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April 27th, 1965: Marianne Faithfull releases first two albums in one day.
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On April 15th 1965 British singer/songwriter Marianne Faithfull released her first two albums in the same day.
Her official debut album was Come My Way, which was comprised entirely of folk covers. Her second album, also released on April 15th, was self titled and contained covers of pop hits including The Rolling Stones "As Tears Go By" and The Beatles "I'm A Loser".
Listen to track 12 from Come My Way "Black Girl (In The Pines/Where Did You Sleep Last Night)" written by Leadbelly.
Come My Way:
01 Come My Way
02 Jabberwoc
03 Portland Town
04 House of the Rising Sun
05 Spanish Is a Loving Tongue
06 Fare Thee Well
07 Lonesome Travelers
08 Down in the Salley Garden
09 Mary Ann
10 Full Fathom Five
11 Four Strong Winds
12 Black Girl
13 Once I Had a Sweetheart
14 Bells of Freedom
Marianne Faithfull:
01 Come and Stay With Me (Jackie DeShannon)
02 If I Never Get to Love You (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
03 Time Takes Time (Barry Fantoni, Marianne Faithfull)
04 He'll Come Back to Me (Claude-Henri Vic, Mike Leander, Robert Gall)
05 Down Town (Tony Hatch)
06 Plaisir d'amour (David Whittaker)
07 Can't You Hear My Heartbeat (John Carter, Ken Lewis)
08 As Tears Go By (Andrew Loog Oldham, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
09 Paris Bells (Jon Birchell)
10 They Never Will Leave You (André Popp, Jean-Jacques Debout)
11 What Have They Done to the Rain (Malvina Reynolds)
12 In My Time of Sorrow (Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Page)
13 What Have I Done Wrong (Michael Farr)
14 I'm a Loser (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
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