The 19-year-old Amy Winehouse sits on the lip of a sofa, unfussily dressed in black top, jeans and brown high-heeled boots. She moaned about how Island had forced her to include one song she hated, the Erykah Badu-lite of Amy Amy Amy, and claimed the label had “fake strings” overdubbed against her will on the downtempo soul reverie of Take The Box. And I felt really, really, really sad for her.” At the very end, out of character, even Amy Winehouse herself seemed to have finally recognised and accepted her rare and precious talent. Soul Mining: Amy Winehouse’s Lost GemsFour hidden gems from the small, yet powerful, body of work Amy left behind.