Bill Fay - Bill Fay (Vinyl)

(9 September 1943 – 21 February 2025) 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 . Between 1967 and 1971 the label released a single () and two albums (the lush, orchestrated eponymous debut and the rawer ). Unfortunately, these recordings did not sell well and decided to end Bill’s contract shortly after the release of . He returned to the studio in the late 1970s to record a third album, which finally emerged in January 2005 on / (entitled , credited to the Bill Fay Group). In 2004, released - a collection of demos recorded between 1966 and 1970 (plus one recorded in 2000).

After not releasing any newly recorded material for over four decades - aside from the above mentioned track from 2000 - Bill recorded an album at home in 2009, first released in 2010 as part of Still Some Light. He then released a new album of original material in 2012, titled . This was followed in 2015 by another new album, . Bill’s many fans include country rockers Wilco, songwriter/producer Jim O'Rourke, Ben Chasny of Six Organs Of Admittance and David Tibet of Current 93.

Source: Discogs