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==Credits==
|title = The First To Leave
* Written by: '''[[D.P.A. MacManus]]'''
|words= [[Declan MacManus]]
* Produced by: '''[[Kevin Killen]]''', '''[[Elvis Costello]]''' and '''[[The Brodsky Quartet]]'''
|music = [[Declan MacManus]]
* Musicians:
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Brodsky Quartet]]
:'''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|Voice]]
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - voice<br>[[Michael Thomas]] - violin<br>[[Ian Belton]] - violin<br>[[Paul Cassidy]] - viola<br>[[Jacqueline Thomas]] - violoncello
:'''[[The Brodsky Quartet]]''':
|producer = [[Kevin Killen]], [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Brodsky Quartet]]
::'''[[Michael Thomas]]''' - [[Violinists|Violin]]
|record_info = September 14-October 1, 1992, Church Studios, London
::'''[[Ian Belton]]''' - [[Violinists|Violin]]
|release_info = January 15, 1993
::'''[[Paul Cassidy]]''' - [[Viola players|Viola]]
|length = 4:57
::'''[[Jacqueline Thomas]]''' - [[Cellists|Violoncello]]
|albums = [[The Juliet Letters]], 1993
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|promos = [[Excerpts From The Juliet Letters]], 1993
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|first = [[Concert 1992-07-01 London|July 1, 1992, London, England]]
|last = [[Concert 1995-01-28 Guadalajara|January 28, 1995, Guadalajara, Spain]]
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==Discography==
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'''Albums:'''
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*'''[[The Juliet Letters]]''', [[1993]]
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*[[The Juliet Letters (Deluxe Edition)]], [[Rhino]], [[2006]]
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* ''This section may be incomplete.''
 
'''Singles:'''
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'''Collections:'''
*[[Discography|Album Name]], [[Discography|Year]]
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'''Soundtracks:'''
* none
 
'''Various Artists collections:'''
* none
 
==Covers==
'''Recorded by:'''
* none
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
 
'''Performed by:'''
* none
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
 
==Bootlegs==
* ''This section is incomplete.''


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==Chords==
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==Internal links==  
==Internal links==
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/jl/jl.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: The Juliet Letters] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/tjl.html lyrics] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/jl/jl_info_a01.htm TJL info page 1]
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/jl/jl.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: The Juliet Letters] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/tjl.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/jl/jl_info_a01.htm Info page]
*[[Template:The First To Leave]]
*[[Template: The First To Leave|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Elvis Costello covers: The First To Leave|Covers]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/rhino.html Elvis Costello on Rhino] [http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/tjl.html The Juliet Letters reissue page]
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/tjl.html Elvis Costello Reissues: The Juliet Letters]
 


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Latest revision as of 19:55, 13 November 2012

I should open with a kiss
For if you're reading this
You must have opened up your case
And found this letter where I placed it
In between the silk and lace
There were other clues, like your walking shoes
But I still refused to believe
That you were meant to be the first to leave

Everybody here sends you their love
How could I forget you still walk above
Or below
Perhaps you'll never know this Purgatory
We never could agree
There's a thought, there's a pause
No time to repent
Eternally yours in a permanent Lent

But if I should give you up
If you're right and life just stops
And I never see your face again
Then from unearthly pleasures, proud and plain
I shall abstain
'Til you realise, my loss is your surprise
Unless you know otherwise, then don't grieve
You see I had to be the first to leave
The First To Leave
Words byDeclan MacManus
Music byDeclan MacManus
Performed byElvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Produced byKevin Killen, Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
MusiciansElvis Costello - voice
Michael Thomas - violin
Ian Belton - violin
Paul Cassidy - viola
Jacqueline Thomas - violoncello
RecordedSeptember 14-October 1, 1992, Church Studios, London
ReleasedJanuary 15, 1993
AlbumsThe Juliet Letters, 1993
PromosExcerpts From The Juliet Letters, 1993
Length4:57

First known performance:
 July 1, 1992, London, England
Last known performance:
 January 28, 1995, Guadalajara, Spain
     (16 known performances)


The Juliet LettersTJL album cover large.jpg
Excerpts From The Juliet LettersExcerpts From The Juliet Letters promo cover.jpg

Covers

Jon Boden and the Sacconi Quartet performed live, September 2018, CLF Art Cafe, London, England, 2018 brownpapertickets.com  •  Wikipedia
Felipe Cadenasso and Cuarteto Filarmónico performed live, July and August 2012, Santiago, Chile 2012 info  •  Programme  •  Felipe Cadenasso
Fear No Music performed live 12 April 2011 Atlantic Theatre, Portland, Oregon 2011 Fearnomusic.org
Diana Gonnissen and I Musici Brucellensis performed live, January 2011 and March 2011, Brussels and Etterbeek, Belgium 2011 info  •  Diana Gonnissen  • I Musici Brucellensis
Katarzyna Groniec Listy Julii 2009 KatarzynaGroniec.pl
Tini Kainrath and StringFizz The Juliet Letters 2005 Tini Kainrath  •  Stringfizz
Kerry-Anne Kutz The Juliet Letters 2006 AllMusic  •  Amazon.com
Vittorio Matteucci and Quartetto Paul Klee Lettere a Giulietta 2018 Amazon  •  Amazon.uk  •  Lisolachenoncera.it
Vittorio Matteucci and Quartetto Paul Klee performed live, October 2009, Centro Culturale Altinate - San Gaetano, Padova, Italy 2009 info • Vittorio Matteucci  •  Quartetto Paul Klee
Michelle Murray and David Murray The Juliet Letters 2006 AllMusic  •  Amazon.com
Tom Norris Tom Norris sings Elvis Costello and Brodsky Quartet's Juliet Letters 2011 wikipedia  •  soundcloud.com
Drew Sarich and The Dead Poet Quartet performed live, April 2010, Vienna and Salzburg, Austria 2010 YouTube  •  wikipedia

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External links

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