatest Hits. That same year, one of the mixes (with fake "live" sound effects added) was included alongside new versions of Novecento hits on the Discomagic-marketed release [m115019]. Appearances of the same two songs on 1991 Discomagic compilation albums used the artist name V. Dorrel or V. Dorrell. In this era, the Nicolosis worked with Lombardoni to create cover versions using fanciful names to avoid copyright. The new mixes were mostly assembled from Nicolosi-produced source material, but it's uncertain to what degree they are remixes or different recordings, and to what degree the family was actually involved. The ambiguous 12" and the discontinuation of the Novecento name on the 1991 appearances calls into question whether they should really be considered Novecento songs. Regardless, it's evident that the songs could not be marketed as Valerie Dore anymore, and are grouped within the database together under the arbitrary V. Dorrel name.