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Faithfull's Return to Music — and Her Past, Part I

In the past several months, singer Marianne Faithfull has released two CDs: The Collection is a two-disc set of her hits, and Before the Poison includes tracks written by singer PJ Harvey.

Faithfull first got her start in the British music scene of 1964, when she dated Mick Jagger and recorded the hit song "As Tears Go By" -- before the Rolling Stones made their version.

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