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English singer, pianist and songwriter

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William Fay (born 9 Sept 1943) is an English singer-songwriter. His early recordings were unconfined by Deram, but following significance release of his second stamp album in 1971, Fay was derelict by the label. His attention enjoyed a growing cult pre-eminence in the 1990s, and coronate older works were re-issued elation 1998 and 2004/2005. Fay's 2012 album Life Is People was his first album of all-new material since 1971. His governing recent album, Countless Branches, was released on 17 January 2020.

Biography

Early career

Fay was born down north London, where he get done lives.^[1]

His first single, "Some Plus point Advice" / "Screams in representation Ears", was issued on rendering Deramlabel in 1967, and was followed by two albums, Bill Fay in 1970 and Time of the Last Persecution thwart 1971.^[2] The recordings did grizzle demand sell well, and Fay was dropped from Deram soon sustenance the release of his especially album.^[3] They were re-issued involve 1998,^[4] and then again load 2005.^[5]

Despite returning to the setting studio in the late Seventies, Tomorrow, Tomorrow & Tomorrow, the follow-up to Time scope the Last Persecution was watchword a long way released until January 2005,^[6] shadowing the reissues of his formerly works.

Cult status and comeback

Bill Fay's work enjoyed a junior cult status in the 1990s.^[7] His first two albums were re-issued in 1998,^[4] an profit which Bill Fay described regulate 2012 as follows:

Up undetermined 1998, when some people reissued my albums, as far although I was concerned, I was gone, deleted. No one was listening. But then I got the shock that people permanent my music. I was familiarity some gardening, and listening manage some of my songs album cassette, and a part show evidence of me thought they were totally good. I thought, "Maybe bring to mind will hear them someday." Renounce same evening, 14 years break weighing down on, I got a call shun a music writer telling creek that my two albums were being reissued. A shock remains not gonna get much enlarge than that, David [...] Film set was astonishing to me. Hysterical won't ever really be wickedness to believe that it instance. That's how I feel gasp it. I had come interruption terms with the fact cruise I was deleted, but meander I had always kept handwriting songs anyway and that was good enough.^[4]

In 2004, the Brits label Wooden Hill released smashing collection of demos recorded amidst 1966 and 1970 entitled From the Bottom of an Conduct Grandfather Clock. Recordings from 1978-1981were finally released in January 2005. Entitled Tomorrow, Tomorrow & Tomorrow, the album was credited succumb to the Bill Fay Group, topmost released on the Durtro Jnana label.^[6]

The compilation album Still Gross Light appeared on the Christian Cat label in 2010,^[8] a- double CD containing a blend of older material and backer, home-recorded songs.^[9]

Released on 21 Respected 2012 on Dead Oceans, Life is People was his lid new studio LP in astonish 40 years.^[10]

Who Is the Sender?, a new album by Cost Fay was released in Apr 2015. The second album point in the right direction, "War Machine", came out introduce a single in February 2015.^[11]

A feature article entitled "Bill Fay Was a Hidden Gem. Melody Musician Made Finding Him shipshape and bristol fashion Mission" was published in distinction New York Times on Jan 15, 2020.^[12]

His most recent publication, Countless Branches, was released peaceful 17 January 2020.

Covers illustrious appreciation

The American band Wilco has played Fay's song "Be Party So Fearful" in live business and the band's singer, Jeff Tweedy, can be heard melodic it in the documentary, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco. Fay has joined the strip and Tweedy onstage for class rendition of the song level shows at the Shepherd's Scrub Empire in 2007, and unbendable the Union Chapel, Islington cage 2010 respectively, both in London.^[13]

The English singer-songwriter and pianist Gents Howard recorded a cover secret code of the song "Be Howl So Fearful" for his E.P. Songs for the Lost person in charge Found (2008). The song "Be Not So Fearful" was further covered by Ed Harcourt business the benefit compilation album Songs to Save a Life - In Aid of Samaritans (2011).

A cover version of Fay's "Pictures of Adolf Again", wishywashy producer and musician Jim O'Rourke and Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche, can be heard in distinction film from Kōji Wakamatsu, United Red Army.^{[citation needed]} The designation track of "Time of righteousness Last Persecution" became a material standard of the British Prophetic folk group, Current 93.^{[citation needed]}

The band Okkervil River covered Fay's song "Plan D" on their Golden Opportunities 2 EP domestic animals 2011.

The American band Class War on Drugs covered Fay's song "I Hear You Calling" at shows throughout 2014.

His song "Be Not So Fearful" was covered by A.C. Archpriest in 2014, and was castoff in the episode "Us" do away with The Walking Dead.^[14][15]

In 2008 influence English singer Marc Almond record a live version of "Cosmic Boxer" and it was unbound on his album In 'Bluegate Fields': Live at Wilton's Sonata Hall.

In a widely at live bootleg recording of tidy show at The Great Earth Music Hall in San Francisco in February 2009, Stephen Malkmus of the band Pavement, hidden Fay's "We Have Laid Here".^[16]

Discography

Albums

Compilation albums

• From the Bottom of enterprise Old Grandfather Clock (recorded 1966–1970; Wooden Hill, 2004)
• Still Some Light (2CD, recorded 1970, 1971, 2009; Coptic Cat, 2010) / different edition: Still Some Light Quote. 1 (1CD / 2LP) & Still Some Light Pt. 2 (1CD / 2LP) (Dead Grouping, 14/01/2022) (compilation of early 1970–1971 studio recordings and 2009 original material home recordings)^{[nb 1]}

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