Marianne Faithfull
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Marianne Faithfull: Marianne Never Does What A Pop Star Should
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 9 April 1965
SHE HAS a pert, child-like face which darts out at you from a cascade of fine, fair hair. The face seems to be concentrated into ...
Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Request, February 1999
AS MICK Jagger’s girlfriend she was among the great - and most tragic - consorts of rock’s decadent heyday. But then this Sister Morphine forced ...
Audio interviews
Interview by Mat Snow, Rock's Backpages Audio, 1987
Clean, sober and philosophical: Marianne, on the up with the Strange Weather album, talks about acting, poetry, the art of interpretation, and addiction and recovery.
File format: mp3; file size: 7.5meg, interview length: 1h 13' 24" sound quality: ***
Interview by Mat Snow, Rock's Backpages Audio, November 1994
Promoting her autobiography, la Faithfull talks at length about, well, just about everything really: writing the book with David Dalton; being called a witch by the Catholic Church; the aesthetics of sex, and the Rolling Stones and the Redlands bust.
File format: mp3; file size: 62.4mb, interview length: 1h 08' 10" sound quality: ***
Interview by Adam Sweeting, Rock's Backpages Audio, July 1998
In Salzburg for her Seven Deadly Sins performance, the grand dame of British pop talks about her love of the Brecht/Weill canon; recording her new album Vagabond Ways; her self-destructive past and surviving it; writing Faithfull, her autobiography, with David Dalton; the '60s myths and legends about her... and not becoming a rich man's plaything.
File format: mp3; file size: 51.9mb, interview length: 54' 05" sound quality: ***
Interview by Maureen Paton, Rock's Backpages Audio, 16 July 2014
The grande dame talks about her new album Give My Love to London; her relationship with manager/ex-lover François Ravard; sleeping with Keef; her friendship with Anita Pallenberg; on Broken English; her family; her Sydney suicide attempt; not seeing Jagger anymore; on Paris, fashion, and becoming a Commandeur Of L'Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres.
file format: mp3; file size: 53.6mb, interview length: 55' 50" sound quality: ****
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Put it down to my age, says Miss Faithfull
Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 25 July 1964
MARIANNE FAITHFULL is a raving beauty of 17 who lives with her mother, the Baroness Erisso, in a small terraced house in Reading. She goes ...
Marianne Faithfull: Yours Faithfully
Interview by Keith Altham, Fabulous, 3 October 1964
Fab's Keith says sad and simple folk songs are Marianne Faithfull's style — the girl with a natural flair... ...
Teledate with Marianne Faithfull
Interview by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 12 December 1964
When Marianne Faithfull rang me up, we talked at first about the things all girls talk about when they natter on the 'phone. Then I asked the question ...
Marianne Faithfull: Is Marianne Kidding?
Interview by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 27 February 1965
IS MARIANNE Faithfull kidding? A lot of people have been asking that question since she had a hit with 'As Tears Go By', starting doing ...
Live Review by uncredited writer, Record Mirror, 27 February 1965
SO HIGH is the esteem in which Roy Orbison's fans hold him that they made him do an encore of 'Running Scared' and 'Goodnight' at ...
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 19 March 1965
MARIANNE FAITHTULL frightens me to death. She is cool, confident, clever and highly successful. The kind of beauty you meet at a party, regulate yourself ...
Marianne Faithfull: The Battle Over A Bird
Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 8 April 1965
SAID MARIANNE: "The trouble with having a record called 'The Little Bird' is that I don't like birds. I'm being involved in publicity situations where ...
Marianne Faithfull: Marianne Meets Dylan And Baez
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 14 May 1965
THE COLOURFUL combination of Bob Dylan, Marianne Faithfull, Joan Baez, John Mayall and "a nice fat man called Albert" (Dylan's manager) met to dispose of ...
Girl in Love in a Girl's World...
Interview by Jean-Marie, Rave, June 1965
Our Girl in A Girl's World series takes a look at a little bird who's sitting pretty in the charts right now — Marianne Faithfull. ...
The Truth About the Pop Idles...
Report by Dawn James, Rave, July 1965
What is the truth about our stars of pop? How hard do they really work for the fabulous rewards that pop success brings? Are they ...
Marianne Faithfull Like A Breath Of Fresh Air
Profile by Derek Taylor, KRLA Beat, 24 July 1965
MARIANNE FAITHFULL flew out of Los Angeles and somehow the city didn't seem quite as bright. ...
