Marianne from URBANASPIRINES | Early, Live and Classic! A trio of Delights

Marianne Faithfull: 29 December 1946 - 30 January 2025

A KOSTAS SPECIAL

Nice tribute posted from Kostas as you might expect from him over at  Urbanaspirines . . . . . looking at three albums in particular (having covered others before - see links) 

"Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (29 December 1946 – 30 January 2025) was an English singer and actress. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her UK top 5 single "As Tears Go By"

In her teens, Faithfull took up singing, appearing at folk clubs, and was introduced to the rarefied atmosphere of the music community in London. 

Born in Hampstead, London, Faithfull began her career in 1964 after attending a party for the Rolling Stones, where she was discovered by Andrew Loog Oldham. Her debut studio album Marianne Faithfull (1965, released simultaneously with her studio album Come My Way) was a huge success followed by a number of albums on Decca Records. From 1966 to 1970, she had a highly publicised romantic relationship with Mick Jagger.” read on follow the links

All CDs listed are believed to be OUT OF PRINT at time of publishing and therefore available for download. If you know otherwise then please do me the courtesy of getting in touch and I will removed the links

a sort of early best of . . . 

Live

classic

Marianne here . . . .

for Kostas

More Marianne Faithfull on Urban Aspirines HERE

The Wings Fun Club Newsletter from before the launch of Venus and Mars, the party on the Queen Mary (feat. Prof Longhair) Spring 1975

Look what I found!

sorry about the quality but my scanner packed up so these are shot with my iPhone . . . . . I will improve them when I get a new printer!

Worth a read though hey? 

 

50 years later . . . . . 

Fess - Mess Around (Live on the Queen Mary (MPL Productions 1978)

Venus and Mars Rehearsals 1975

Paul McCartney & Wings - Bon Voyageur (New Orleans 1975)

Bon Voyageurs . . . . . . . 

Elvis Costello - BBC Sessions: In Concert, Hope and Anchor, London, UK 1980 |Albums That Should Exist

 Elvis Costello - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: In Concert, Hope and Anchor, London, Britain, 5-14-1980

Paul says : Here's a 1980 BBC concert by Elvis Costello with his backing band at the time, the Attractions.

Costello has had a long and great music career. But he probably was at the peak of his popularity around the time of this concert. His fourth album, "Get Happy!!" had been released earlier in 1980. Those four sold well, and still are his highest rated albums according to the crowd-sourced rateyourmusic.com. So this consists of nothing but solid songs.

This album is unreleased. The sound quality is pretty good, but maybe a tad lower than the usual BBC standards. 

Some of the songs here are covers: "Help Me," "I Stand Accused," "One More Heartache," "Little Sister," and "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding." A few songs are missing, all towards the start of the show: "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" (another cover), "The Beat," "He'll Have to Go" (yet another cover), and "(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea."

This album is 56 minutes long. 

01 talk 
02 Temptation 
03 Help Me
04 I Stand Accused 
05 One More Heartache
06 Secondary Modern 
07 talk
08 Little Sister 
09 talk 
10 High Fidelity 
11 Lipstick Vogue 
12 Waiting for the End of the World 
13 talk 
14 Don't Look Back
15 Girls Talk 
16 Watching the Detectives 
17 You Belong to Me
18 talk
19 Oliver's Army 
20 Mystery Dance 
21 [What's So Funny 'Bout] Peace, Love and Understanding 
22 Pump It Up