WENDY RENE "AFTER LAUGHTER" STAX#154 (1964) RARE HEAR

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LABELS CONDITIONS: ALMOST NM ! 

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BOTH SIDES ARE GREAT!....DEAD WAX #S= STX-8065-12 (STX-8066-11 SIDE b) PLUS 2 OTHER SINGLE CHARACTERS APART ("at" m")

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Born Mary Frierson, Wendy Rene started out singing with her brother Johnnie, Marion Brittenum and Wilbur Mondie in The Drapels. The Drapels were signed to Stax Records and released two singles on the Volt imprint. At this point Mary wanted to adopt a stage name; Stax artsist/employee/songwriter Deannie Parker recommended Wendy Storm but Otis Redding's suggestion of Wendy Rene eventually won out. ?

Armed with a new name, Wendy Rene started her solo career with "After Laughter Comes Tears." It became Wendy's biggest hit. Wendy's touring behind the song led to an appearance at the Apollo. Her follow up was the cult favorite "Bar-B-Q." While Wendy continued to cut quality material like "Reap What You Sow," her records failed to score a hit. During this time she and the rest of The Drapels would sing background vocals on sessions for Otis Redding, Carla Thomas and Rufus Thomas. Scheduled to fly with Otis Redding and the Bar-Kays for a gig in Wisconsin, Wendy decided to stay home with her new baby. Unfortunately, the plane carrying Otis and the others crashed.

Married to songwriter and Stax executive, James Cross, Wendy eventually shifted her priorities to raising a family. Years later, her songs would be sampled by the Wu-Tang Clan and Alicia Keys, among others, and featured in films.

WEB POSTINGS:

"There are 2 label variations on this:
One reads 'After Laughter', the other reads 'After Laughter Comes Tears'. It is possible (although by no means confirmed) that one of these could be styrene."

"Hard to find, but especially in decent condition; most copies i've come across have not been looked after very well..."

"I too would like this record. Please message me if you have a copy in decent condition for sale."

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45rpm Questions - Question about Stax 154 - Wendy Rene

hartwise - May 03, 2009 - 06:20 PM
Post subject: Question about Stax 154 - Wendy Rene

I have a copy of Stax 154 - Wendy Rene - After Laughter b/w What Will Tomorrow Bring. I see examples of this record on Popsike but also another version of Stax 154 with the songs After Laughter Comes Tears b/w She's Moving Away. Globaldog has this second version listed on his Stax discog page. What would be the reason for having two different 154s? Are both A-sides the same song? My copy also has a black mark through the title on the A-side as does a copy on Popsike. Could this be a promo with the mark designating the plug side? Any info about this would be greatly appreciated.

rooster - May 03, 2009 - 07:13 PM
Post subject: RE: Question about Stax 154 - Wendy Rene

hartwise,

your 45 is the nationally released version of this single. it was also released locally with "she's moving away" on the "B" side. you'll notice the matrix number (under the word "vocal") is "8065". the flipside of this disc is "8066". if this had been the local version, it would have been in the 1000's.

the rooster

hartwise - May 04, 2009 - 09:51 AM
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Thanks Rooster! Was this a common practice for Stax to release locally and then change the record for national release? Also how much earlier would the local record have been released than the national, if at all?

rooster - May 04, 2009 - 02:27 PM
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hart,

it wasn't a very common practice. atlantic distributed stax between 1962 and may, 1968, and in that time i think maybe four or five singles got this treatment. also, i believe it was atlantic that made the "B" side switches and not stax. as for which would have come out earlier, i tend to believe the releases were more or less contemporaneous. as collectors, i think we might consider the locally produced singles as being the true first issue, but only because we've been conditioned by the hobby to believe so. as a side note, not all stax singles, particularly in the earlier couple of years in this time period saw national distribution by atlantic. unless one is really into memphis soul, one may not know some stax artists very well. some artists seem to have gotten only one shot with atlantic distribution (nick charles, barbara stephens), and some never saw atlantic distribution (macy skipper, floyd newman, the cobras, van-dells).

the rooster

hartwise - May 04, 2009 - 05:08 PM
Post subject:

Thanks so much Rooster! I really appreciate all the info. Do you know what the mark through the title means? There is a pic of another copy on Popsike with the same black mark through the title and I'm curious. Thanks again.

rooster - May 05, 2009 - 12:11 PM
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i don't know why there is a line through the title. it's anybody's guess. i'll dig around and see if i can turn anything up.

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