Interview by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 24 July 1965
SMUGGLING WINE and cigarettes into England, a pirate TV and radio station, houses in Italy and the Greek Islands. What a strange combination, but all ...
"I'm A Pop Singer!" — Says Marianne Faithfull
Interview by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 31 July 1965
MOST PEOPLE will agree, they were surprised when they heard Marianne Faithfull's latest single, 'Summer Nights'. ...
Fairy Tales Can Come True — Look at Marianne Faithfull
Interview by Louise Criscione, KRLA Beat, 31 July 1965
WELL HERE we go again. This time we're off to an exclusive interview with a girl who looks like a refugee from a fairy tale ...
Marianne Faithfull: Baby Halts Marianne's Plans
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 6 August 1965
"BABIES are taking over," Marianne Faithfull informed me. "My little 'third party' is going to prevent me going to the U.S. or Mexico as I ...
How To Get Our Autograph — And Live!
Interview by uncredited writer, Disc, 14 August 1965
* stage door routine * butter-up compere * through fan club ...
Profile and Interview by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 1 January 1966
BIRD WHO DISLIKES BIRDS ...
Singles by Ike & Tina Turner, the Animals, the Yardbirds et al
Review by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 28 May 1966
Subdued Animals — smash hit! ...
Mick Sheds Chrissie For Faithfull
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 25 February 1967
EVER SINCE he confirmed publically that he was no longer dating Chrissie Shrimpton it has been fairly common knowledge in London that MICK JAGGER spends ...
Girls in the News: Mick and I by Marianne
Interview by Dawn James, Rave, April 1967
Show business has dealt some cruel blows to Marianne Faithfull. At the moment she's happy — with Mick Jagger. Dawn James asks her about her ...
Rolling Stones Starting To Mellow
Report and Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 16 September 1967
THE TIMES THEY have a-changed, as Bob Dylan predicted – and with them – the Rolling Stones. There was a time when one approached a ...
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
Report by David Dalton, Rolling Stone, 19 March 1970
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus was an entertainment extravaganza planned and put on by the Rolling Stones in December 1968. Originally done as ...
Marianne Faithfull: Somewhere in Her Soul...
Interview by Andrew Bailey, Rolling Stone, 12 April 1973
LONDON — She once said: "It's like there's this chant — 'Poor, tragic Marianne, poor, tragic Marianne.'" Tragic is a word that has cropped up ...
Marianne Faithfull: As Years Go By
Interview by Andrew Tyler, New Musical Express, 2 February 1974
EVEN THOUGH it's so bloody cold, everyone wants to know what happens to John Osborne's loathsome soldier hero in the end. ...
The TV Monsters: The Bowie Special
Report by Marty Cerf, Phonograph Record, April 1974
AS THE first network music special produced by the featured rock star, the David Bowie Midnight Special bears closer examination. ...
Interview by Mick Brown, Crawdaddy!, September 1976
The gossip-monger who exposed Babylon, created Scorpio Rising and inspired 'Sympathy for the Devil', turns to Magick and the ascending Lucifer. ...
Still Faithfull After All These Years
Interview by Penny Valentine, Creem, June 1978
REAL SURVIVORS are rare in rock 'n' roll. Those who live in the fast lane tend not to make it to 30, the rest are ...
Marianne Faithfull: Broken English (Island)
Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 10 November 1979
BEFORE WE get started on the music... ...
Marianne Faithfull: Broken English (Island Ml) ***½
Review by Peter Silverton, Sounds, 17 November 1979
NOT SO much a comeback as a c-c-c-comeback. Marianne Faithfull has restarted her career more times than Frank Sinatra's retired. ...
Marianne Faithfull: As Years Go By
Interview by David Hepworth, Smash Hits, 29 November 1979
David Hepworth recites the ballad of Marianne Faithfull ...
The Ballad of Marianne Faithfull
Interview by Kris Needs, ZigZag, December 1979
MARIANNE FAITHFULL was the Face of the '60s Fragile, damaged little bird with the voice of an angel, broken on a spike and filled with ...
Marianne Faithfull Speaks Broken English with Glenn O'Brien
Interview by Glenn O'Brien, Interview, February 1980
MARIANNE FAITHFULL hasn't had a hit record since 'As Tears Go By' in 1966. That song, written for her by Jagger and Richards, instantly transformed a ...
Marianne Faithfull: Broken English
Review by Mitchell Cohen, Creem, March 1980
"I never lied to my lover/But if I did I would admit it/If I could get away with murder/I'd take my gun and I'd commit ...
