WENDY JAMES
THE PRICE OF THE TICKET
PRESS RELEASE
RANDY BOYD (Cobraside Distribution) [email protected]
SEAN COONEY (TV/Radio Promo) [email protected]
BARNEY PAUL BARNES (Pledge Campaign Manager) [email protected]
IAN J TAYLOR (Website Director thewendyjames.com) [email protected]
ALBUM ARRIVES 19/2/16
WENDY JAMES PRESS RELEASE
NEW LP ‘THE PRICE OF THE TICKET’ VINYL CD DIGITAL
“Wendy James new album ‘The Price Of The Ticket’ is brave and tender, artful and wild, where courage and the dream of love give promise. A wild, moving, shocking, hilarious, raging, exhilarating, giant of an album. A dazzling performance that listeners will delight in, it is intelligent, witty, irresistibly relentless and forthright”.
-Village Voice
Wendy James new solo LP ’The Price Of The Ticket’ recorded in NYC, mixed in Berkeley CA. The players on this album are a bona-fde line-up from all-time Punk and New Wave bands… Lenny Kaye (The Patti Smith Group) on guitar, Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols) on bass, James Sclavunos (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) on drums with tracks 12 and 13 recorded by Wendy James and James Williamson (Iggy and The Stooges), Steve Mackay (Iggy and The Stooges), James Sclavunos (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds).
All songs are written and produced by Wendy James, tracks 12 and 13 are cover versions of songs written Fred ‘Sonic’ Smith (MC5/Sonic’s Rendezvous Band) and Bob Dylan respectively. THE PRICE OF THE TICKET TRACK LISTING
1 PALOMA’S DOWNS 2 INDIGENT BLUES 3 KING RAT 4 LOVE FROM THE 9TH 5 BAD INTENTIONS AND A BIT OF CRUELTY 6 YOU’RE A DIRTBOMB, LESTER 7 SCREAMIN’ BACK WASHINGTON 8 WHY OH WHY DO YOU HURT ME STILL? 9 FAREWELL TO LOVE 10 COWBOY RHYTHM 11 SITUATION NORMAL AT SURFRIDER 12 YOU’RE SO GREAT 13 IT’S ALRIGHT MA
PLAYERS:
WENDY JAMES VOCALS/RHYTHM GUITAR/KEYS & PIANO
LENNY KAYE - RHYTHM/LEAD GUITAR (Patti Smith/Nuggets)
GLEN MATLOCK - BASS (Sex Pistols)
JAMES SCLAVUNOS - DRUMS (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds)
JAMES WILLIAMSON - GUITAR & BASS. Track 12 & 13 (Iggy and The Stooges)
STEVE MACKAY - BARITONE SAX. Track 13 (Iggy and The Stooges) Wendy James has evolved in music legacy to where her frst band Transvision Vamp is an iconic and collectable favorite and her new music is constantly a push for ever more current attitude and talent, followed and bought by proceeding generations of Alt-Rock n Roll fans the world over.
Cited by Miley Cyrus as her original pin-up and at the same time being on par with Patti Smith as an uncompromising artist, songwriter and musician.
Originally from London, now resident of NYC, she has achieved what few can or have: longevity and a forward motion trajectory in New Wave Garage Rock.
The release of ’The Price Of The Ticket’ will include all formats: LP Vinyl, CD and Digital Download.
Wendy James will be touring and her setlist will include some songs from this album, some choice cuts from previous solo work and some favorites from Transvision Vamp. The package is presented with arresting and beautiful artwork by Kym Ellery and Roze Hooij. SOUNDCLOUD PREVIEW LINKS:
BAD INTENTIONS AND A BIT OF CRUELTY http://soundcloud.com/the-wendy-james/bad-intentions-and-a-bit-of-cruelty
YOU’RE A DIRTBOMB, LESTER http://soundcloud.com/the-wendy-james/youre-a-dirtbomb-lester
KING RAT http://soundcloud.com/the-wendy-james/king-rat
INDIGENT BLUES http://soundcloud.com/the-wendy-james/indigent-blues
SCREAMIN’ BACK WASHINGTON http://soundcloud.com/the-wendy-james/screamin-back-washington
FAREWELL TO LOVE http://soundcloud.com/the-wendy-james/farewell-to-love
Wendy James previously:
TRANSVISION VAMP (3 Albums: ‘Pop Art’, ‘Velveteen’, ‘Little Magnets Versus Te Bubble Of Babble’) w/ ELVIS COSTELLO (1 Album: ‘Now Ain’t Te Times For Your Tears’) 3 SOLO ALBUMS: ‘Racine No.1’, ‘Racine 2’, ‘I Came Here To Blow Minds’ w/ JAMES WILLIAMSON (THE STOOGES) (Single: ‘You’re So Great’ / ‘It’s Alright Ma’)
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