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Off the record.
Something said in confidence that the one speaking doesn't want attributed to him/her.
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I mean, I did twenty-nine songs and there are two Marvin Gaye songs out of the eleven that were left off the record.
Several food-related songs that Yankovic had recorded, such as "Girls Just Want to Have Lunch" and "Waffle King" were left off the record, although the former was due to personal preference, while the latter was due to scheduling issues.
Some of the songs left off the record were "really heavy and raw" as a result of which Gruff Rhys feels Hey Venus! is "more consistent with our back catalogue".
One piece that was left off the record was "In Cold Blood", which featured somber lyrics written by Bono in response to the Bosnian War and was previewed prior to the album's release.
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Though it won't change the truth expressed in a verse Simon wrote for "The Boxer" that was left off the recorded version but surfaced again last night: "After changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
What the White House asked to leave off the record, Mr. Lewis added, was usually of little relevance to his article anyway — like a discussion between Mr. Obama and his political strategists about their electoral strategy in Florida.
Following arguments over the track listing of previous album Rings Around the World, after a "lot of songs" were recorded necessitating four months worth of discussions about which tracks to leave off the record, the group recorded just 16 largely acoustic based songs during the sessions for Phantom Power.
A number of alternate takes and songs were recorded but left off the 1970 album.
Harrison's song "Not Guilty" was left off the album despite recording 102 takes.
With songs such as Radio Radio, No Action and This Year's Girl, This Year's Model was immediately recognised, at least by me, as one of the 10 greatest records ever made (even though I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea, inexplicably, was left off the US release by the record company).
When the GPS announced its roster earlier this year some agencies were angry that the roster appeared to have been selected solely on the basis of price, rather than considering the expertise accrued by some advertising groups, such as Leo Burnett, which was left off the shortlist despite a long record of producing road-safety campaigns.
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