Marianne Faithfull - This Little Bird

A collection of songs released by Faithfull in the sixties. Used as I am to her gravel-voiced, lower octave latter-day work, this is something of a eye-opener, recalling no one so much as Francoise Hardy, though perhaps slightly less twee and sentimental, and sometimes a bit of early Joni. While I'm not tremendously impressed, these songs do have a certain simple, twinkling charm, just touched by a little shadow - corresponding nicely with my picture of those times.