Listen: Is This What I Get For Loving You? / Marianne Faithfull MarianneIsThis.mp3
They all wanted to produce like Phil Spector back then – even Andrew Loog Oldham. I’m not quite sure if Andrew ever really produced despite his label credits, and this comes from both conversations with him and his press, not necessarily my observation. As this single clearly demonstrates, there was more than good intention required in order to reproduce Phil’s special sound.
Having said that, I still love Marianne and Andrew’s version. It got some play in my hometown (see chart), always sounded great on the radio and I must have played this baby 500 times in the day.
More on Marianne down the road. We became close friends during my days at Island, made some great albums together and found time to have some fun rides. Soon come.