''Rich Kid Blues'' is a studio album by British singer

Marianne Faithfull Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer and actress. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her hit single " As Tears Go By" and became one of the lead female artists during the British I ...

, recorded in 1971 under the title ''Masques'' and first released in 1985.

Overview

The album was produced by

Mike Leander Michael George Farr (30 June 1941 – 18 April 1996), known professionally as Mike Leander, was a British arranger, songwriter and record producer. He worked variously with The Beatles, David McWilliams ("Days of Pearly Spencer"), Gary Gli ...

, who had worked with Faithfull in the 1960s. Leander hoped to place the album with

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but, despite some initial positive feedback, Bell rejected the record after it was completed. The 12 songs were cut at these 1971 sessions and, after the success of her 1979 ''

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'' album, was first released in 1985 on the

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compilation album ''Rich Kid Blues'', which added most of the material from her 1978 album ''

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''. Background to the album is provided on the ''Faithfull Forever'' website.

Releases

Recorded in 1971, the album was first released in 1985 on the

compilation album (2-LP set) ''Rich Kid Blues'', which added most of the material from her 1978 album ''

'' (The 1978 ''Faithless'' album was mostly a reissue of her 1976 ''Dreamin' My Dreams'' album) Issued on CD in 1998 by Diablo Records, a subsidiary of the

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Issued on CD in 2000 as ''True: The Collection'' on Music Club Records, UK Issued on CD in 2002 by Edsel Records, UK CD version ''An Introduction to Marianne Faithfull'' (Universal Records 620638044520) Canada 2006. Issued in a limited edition on vinyl on

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April 22, 2017 by

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Demon has reissued the album again in July 2018

Track listing

# "Rich Kid Blues" (

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" (

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) – 3:00 # "Sad Lisa" (

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) – 3:50 # "Southern Butterfly" (

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" (Bob Dylan) – 4:36 # "

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" (Bob Dylan) – 3:54 # " Beware of Darkness" (

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) – 3:30 # "Corinne, Corinna" (Bo Chatman, J. Mayo Williams, Mitchell Parish) – 2:32 # "Mud Slide Slim" (

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) – 3:38 # "Crazy Lady Blues" (

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) – 2:04

References

{{Authority control 1985 albums Marianne Faithfull albums Albums recorded at Trident Studios