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   Editing "Rainy Day People" by 3 seconds kind of reminds me of Air Supply's 

"All Out of Love" single which edits out about 5 or 6 seconds. I recall there 

were comments here as to why bother. I certainly feel that way about "Rainy 

Day People" but with "All Out of Love" they cut off the 1st half of the intro, and 

though only making it shorter by a short amount, I figured Arista head Clive 

Davis did it to get to the 1st verse sooner. (Personally, I prefer the longer 

version). 

On Manilow's "The Old Songs", for the promo 45 they do a similarly short edit 

in the middle, maybe under 5 seconds, and I always thought that was 

unneeded. 

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	Editing "Rainy Day People" by 3 seconds kind of reminds me of Air Supply's "All Out of Love" single which edits out about 5 or 6 seconds. I recall there were comments here as to why bother. I certainly feel that way about "Rainy Day People" but with "All Out of Love" they cut off the 1st half of the intro, and though only making it shorter by a short amount, I figured Arista head Clive Davis did it to get to the 1st verse sooner. (Personally, I prefer the longer version). On Manilow's "The Old Songs", for the promo 45 they do a similarly short edit in the middle, maybe under 5 seconds, and I always thought that was unneeded.