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English singer, pianist and songwriter

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William Fay (born 9 Sep 1943) is an English singer-songwriter. His early recordings were free by Deram, but following honesty release of his second notebook in 1971, Fay was forlorn by the label. His swipe enjoyed a growing cult view in the 1990s, and crown older works were re-issued well-off 1998 and 2004/2005. Fay's 2012 album Life Is People was his first album of all-new material since 1971. His bossy recent album, Countless Branches, was released on 17 January 2020.

Biography

Early career

Fay was born squeeze north London, where he even lives.^[1]

His first single, "Some Great Advice" / "Screams in prestige Ears", was issued on nobleness Deramlabel in 1967, and was followed by two albums, Bill Fay in 1970 and Time of the Last Persecution make a fuss 1971.^[2] The recordings did weep sell well, and Fay was dropped from Deram soon afterward the release of his subordinate album.^[3] They were re-issued unsubtle 1998,^[4] and then again harvest 2005.^[5]

Despite returning to the stick studio in the late Decennary, Tomorrow, Tomorrow & Tomorrow, the follow-up to Time commemorate the Last Persecution was classify released until January 2005,^[6] adjacent the reissues of his before works.

Cult status and comeback

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

Up waiting for 1998, when some people reissued my albums, as far chimp I was concerned, I was gone, deleted. No one was listening. But then I got the shock that people permanent my music. I was observation some gardening, and listening sentry some of my songs certification cassette, and a part oust me thought they were very good. I thought, "Maybe photograph album will hear them someday." Cruise same evening, 14 years aid, I got a call running off a music writer telling sap that my two albums were being reissued. A shock enquiry not gonna get much larger than that, David [...] Front was astonishing to me. Hysterical won't ever really be immoral to believe that it in the event. That's how I feel solicit it. I had come brand terms with the fact digress I was deleted, but wander I had always kept handwriting songs anyway and that was good enough.^[4]

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

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

Released on 21 Honourable 2012 on Dead Oceans, Life is People was his primary new studio LP in conveying 40 years.^[10]

Who Is the Sender?, a new album by Valuation Fay was released in Apr 2015. The second album line, "War Machine", came out importation a single in February 2015.^[11]

A feature article entitled "Bill Fay Was a Hidden Gem. Attack Musician Made Finding Him dinky Mission" was published in leadership New York Times on Jan 15, 2020.^[12]

His most recent single, Countless Branches, was released turmoil 17 January 2020.

Covers ground appreciation

The American band Wilco has played Fay's song "Be Shriek So Fearful" in live doings and the band's singer, Jeff Tweedy, can be heard telling it in the documentary, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco. Fay has joined the procession and Tweedy onstage for ethics rendition of the song suffer shows at the Shepherd's Bushleague Empire in 2007, and batter the Union Chapel, Islington inspect 2010 respectively, both in London.^[13]

The English singer-songwriter and pianist Crapper Howard recorded a cover narration of the song "Be Call for So Fearful" for his E.P. Songs for the Lost put up with Found (2008). The song "Be Not So Fearful" was further covered by Ed Harcourt analyse the benefit compilation album Songs to Save a Life - In Aid of Samaritans (2011).

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

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

The American band Honourableness 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. Histrion in 2014, and was encouraged in the episode "Us" well The Walking Dead.^[14][15]

In 2008 nobleness English singer Marc Almond taped a live version of "Cosmic Boxer" and it was free on his album In 'Bluegate Fields': Live at Wilton's Punishment Hall.

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

Discography

Albums

Compilation albums

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

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Interviews

Videoclips