Laurie is unhappy about the spoken intro of Manhattans Kiss and Say Goodbye

I deleted Winifred Lovett s spoken intro, because it was too long like Barry White, too serious, too crummy and too boring in the beginning and I don t like it, so I d rather myself keep the singing part by Gerald Alston, that sounds a lot more like Sam Cooke from years ago, in an R B, pop style which shows more interests. Here s the story: We spent four years with Carnival, four years with StardayKing Deluxe, and then signed with CBS (Columbia Records) in 1973. The years before we hit were not too easy. We were limited in the places we could play, and our sales were mediocre. To keep our families going, we all had to get parttime jobs. There were lots of songs I sat down and composed. I did big arrangements on em worked on em for a week and nothing happened. A lot of times I heard songs in my sleep, but I was too tired to get up and struggle in to where the piano was. But this particular night, I just couldn t lie there. I heard the melody. Everything was there. I got up about three o clock i