Come My Way

Description

Released on the same day as her eponymous pop LP, ‘Come My Way’ is based around tracks from the American folk revival and the album came about because Marianne wanted to record an LP based on the songs she had been performing in local folk clubs before she was signed. The album was produced and arranged by Jon Mark who would become an important figure in Marianne’s early career. He is joined on acoustic guitar by Big Jim Sullivan, one of the most in-demand and versatile studio musicians of the ’60s, alongside John Paul Jones (later of Led Zeppelin) on bass. On tracks like ‘Mary Ann’ and ‘House of the Rising Sun’, the trio achieve a frequently perfect blend of the folk revival sound infused with some unexpected jazz fourishes. Other musical highlights include the title track that was specially written for the project with Jon Mark, ‘Spanish Is a Loving Tongue’ by the cowboy poet Charles Badger Clark and Marianne’s interpretation of the traditional songs ‘Once I Had a Sweetheart’ and ‘Fare Thee Well’ – the latter more than a match for Joan Baez’s recording. The album’s spoken word recordings of Lewis Carroll’s Jaberwock and ‘Full Fathom Five’ from Shakespeare’s The Tempest came out of Marianne’s work with the Prospect Theatre, a local theatrical group that she performed with before her recording career.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Come My Way – Marianne Faithfull (2.05)
2. Jaberwoc – Marianne Faithfull (2.34)
3. Portland Town – Marianne Faithfull (3.00)
4. House of the Rising Sun – Marianne Faithfull (2.28)
5. Spanish Is a Loving Tongue – Marianne Faithfull (2.43)
6. Fare Thee Well – Marianne Faithfull (2.52)
7. Lonesome Traveller – Marianne Faithfull (2.03)
8. Down in the Salley Garden – Marianne Faithfull (2.05)
9. Mary Ann – Marianne Faithfull (1.45)
10. Full Fathom Five – Marianne Faithfull (1.26)
11. Four Strong Winds – Marianne Faithfull (2.59)
12. Black Girl – Marianne Faithfull (2.29)
13. Once I Had a Sweetheart – Marianne Faithfull (2.08)
14. Bells of Freedom – Marianne Faithfull (2.03)