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  1. Aug 21, 2012 · You don't need a history lesson to love Life Is People, the third proper album by British singer-songwriter Bill Fay. If you've ever enjoyed the records of Pink Floyd or Randy Newman,...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bill_FayBill Fay - Wikipedia

    William Fay (born 9 September 1943) is an English singer-songwriter. His early recordings were released by Deram, but following the release of his second album in 1971, Fay was dropped by the label. His work enjoyed a growing cult status in the 1990s, and his older works were re-issued in 1998 and 2004/2005. Fay's 2012 album Life Is People was ...

  3. May 5, 2015 · When British folk singer Bill Fay released Time of the Last Persecution in 1971, the world was littered with religious music whose artistic worth was perhaps incidental (at best). While some...

  4. Jan 15, 2020 · Joshua Henry never understood why his father owned “Time of the Last Persecution,” an obscure 1971 psychedelic-folk album by the British songwriter Bill Fay.

  5. Dec 6, 2012 · The British musician first raised eyebrows among listeners back in 1970 with his startlingly unique, baroque debut record Bill Fay, which despite a poor commercial impact quickly became a cult classic and garnered comparisons to other unusual and uncelebrated songwriters, such as Nick Drake and Alexander “Skip” Spence.

  6. Aug 15, 2012 · BILL FAY: That's right; his dad had them before the reissues that you mentioned. I mean, I'd been deleted for 27 years up to that point. You get used to home recording when you've been...

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  8. Sep 3, 2012 · Bill Fay is more obscure than most. He's also a rare and mostly undiscovered gem. Now he is - in the music business parlance - "hot property" once again. The question is: how did it happen?