> > He also said Jim produced a 9 minute version with Barry
> > Manilow, which would be great to hear (someday).
>
> That's what I remembered too ("Steinman's Ninth") but now
> that I read Ray's text on the cd booklet again it actually
> says:
>
> "Barry briefly sang it in his act, but objecting, quite
> reasonably, to the leviathan production it had become,
> never recorded it..."
>
> So, it seems it was never finished...Still, even a some
> kind of rough version of the nine minute version would be
> great to hear (if it exists).
I've always overlooked the 'never recorded' bit. Oh well. If the 9 minute track still exists then give it to Meat, although I think new lyrics would be needed.
|