Marianne Faithfull: Broken English (Island ILPS 9570)
Review by Toby Goldstein, High Fidelity, March 1980
MARIANNE FAITHFULL cut her first record, 'As Tears Go By', fifteen years ago. She was seventeen and fresh out of pre-convent boarding school — a ...
Marianne Faithfull: Dangerous Acquaintances (Island)
Review by Cynthia Rose, New Musical Express, 26 September 1981
FAST COMPANY, slow daze... Marianne Faithfull was once merely an incandescent 'inspiration' to the men and the merchandisers of rock. Now she has become one ...
Marianne Faithfull: Ses Liaisons Dangereuses
Interview by Mitchell Cohen, Creem, February 1982
"I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN who I was," she says in a raspy, Bette Davis voice. "Whether I could achieve to express that to everyone else was ...
Marianne Faithfull: My Credit is Good
Interview by Philip Norman, The Sunday Times, 1983
WHEN MARIANNE Faithfull goes out nowadays, it is usually to the Chelsea Arts Club. The whitewashed house in Old Church Street, a cross between country ...
Marianne Faithfull: Child's Adventure (Island)
Review by Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 5 March 1983
THE NEOPSYCHE portrayed in the skirmishes related here is quite that which an unprejudiced layman – having perhaps some passing memory of tears gone by ...
Marianne Faithfull: Palace Theatre, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 17 October 1983
KEEPING FAITH AFTER MANY TEARS AND YEARS ...
Wally Badarou's All-World Keyboards
Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, Musician, May 1986
The Synthesizer Star of Compass Point on Getting and Keeping International Feel ...
Elvis: The Million Dollar Bonanza
Report by Mat Snow, Sounds, 15 August 1987
On the tenth anniversary of ELVIS PRESLEY's death, MAT SNOW makes a pilgrimage to Graceland and reports on the thriving industry at rock 'n' roll's ...
Interview: Island Records' Chris Blackwell (1989)
Audio transcript of interview by John Tobler, Rock's Backpages Audio, 1989
This is a transcript of John Tobler's 1989 audio interview. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
Hal Willner: "He's The Kind Of Guy Who Knows When Something Sounds Absurd, It's Beautiful"
Interview by Mark Rowland, Musician, January 1989
HAL WILLNER, UNRIVALED KING OF THE "TRIBUTE" ALBUM, TURNS TO DISNEY ...
Marianne Faithfull Springs Eternal
Interview by Deborah Frost, BAM, 7 October 1994
"Since AIDS, I've changed my attitude. Now I'm honored. I want to be part of the gay community and I am." ...
Marianne Faithfull: Venus & Mars
Interview by Mat Snow, Q, December 1994
Stop sniggering at the back. Marianne Faithfull may well have bedded the world and his whippet, but that smutty old story about the cunningly concealed ...
Interview by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 30 April 1995
As years go by, Faithfull sings haunting songs of A Secret Life ...
Marianne Faithfull: Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 13 July 1995
Better class of icon defies the years ...
Marianne Faithfull: Berliner Ensemble, Berlin
Live Review by Dave Rimmer, MOJO, February 1996
THE SET IS SIMPLE: black curtain, grand piano, chair and table, snifter of brandy and pack of Marlboro Lights. She’s nervous stepping on to it, ...
"Radically Festive": The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus
Retrospective and Interview by Mat Snow, MOJO, November 1996
On December 10, 1968, some of the most exciting talent in rock history gathered for an event all the more legendary for having been quietly ...
AUDIO: Anita Pallenberg (1998)
Audio transcript of interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, Summer 1998
This is a transcription of a phone interview. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
Marianne Faithfull: An Interview
Interview by Will Self, Independent on Sunday, 1999
THERE'S NOTHING much crasser in life than being told by someone, shortly after you've met them: "You really remind me of so-and-so..." It's bad enough ...
God (Marianne Faithfull) and the Devil (Anita Pallenberg) Talk About Their Ab Fab episode
Interview by David Dalton, Gadfly, 2001
AFTER A six-year break the outrageous Britcom Absolutely Fabulous is back with a new six-part series. The "Donkey" episode airing on the Comedy Channel on ...
The Backpages Interview: Marianne Faithfull
Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, 28 July 2001
ON A SUNNY evening in the fair city of Dublin, Marianne Faithfull pads about her kitchen, barefoot in a denim skirt, preparing a rack of ...
Profile and Interview by Barney Hoskyns, AnOther Magazine, Fall 2001
ON THE TOP floor of a Georgian townhouse, a punt away from the Lansdowne Road rugby stadium, one of rock's greatest female icons bends down ...
