ROBERTA FLACK - Killing Me Softly With His Song *** ONLY VOCALS, GUITAR and PIANO *** NEW 2022 MIX

Edited and Re-mixed by Marcellosmimi, February 2022 *** USE HEADPHONES FOR BETTER QUALITY *** This material is presented for educational purposes only. Materiał prezentowany jest wyłącznie w celach edukacyjnych. Recorded: November 1972 Released: January 22, 1973 Studio: Atlantic, New York City Roberta Flack – ALL vocals !!!!, pianos, rhythm and track arrangement Eric Gale – acoustic guitar *** note *** Roberta Flack first heard the song on an airplane, when the Lieberman original was featured on the in-flight audio program. After scanning the listing of available audio selections, Flack would recall: "The title, of course, smacked me in the face. I immediately pulled out some scratch paper, made musical staves then played the song at least eight to ten times jotting down the melody that I heard. When I landed, I immediately called Quincy Jones at his house and asked him how to meet cimposer Charles Fox. Two days later I had the music. Shortly afterwards Flack rehearsed the song with her band in the Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, but did not then record it. In September 1972, Flack was opening for Marvin Gaye at the Greek Theater; after performing her prepared encore song, Flack was advised by Gaye to sing an additional song. Flack later said, "I said well, I got this song I&been working on called &Me Softly...&and he said &it, baby.&And I did it and the audience went crazy, and he walked over to me and put his arm around me and said, &don&ever do that song again...