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Bad luck would strike the band again, this time when Big Time Records went bankrupt, leaving The Lucy Show adrift. Barraclough and Hudspeth were asked to leave and Bandola and Vandeven stuck together, releasing one final single, "Wherever Your Heart Will Go", in 1988 on Redhead Records. When that
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for the first single off the album, "A Million Things". Both this song, and subsequent single "New Message", were substantial college radio hits.
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during that year (on an offshoot label imprint called Piggy Bank Records). After providing a cassette recording of their material to
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group. The change in direction initially promised to be effective, as the album once again topped the all important CMJ charts, and
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single went nowhere, both Bandola and Vandeven realized it was time to quit, and they permanently disbanded The Lucy Show.
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and lead vocals equally, although the bulk of the early (pre-album) material had been written by Vandeven.
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was released on CD for the first time by Words on Music. In 2011, Words on Music released
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of rare and previously unreleased songs recorded by the band during the mid-1980s.
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Magazine, No.65, Fall 2009, pgs. 72 - 74, "The Lucy Show: New Mania"
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Bigtime ZL71274 (1986) LP; Words on Music WM18 (rereleased 2005) CD
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A&M AMA5088 (1985) LP; Words on Music WM28 (rereleased 2009) CD
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Rock/new wave band that was formed in London, England in early 1983
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