Tears Gone By: the Rebirth of Marianne Faithfull
Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, 16 February 2002
The former Sister Morphine talks about her remarkable new album Kissin Time. ...
Marianne Faithfull: Rock Steady
Report and Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Vogue, March 2002
ON A DAMP December afternoon in bucolic Buckinghamshire, a legendary female icon of the '60s is leading her Noughties counterpart down the garden path. Literally. ...
Marianne Faithfull: The Curse of the Multiplying Mariannes
Interview by David Dalton, Gadfly, 18 March 2002
PART 1: THE SCATTERED SELVES Gadfly: I wanted to start by asking you to describe the various Mariannes who have manifested themselves over the years. ...
Marianne Faithfull With Special Guests: Only Connect Festival, Barbican, London
Live Review by Sylvie Simmons, MOJO, May 2002
SHE SLINKS on wearing a black suit with impossibly tight trousers and smoking a cigarette. Four young men play 'Sex With Strangers' dry, cobwebby beat, ...
Marianne Faithfull: Before The Poison; Tom Waits: Real Gone
Review by Everett True, Plan B, September 2004
WHAT KEEPS FOLK like Waits and Faithfull from phoning it in? Why do they feel a need to reinvent themselves, seek out new styles like ...
Marianne Faithfull: "La Saboteuse"
Interview by Jim Irvin, The Word, October 2004
IT IS THE EVENING of the day – a very balmy day in San Francisco – and, perhaps, Marianne Faithfull shouldn't be here. ...
Marianne Faithfull: Before The Poison (Naïve)
Review by Mark Paytress, MOJO, October 2004
IT TAKES two seconds to realise this is gonna be a bit special. Three songs in and thoughts turn to album of the year. Just ...
Marianne Faithful: Strong Poison
Interview by Jaan Uhelszki, Harp, January 2005
INITIALLY MORE infamous than famous, Marianne Faithfull was known more for her extraordinary beauty and her liaison with Mick Jagger than she was for her ...
Interview by Sylvie Simmons, MOJO, February 2005
Wooed by Dylan, ripped off by Jagger, too hardcore for Burroughs. A drug addict who recovered to make grainy, dramatic music rife with sex and ...
Marianne Faithfull: Come My Way
Sleeve notes by Tim Tooher, Rev-Ola Records, November 2007
THE ACCEPTED WISDOM regarding Marianne Faithfull is that in the 1960s she was the mere puppet of oft-considered shady, behind-the-scenes operators like Andrew Loog Oldham ...
Interview by Evelyn McDonnell, Interview, April 2009
TALKING TO MariaTALKING TO Marianne Faithfull over the day's first coffee is a bit like waking up for cocktails. She's alert and energetic, but chicly ...
Marianne Faithfull: Horses and High Heels
Review by Steven R Rosen, Blurt, 11 July 2011
MARIANNE FAITHFULL'S 1979 Broken English may be as influential an album to come out of Britain's punk revolution as any – and it isn't even ...
Marianne Faithfull: City Winery, NYC
Live Review by Larry Jaffee, Rock's Backpages, 25 December 2011
MARIANNE FAITHFULL'S welcome return to the New York concert stage reminded one of that funky old aunt in everyone's family. You know, the one who ...
Marianne Faithfull: Landestheater, Linz, Austria
Live Review by Paul Trynka, MOJO, April 2013
NO SINGLE generation has a monopoly on decadence. Still, Marianne Faithfull's Swinging London and Kurt Weill's Weimar Berlin have a better claim than most. Even ...
Marianne Faithfull: Give My Love To London
Review and Interview by Terry Staunton, Uncut, October 2014
Recuperating from serious injury, the veteran chanteuse puts her back into one of her most personal records... ...
Picture this: The love affair between rockers and the lens
Book Review by James Medd, New Statesman, 16 October 2014
Jimmy Page: Jimmy Page (Genesis) Marianne Faithfull: Marianne Faithfull – A Life on Record (Rizzoli) Chris Stein: Negative – Me, Blondie and the Advent ...
Marianne Faithfull: Give My Love To London (Dramatico)
Review by Kris Needs, Record Collector, Fall 2014
Fifty-and-counting with late-period career peak. ...
Decca Records in 1964: The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Tom Jones and the British pop explosion
Retrospective by Jon Savage, The Guardian, 3 July 2019
To celebrate 90 years of Decca Records, a new book about the label's history is being released. In this exclusive extract, renowned music critic Jon Savage ...
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