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Amy Winehouse - 12 new songs won't be released
Published Thursday, Nov 17 2011, 14:48 GMT | By Lewis Corner | 28 comments
Around 12 Amy Winehouse tracks will never be released, according to Island Records UK.
The label revealed that there are "a dozen unfinished or unreleased tracks" in existence that Winehouse insisted she did not want put out before her death earlier this year.
Label boss Ted Cockle told Music Week that one such track, titled 'Procrastinate', is a favourite of executives, but maintained that it will never receive a release.
"Everyone who hears 'Procrastinate' loves it," Cockle explained.
Fellow Island chief and friend of Winehouse Darcus Beese added: "If you ever hear 'Procrastinate', you have my permission to come into my offices here in Kensington and fire me."
Beese defended the release of Lioness: Hidden Treasures next month by stating Winehouse would have wanted the public to hear her new material.
"'I f**king wrote the songs. People should f**king hear them'. That's what she'd tell you if she was sat here now," he said.
"We've had to qualify this album in front of Amy's family. Her mum, her dad, her brother - that's her very vocal, protective brother - plus fiances, step fathers and more."
Digital Spy understands that another of the unreleased songs was called 'Detachment', alongside some unknown cover versions.
Amy Winehouse's album Lioness: Hidden Treasures will feature 12 songs that the late star and her family have given their blessing to and will be released on December 5.
> Amy Winehouse new songs from 'Lioness: Hidden Treasures' album debut
Listen to Amy Winehouse's new single 'Our Day Will Come' below:
The label revealed that there are "a dozen unfinished or unreleased tracks" in existence that Winehouse insisted she did not want put out before her death earlier this year.
© PA Images / Akira Suemori/AP
Label boss Ted Cockle told Music Week that one such track, titled 'Procrastinate', is a favourite of executives, but maintained that it will never receive a release.
"Everyone who hears 'Procrastinate' loves it," Cockle explained.
Fellow Island chief and friend of Winehouse Darcus Beese added: "If you ever hear 'Procrastinate', you have my permission to come into my offices here in Kensington and fire me."
Beese defended the release of Lioness: Hidden Treasures next month by stating Winehouse would have wanted the public to hear her new material.
"'I f**king wrote the songs. People should f**king hear them'. That's what she'd tell you if she was sat here now," he said.
"We've had to qualify this album in front of Amy's family. Her mum, her dad, her brother - that's her very vocal, protective brother - plus fiances, step fathers and more."
© PA Images / Yui Mok/PA Archive/Press Association Images
Digital Spy understands that another of the unreleased songs was called 'Detachment', alongside some unknown cover versions.
Amy Winehouse's album Lioness: Hidden Treasures will feature 12 songs that the late star and her family have given their blessing to and will be released on December 5.
> Amy Winehouse new songs from 'Lioness: Hidden Treasures' album debut
Listen to Amy Winehouse's new single 'Our Day Will Come' below:
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