Bill Fay

(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 Decca. Between 1967 and 1971 the label released a single (Some Good Advice / Screams In The Ears) and two albums (the lush, orchestrated [url=https://www.discogs.com/Bill-Fay-Bill-Fay/master/226739]eponymous debut[/url] and the rawer [m276578]). Unfortunately, these recordings did not sell well and Decca decided to end Bill’s contract shortly after the release of [m276578]. 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 [m137898], credited to the Bill Fay Group). In 2004, Wooden Hill released [r1555909] - 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 [url=https://www.discogs.com/master/2697734-Bill-Fay-Still-Some-Light]Still Some Light[/url]. He then released a new album of original material in 2012, titled [m465262]. This was followed in 2015 by another new album, [m820371]. 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.