Blazing Away | Marianne Faithfull Official

Released: 1990
Recorded: St. Anne's Cathedral, Brooklyn, N.Y. except "Blazing Away" recorded at RPM Studios
Producers: Hal Willner
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Label: Island

Blazing Away

Marianne Faithfull

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Click on the song titles above for lyrics and songwriting credits

Marianne in Blazing Away at St. Anne's Cathedral in Brooklyn. Photo by Larry White
Marianne in Blazing Away at St. Anne’s Cathedral in Brooklyn. Photo by Larry White

Recorded live on November 25th and 26th, 1989 at St. Anne’s Cathedral in Brooklyn, New York, except Blazing Away recorded September 1988 at RPM Studios, with additional overdubs at Sigma Sound Studios of N.Y.C.

Musician Credits:
Vocals – Marianne Faithfull
Bass, Backing Vocals – Fernando Saunders
Drums – Dougie Bowne (tracks: 1 to 10, 12, 13)
Guitar – Marc Ribot (tracks: 1 to 10, 12, 13)
Keyboards, Accordion – Garth Hudson (tracks: 1 to 10, 12, 13)
Mac Rebennack (track 10)
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Barry Reynolds (tracks: 1 to 10, 12, 13)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Lew Soloff (tracks: 1 to 10, 12, 13)
Cowbell, kick drum – Nelson Stump – (track 10)
Musical Director – Barry Reynolds

Blazing Away was also issued on Island video with a slightly different setlist that ommited the studio recording of ‘Blazing Away’ and ‘She Moved Through The Fair’ but included ‘Falling From Grace’, ‘Blue Millionaire’ and ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’. The video has long been out of print and is highly sought after by fans, all the more so because the master tapes are believed to be lost making a commercial re-release on DVD unlikely.

The cover of the Blazing Away VHS
The cover of the Blazing Away VHS

1. Prisons Du Roy
2. Falling From Grace
3. Blue Millionaire
4. Strange Weather
5. Guilt
6. Sister Morphine
7. Working Class Hero
8. When I Find My Life
9. The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
10. As Tears Go By
11. Why D’ya Do It
12. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
13. Broken English
14. Times Square