 Meisner's exit was the result of his anger from being excluded (at Furay's insistence) from participation in the final mix playback sessions for the album, as only Messina and Furay were to complete production.His image was removed from the painting on the cover and replaced with the dog seen at the far left.His bass parts and backing vocals were left in the mix, but his lead vocals were removed, and new versions were sung by George Grantham.