Cast Your Fate To The Wind

Description

This new 2LP compilation brings together all the non-album singles, B-sides, and rarities by Marianne released in the United Kingdom, as well as four unreleased recordings. The entire collection has been remastered from the original tapes by Andrew Batt, a Grammy-nominated producer, who also provides detailed liner notes that Marianne contributed to before her passing in January 2025. The unreleased recordings include 'A Strange World', the pop track designated by its discoverer Andrew Loog Oldham as the sequel to 'As Tears Go By' but shelved in favor of Marianne's choice of Bob Dylan's 'Blowin' In The Wind' (also included), a haunting a cappella version of 'She Moved Thru The Fair' from the North Country Maid sessions, a release titled Loveinamist that gives its name to this collection, and an alternative version of Donovan's trippy "Good Guy," also from Loveinamist. The compilation also features some of Marianne's early compositions 'Oh Look Around You' and 'I'd Like To Dial Your Number' which appeared on the B-sides of her UK singles, as well as more well-known releases like her only UK EP Go Away From My World with 'The Most Of What Is Least' written for her by Donovan, and a series of singles including "Summer Nights" (included here in its original 7" version as well as the more famous recording that appeared on her greatest hits), "Tomorrow's Calling," and her superlative cover of "Is This What I Get For Loving You?" by the Ronettes. The collection concludes with Marianne's final Decca album, "Something Better," which marked the end of an era in more ways than one, although it is the lyrics she wrote herself on the B-side, "Sister Morphine," that became a defining artistic statement, ultimately leading Marianne to her next musical quantum leap.