Marianne Faithfull - The Montreux Years

Styles: Vocal
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:54
Size: 119,0 MB
Art: Front

(6:30) 1. Madame George
(8:06) 2. Broken English
(3:33) 3. Times Square
(5:00) 4. Guilt
(4:37) 5. Song for Nico
(3:00) 6. Come and Stay with Me
(8:11) 7. Sister Morphine
(3:39) 8. She
(2:53) 9. Hold On Hold On
(4:58) 10. Solitude
(5:49) 11. Working Class Hero
(4:36) 12. Tower of Song
(5:21) 13. Strange Weather
(6:35) 14. Why D'ya Do It?

Instantly recognizable with her raw, varied vocal talents and tangible charisma, Marianne Faithfull has been a long-time friend of the Montreux Jazz Festival, appearing five times over a nearly 15-year period: 1995, 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2009. The first live album of Faithfull in over 10 years, Marianne Faithfull: The Montreux Years opens with an enchanting rendition of Van Morrison’s “Madame George,” recorded live at Auditorium Stravinski on July 10, 1995, where Faithfull’s powerful range and unfaltering dynamism was instantly apparent.

The singer’s fans can immerse themselves in these unique recordings, which include several songs from her celebrated album Broken English, such as an electrifying, guitar-heavy performance of the titular track “Broken English,” the soaring “Guilt,” and John Lennon’s rousing anthem “Working Class Hero.” Meanwhile, the haunting sensitivity of “Strange Weather,” recorded live at Casino Barrière on July 6, 2005, captures the bottomless depths of Faithfull’s brutal and ragged beauty.

Marianne Faithfull: The Montreux Years and Muddy Waters: The Montreux Years are the second installment of The Montreux Years series, which started with two true titans, Nina Simone and Etta James. Both have received critical acclaim, and Nina Simone: The Montreux Years debuted at #1 on the U.K. Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart. Mathieu Jaton, CEO of the Montreux Jazz Festival, adds: “Muddy Waters and Marianne Faithfull have both made indelible marks on the Montreux Jazz Festival and these releases will immortalize their iconic performances for fans both new and old in stunning quality.” http://www.basementdiscs.com.au/shop/marianne-faithfull-the-montreux-years/

The Montreux Years

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Marianne Faithfull - Negative Capability

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:32
Size: 123,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:04)  1. Misunderstanding
(3:40)  2. The Gypsy Faerie Queen
(3:52)  3. As Tears Go By
(4:21)  4. In My Own Particular Way
(3:39)  5. Born to Live
(4:57)  6. Witches Song
(5:01)  7. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Re-Recorded)
(3:40)  8. They Come at Night
(4:20)  9. Don't Go
(4:56) 10. No Moon in Paris
(2:52) 11. Loneliest Person
(3:26) 12. No Moon in Paris (Radio Edit)
(3:36) 13. They Come at Night (Alt. Version)

Recorded in Paris with Bad Seed Warren Ellis and PJ Harvey collaborator Rob Ellis, who back her with unshowy, sympathetic orchestration, Marianne Faithfull’s 21st album is a masterly meditation on ageing and death. Coming in the wake of health problems, struggles with loneliness and the loss of some of her closest friends, her lyrics are characteristially unflinching, from In My Own Particular Way’s admission that “I know I’m not young and I’m damaged/ But I’m still pretty kind of funny” to Born to Live’s tribute to Anita Pallenberg and the unbearably raw Don’t Go, about the death from cancer of her former guitarist Martin Stone. There’s a foray into wider global events too: They Come at Night, a Mark Lanegan co-write, is a furious reaction to the Bataclan terror attack of 2015. Faithfull’s reprise of As Tears Go By, 54 years after her version of the Jagger/Richards/Oldham song launched her career, has a real poignancy, the line “It is the evening of the day” in particular carrying a new-found emotional heft. Comparisons with such late-career highlights as Johnny Cash’s American Recordings albums and Leonard Cohen’s You Want It Darker are inevitable, but Negative Capability really does belong in such exalted company. … we have a small favour to ask. Three years ago we set out to make The Guardian sustainable by deepening our relationship with our readers. The same technologies that connected us with a global audience had also shifted advertising revenues away from news publishers. We decided to seek an approach that would allow us to keep our journalism open and accessible to everyone, regardless of where they live or what they can afford. More than one million readers have now supported our independent, investigative journalism through contributions, membership or subscriptions, which has played such an important part in helping The Guardian overcome a perilous financial situation globally. We want to thank you for all of your support. But we have to maintain and build on that support for every year to come. Sustained support from our readers enables us to continue pursuing difficult stories in challenging times of political upheaval, when factual reporting has never been more critical. The Guardian is editorially independent – our journalism is free from commercial bias and not influenced by billionaire owners, politicians or shareholders. No one edits our editor. No one steers our opinion. This is important because it enables us to give a voice to those less heard, challenge the powerful and hold them to account. Readers’ support means we can continue bringing The Guardian’s independent journalism to the world. If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps to support it, our future would be much more secure. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/nov/04/marianne-faithfull-negative-capability-review-five-stars

