It should definitely be considered a tie. I think I've read somewhere that "Daily Nightly" was recorded first, but I'm not even sure where I'd look such a thing up. But I think its use on "Star Collector" was kinda the result of seeing what it could do in the hands of a competent musician, after hearing what Micky…

It was used on both "Daily Nightly" and "Star Collector." (I don't believe it was used on "Love is Only Sleeping.") Micky played it on "Daily Nightly." A gentleman named Paul Beaver played it on "Star Collector."