Amy Winehouse Relieved By Mark Ronson's Departure

AMY WINEHOUSE was relieved when MARK RONSON walked out of a recent recording session - because the superproducer was too "uptight".

Ronson produced most of Winehouse's Grammy-winning album Back To Black and has recently been working on material for her forthcoming third LP.

But the music maker failed to connect with the Rehab star during a week of recording in Oxford, England last month (May08) and stormed off after a bust-up.

Ronson subsequently hit out at Winehouse, referring to the singer's recent drug and alcohol problems, saying, "I'm not sure Amy is ready to work on music yet."

But Winehouse insists she was happy that Ronson left - as she was able to work on her music in peace.

She tells Rolling Stone magazine, "We are close enough that I thought we could be like, 'Hello, darling, it's me,'

"I played him tracks I liked, just getting the vibe, and he was like, 'Amy, come, let's work.' He was really just uptight.

"He left after three days, and I was like, 'Breathe a sigh of relief, I'm in the country and I can write.'"