Personnel:  Marianne Faithfull – vocals; Nick Cave – backing & additional vocals, piano; Rob McVey - guitar, piano, synthesiser, backing vocals; Ed Harcourt - piano, bass guitar, baritone guitar, keyboards, wurlitzer, rhodes, organ, harmonium, backing vocals; Warren Ellis - viola, synthesiser, violin, keyboards, piano, alto flute, backing vocals, producer

Negative Capability

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Marianne Faithfull - Come My Way

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:44
Size: 110,2 MB
Art: Vocal

(2:05)  1. Come My Way
(2:34)  2. Jaberwoc
(3:00)  3. Portland Town
(2:28)  4. House Of The Rising Sun
(2:43)  5. Spanish Is A Loving Tongue
(2:52)  6. Fare Thee Well
(2:03)  7. Lonesome Travellers
(2:05)  8. Down In The Salley Garden
(1:45)  9. Mary Ann
(1:26) 10. Full Fathom Five
(2:59) 11. Four Strong Winds
(2:29) 12. Black Girl
(2:08) 13. Once I Had A Sweetheart
(2:03) 14. Bells Of Freedom
(3:08) 15. Blowin' In The Wind
(3:28) 16. Et Maintenant
(2:49) 17. That's Right Baby
(5:31) 18. Sister Morphine

When Marianne Faithfull released her first two albums for the U.K. market in the spring of 1965, she took the unusual step of issuing them simultaneously. One, simply titled Marianne Faithfull, was the pop-oriented collection that listeners of her hit singles would have expected. The other, Come My Way, by contrast was comprised solely of folk tunes, most of them traditional, the acoustic settings arranged by guitarist Jon Mark. Faithfull at this very early stage in her career still had the tremulous soprano common to many woman folk singers of the era. While her singing here is pleasant and competent, it's rather average when stacked against the emotional commitment and personality the best interpreters of such tunes brought to the material at the time. Indeed, Faithfull herself would do the same kind of repertoire, with considerably greater vocal imagination and more forceful musical backing, on her underrated third U.K. album, 1966's North Country Maid. Still, it's an OK record, Faithfull putting her pipes to reverent use on folk revival staples like "Portland Town," "House of the Rising Sun," "Once I Had a Sweetheart," and "Black Girl," taking on a contemporary writer with Ian Tyson's "Four Strong Winds." 

Her reading of "Lonesome Traveller" stands out for the propulsive backing, with hasty 12-string guitar strums and what sound like bongos. The CD reissue, available briefly in Britain in the early '90s and then in Japan in the early 2000s, adds four bonus tracks: the 1964 B-side "Blowin' in the Wind"; "Et Maintenant," from a 1965 EP; the poppy and bluesy 1966 B-side "That's Right Baby"; and her classic 1969 single "Sister Morphine," which predated the Rolling Stones' version by a couple of years. ~ Richie Unterberg https://www.allmusic.com/album/come-my-way-mw0000369699        

Come My Way

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Marianne Faithfull - S/T

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 30:41
Size: 70.2 MB
Styles: Rock, AM pop
Year: 1965/2002
Art: Front

[2:22] 1. Come Stay With Me
[2:13] 2. If I Never Get To Love You
[1:37] 3. Time Takes Time
[2:33] 4. He'll Come Back To Me
[2:45] 5. Downtown
[2:32] 6. Plaisir D'amour
[2:25] 7. Can't You Hear My Heartbeat
[2:45] 8. Paris Bells
[2:09] 9. They Never Will Leave You
[2:51] 10. What Have They Done To The Rain
[2:17] 11. In My Time Of Sorrow
[1:52] 12. What Have I Done Wrong
[2:13] 13. I'm A Loser

Her erratic, self-titled debut features lovely baroque arrangements by Mike Leander and decent tunes like "As Tears Go By," and Jackie DeShannon's "Come and Stay With Me" and "In My Time of Sorrow," and Bacharach/David's "If I Never Get to Love You," as well as fairly crummy covers of hits by the Beatles, Herman's Hermits, and Petula Clark. Look for the Japanese CD reissue: It adds six non-LP bonus tracks from mid-'60s singles, including a couple (the girl-groupish "The Sha La La Song," the melancholy "The Morning Sun") that rank among her best '60s recordings. ~Richie Unterberger

Marianne Faithfull

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