Easy Come Easy Go

VINYL FORMAT. Easy Come, Easy Go is the 22nd album from Marianne Faithfull and was recorded in December 2007 in NYC at the famous Sear Sound recording studio. The album is a collection of songs written by others and interpreted by Marianne. All the songs have been chosen by Marianne and producer Hal Willner, and range from Billie Holiday's "Solitude" to "The Crane Wife" by current band The Decemberists. Other tracks are "Sing Me Back Home" by Merle Haggard, "Children of Stone" by Espers, the title track " Easy Come, Easy Go Blues" by Bessie Smith, Morrissey's "Dear God Please Help Me", Dolly Parton's "Down from Dover " and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's "Salvation". Easy Come, Easy Go also includes some interesting guest vocalists; Keith Richards appears on the aforementioned "Sing Me Back Home" Antony Hegarty on "Oo Baby Baby" and Jarvis Cocker on Sondheim's "Somewhere". Other guest appearances on the album come from Rufus Wainwright who contributes powerful vocals to "Children of Stone" while his aunt and mother Kate and Anna McGarrigle enchant on the "The Flandyke Shore". Warren Ellis plays his magic violin on 3 songs, and Nick Cave lends some vocals to "The Crane Wife". Sean Lennon and Teddy Thompson play guitar on a couple of the tracks, and Cat Power harmonizes on "Hold On, Hold On". The album was recorded live in the oldest recording studio in Manhattan the famous Sear Sound. The arrangements are by Cohen Bernstein and Weinberg Goldstein and were done specifically for Marianne. The String and Horn sections were led by L. Picket, and the band includes Marc Ribot, Greg Cohen, Rob Burger, Barry Reynolds and Jim White. Very few takes were needed; in fact some of the songs were done in a single take (London sound engineers in the 60s use to call her Marianne "one take Faithfull"). Infact there are very few overdubs on this recording.