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Marianne Faithfull: posthumous EP to be released for Record Store Day

Burning Moonlight was inspired by Faithfull’s earliest releases, with one side echoing her pop history and the other more folk-tinged

“It was so unusual to start your career this way, so we decided to bring the music full circle,” said executive producer Andrew Batt, who worked alongside Head, Rob Ellis and Faithfull’s grandson Oscar Dunbar. The title track, released today, was inspired by the first line of her debut single As Tears Go By: “It is the evening of the day.” The second song, Love Is, was written with Oscar Dunbar. “When she asked me to produce these songs, we were all aware that her health had made things difficult but, in true Marianne fashion, she persevered, and I think we were able to go in a new direction again – something she always tried to push herself to do throughout her long career.”

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