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Bill Fay

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 [a872679]. Impressed by the demo, ex-[url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/275791-Them-3]Them[/url] drummer Terry Noon helped Fay to sign a recording contract with [l5320]. Between 1967 and 1971 the label released a single ([m=660255]) 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 [l5320] 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 [l4572]/[l29100] (entitled [m137898], credited to the [a744290]). In 2004, [l110210] 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 [a102984], songwriter/producer [a3550], [a274470] of [a274469] and [a95998] of [a33801].