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| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Label | Flying Fish | |||
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Playing By Ear was Preston Reed's second release on Flying Fish Records. It subsequently went out-of-print and was re-released as a compilation with Pointing Up and re-titled Preston Reed. [1]
All songs by Preston Reed, Published by Suite Hoodeet Music (ASCAP)
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"You Are So Beautiful" is a song credited to Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher that was first released in 1974 on Preston's ninth studio album, The Kids & Me. It was also the B-side of his single "Struttin'". Later that same year, English singer Joe Cocker released a slower version of the song on his album I Can Stand a Little Rain. Cocker's version was produced by Jim Price, and released as a single in November 1974. It became Cocker's highest-charting solo hit in the United States, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, and at number four on Canada's Top Singles chart.
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Pointing Up was Preston Reed's first release on Flying Fish Records. It subsequently went out-of-print and was re-released as a compilation with Playing by Ear and re-titled Preston Reed.
Preston Reed is an album by American guitarist Preston Reed, a compilation of his earlier albums Pointing Up and Playing by Ear.
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