On the following albums, Changing Places (1983), Joined up Writing (1984) and Hopeless Cases (1987), Clark benefited from an acquaintance from the Warehouse: keyboardist David Harrow contributed all the music as the co-author and producer. In 1982, Anne Clark published her first album, The Sitting Room, with songs written by herself, the album placed in 11th place on The Top 100 Albums of 1983. She announced 'After a pretty heated letter calling out his rudeness, I received one back in the same tone.' Clark subsequently goes on to talk about how the relationship ended up being a strong one, which still exists today. Clark said that at first the relationship was troubled due to him not replying to her letters. He had put up an article about helping young writers that had no chances of being signed up to major records. Clark worked with Paul Weller to help set up Riot Stories. She experimented with music and lyrics herself and first appeared on stage in Richard Strange's Cabaret Futura with Depeche Mode. Anne Clark managed to fill the theatre with artists like Paul Weller, Linton Kwesi Johnson, French & Saunders, The Durutti Column, Ben Watt (who is now a member of Everything But The Girl), and many others. Although the theatre's owners initially objected to the strange, pierced punk scene characters and their leather outfits, Anne was able to successfully arrange the program. Clark soon became involved with the Warehouse Theatre, an independently financed stage for bands, that was always low on cash.
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