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{{tags}}[[Concert 1993-02-28 London|Theatre Royal]] {{-}} [[London]] {{-}} [[The Brodsky Quartet]] {{-}} [[The Juliet Letters]] {{-}} [[Declan MacManus]] {{-}} [[William Shakespeare]] {{-}} [[Juliet Capulet]] {{-}} [[Taking My Life In Your Hands]] {{-}} [[Imperial Bedroom]] {{-}} [[Damnation's Cellar]] {{-}} [[Jacksons, Monk And Rowe]] {{-}} [[Kurt Weill]] {{-}} [[Lost In The Stars]] {{-}} [[Jerome Kern]] {{-}} [[They Didn't Believe Me]] {{-}} [[Armed Forces]] {{-}} [[This Year's Model]] {{-}} [[Paul McCartney]] {{-}} [[Mighty Like A Rose]] {{-}} [[The Attractions]] {{-}} [[Almost Blue]] {{-}} [[George Jones]] {{-}} [[Wendy James]] {{-}} [[Wendy James: Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears|Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears]] | |||
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<center><h3> Wendy's boat comes in </h3></center> | |||
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<center> Terry Staunton </center> | |||
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'''When her record company refused to release the last Transvision Vamp album in the UK, it looked like the beginning of the end for Wendy James. But now she's back as a top priority solo act — on the same label — with an LP of songs written by Elvis Costello. Terry Staunton met the new "adult" Wendy, who's out to prove she's not just another mouth of lipstick vogue. | |||
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Pity poor Wendy. One minute she was telling us that she and her band Transvision Vamp were "born to be sold," the next her record company couldn't even give them away. | |||
Fame is a fickle mistress, as Wendy found out to her cost. After selling close to two million albums worldwide, the pop bubble burst in the most public of ways. As Transvision Vamp were falling apart on an American tour in late '91, their British label MCA made a very harsh decision. The group's newly recorded third album, ''The Little Magnet Versus The Bubble Of Babble'', would not be finding its way into the record stores. The marketing dream pop package of glamour and guitars had turned into a nightmare. Recent singles had failed to make any serious dents in the Top 40 and the flavour of the month had gone sour. | |||
Had we heard the last of Wendy James? Not quite. MCA opted to keep her as a solo artist, and the first album under her own name is in the shops this week. What makes ''Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears'' such a fascinating prospect is that all ten of its songs were penned by Elvis Costello. | |||
The first single, "The Nameless One," reached the top 40. A typical Costello ... | |||
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{{tags}}[[Concert 1993-02-28 London|Theatre Royal]] {{-}} [[London]] {{-}} [[The Brodsky Quartet]] {{-}} [[The Juliet Letters]] {{-}} [[Declan MacManus]] {{-}} [[William Shakespeare]] {{-}} [[Juliet Capulet]] {{-}} [[Taking My Life In Your Hands]] {{-}} [[Imperial Bedroom]] {{-}} [[Damnation's Cellar]] {{-}} [[Jacksons, Monk And Rowe]] {{-}} [[Kurt Weill]] {{-}} [[Lost In The Stars]] {{-}} [[Jerome Kern]] {{-}} [[They Didn't Believe Me]] {{-}} [[Armed Forces]] {{-}} [[This Year's Model]] {{-}} [[Paul McCartney]] {{-}} [[Mighty Like A Rose]] {{-}} [[The Attractions]] {{-}} [[Almost Blue]] {{-}} [[George Jones]] {{-}} [[Wendy James]] {{-}} [[Wendy James: Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears|Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears]] {{-}} [[The Nameless One]] | |||
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'''New Musical Express, March | '''New Musical Express, March 13, 1993 | ||
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[[Terry Staunton]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Brodsky Quartet]], Sunday, [[Concert 1993-02-28 London|February 28, 1993]], Theatre Royal, London, England. | [[Terry Staunton]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Brodsky Quartet]], Sunday, [[Concert 1993-02-28 London|February 28, 1993]], Theatre Royal, London, England. | ||
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Terry Staunton reviews the single for "[[Single: Jacksons, Monk And Rowe|Jacksons, Monk And Rowe]]." | |||
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Terry Staunton profiles [[Wendy James]]. | |||
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An ad for ''[[Wendy James: Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears|Now Ain't The Time For Your Tears]]'' runs on [[:image:1993-03-13 New Musical Express page 20 advertisement.jpg|page 20]]. | |||
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<center><h3> Jacksons, Monk And Rowe </h3></center> | <center><h3> Jacksons, Monk And Rowe </h3></center> | ||
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<center> | <center> Terry Staunton </center> | ||
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