Wild Mountain Thyme (mono)

~ Recording by Marianne Faithfull

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
3.12Wild Mountain Thyme3:37Marianne FaithfullCast Your Fate to the Wind: The Complete UK Decca Recordings 1964-1969 (mono)Marianne FaithfullAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2025-08-01
ABKCO, Decca Records, Universal Music Recordings (imprint of Universal Music Operations Ltd.; renamed from UMC in early 2023)UMCLP109

Relationships

producer:Mike Leander
acoustic guitar:Jon Mark (British singer/songwriter)
Michael John Taylor ((possibly British) songwriter, known to have written and arranged the Marianne Faithfull song "Cockleshells"/"Coquillages")
double bass:Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
guitar [12-string guitar], sarod, sitar and surbahar:Big Jim Sullivan
harmonica:Alec Hutchison (clarinetist and harmonica player; performs with Georgia Lee, Bob Crawford, Marianne Faithfull)
tabla:Chris Karan
arranger:Jon Mark (British singer/songwriter)
recording of:Wild Mountain Thyme (also known as “Purple Heather” and “Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go”)

Wild Mountain Thyme (also known as “Purple Heather” and “Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go”)

lyricist:Robert Tannahill
writer:Francis McPeake (in 1957)
additional composer:John Hamilton (songwriter in the late 1700's) (in 1796)
composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:The Braes o' Balquhidder (1829 Tannahill version)
part of:Róisín Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend (order: 2)
arrangements:Purple Heather (Van Morrison arrangement)