First recorded in 1935–40
First recorded in 1965–70
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Davis further objected to music producer David Foster’s insistence on an elaborate backing remix for the song, having fallen in love with the first rough cut, which had been recorded live on set.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
So the week before, or two weeks before, we had shown a rough cut to Raney Aronson.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2024
And I saw a rough cut of the movie, and I just loved it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
The singer, who's fought her own battles against public perception, said inspiration hit her "like a tornado" after watching a rough cut of the film.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2023
“Which I doubt;” His voice was oddly and beautifully rough cut, as some small boys’ voices are.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
To read these unpublished dream songs 60 years later feels like finding treasure and acknowledging that you like the rough-cut gems as much as the polished ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
The rough-cut sandstone church, with its bright red doors and stained-glass windows, was built in 1904 to house the state’s oldest Methodist congregation, and occupies a prominent corner lot a few blocks north of downtown.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2023
Don’t miss the shop’s versions of khoresh bamieh, a Persian okra stew, or Lebanese batata harra, a rough-cut potato dish electrified with garlic and chile flakes.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2021
She represents a new kind of Condé Nast, one built on a kind of rough-cut authenticity, but her popularity has drawn attention to the problem of representation.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2020
This she says to the two women on the sofa, her usual peremptory rough-cut slapdash manner, and as usual she gets away with it.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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