Bill Fay

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Profile:UK based singer, songwriter and pianist, who began writing in the early 1960s while studying at university and in 1966 recorded a demo using the mobile studio of John Boden. Impressed by the demo, ex-Them drummer Terry Noon helped Fay to sign a recording contract with Decca. Between 1967 and 1971 the label released a beautifully odd single (“Some Good Advice”/”Screams In The Ears”) and two excellent albums (the lush, orchestrated Bill Fay and the rawer Time Of The Last Persecution). Unfortunately these recordings did not sell well and Decca decided to end Bill’s contract shortly after the release of Time Of The Last Persecution. He returned to the studio in the late 1970s to record a third album, which finally emerged in January 2005 on Durtro/Jnana records (entitled Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow). In 2004 Wooden Hill Records released From The Bottom Of An Old Grandfather Clock - a beautiful collection of demos recorded between 1966 and 1970 (plus one recorded in 2000). Bill’s songs have touched and inspired many- his fans include country rockers Wilco, songwriter/producer Jim O’Rourke, Ben Chasny of Six Organs Of Admittance and David Tibet of Current 93.
URLs:http://www.billfay.co.uk/
In Groups:Bill Fay Group
Name Variations: All | Bill Fay | Fay
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Releases:
Some Good Advice / Screams In The Ears (7") Deram 1967
Bill Fay/Time Of The Last Persecution... Plus (CD, RE) See For Miles Records Ltd. 1998
From The Bottom Of An Old Grandfather Clock (CD) Wooden Hill 2004
Bill Fay (CD, Album, RM) Eclectic Discs 2005
Time Of The Last Persecution (CD, Album, RM) Eclectic Discs 2005
Appears On:
Psychedalia (CD, Comp) Scream In The Ears, So... See For Miles Records Ltd. 1996
Tomorrow Tomorrow And Tomorrow (CD, Album, Dig) Durtro, Jnana Records 2005
Not Alone (5xCD) It's The Small Things Now Durtro, Jnana Records 2006
Tomorrow Tomorrow And Tomorrow (LP) Change Is Near Drag City 2006
Strange Pleasures - Further Sounds Of The Decca Underground (3xCD, Comp) Some Good Advice Decca 2008
実録・連合赤軍　あさま山荘への道程 Original Sound Track (CD, Album) Pictures Of Adolf Agai... Solid Records (6) 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Psychedalia (CD, Comp) Scream In The Ears, So... See For Miles Records Ltd. 1996
Love (CD) Some Good Advice Wagram 2005
Not Alone (5xCD) It's The Small Things Now Durtro, Jnana Records 2006
SuperTexture (2xCD, Dig) Pear Tree Tomorrow Sijis 2006
Strange Pleasures - Further Sounds Of The Decca Underground (3xCD, Comp) Some Good Advice Decca 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Fading Yellow Volume 9 (CD, Comp, Ltd) Unrelesed Acetate Flower Machine Records  

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