re: Outstanding female vocalists

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David Gilmore asked me to use my voice as an instrument,

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Kind of a similar story with this song. Roxy Music was in the final day of recording for the Avalon album, but weren't happy with the title track. They heard a woman in an adjacent studio with a Haitian reggae band, loved her voice and asked if she would sing a part in the song. She didn't speak or understand English, so they used her boyfriend as an interpreter and recorded it that afternoon. The only word she sings is "Avalon". She does the high pitched vocals; you can hear her part mostly toward the end starting at the 3 minute mark, where she sings the outro.

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