Bill Fay - Still Some Light: Part 1 (2LP)

Bill Fay has always sung about attempting to understand the most universal questions: those of nature, spirituality, humanity. His songs are “calming hymns for another chaotic time”, he says. His influence can be traced through many artist’s work, and so it only seemed right to celebrate this with a collection of newer voices interpreting his timeless tracks. Originally released in 2010 by David Tibet (Current 93), Still Some Light was released as a double CD, made up of 70’s album demos (Disc One) and 2009 home recordings (Disc Two). This year, for the first time, this collection of recordings will be pressed to vinyl and released digitally, presented alongside contemporary reimaginings of the tracks by Kevin Morby, Steve Gunn, Julia Jacklin and Mary Lattimore.

Bill Fay’s words and melodies remain unaffected by the passing of time and changing trends; and here alongside the original recordings, these reinvented versions still calmly guide us through another moment of chaos. Still Some Light Part 1, collecting Fay’s archival recordings from 1970 and 1971. Many of the songs are intimate sketches which were eventually re-recorded for Fay’s self-titled debut and for his landmark album, Time of the Last Persecution. This double LP set includes heart wrenching versions of some of his timeless works, such as “I Hear You Calling” and “Pictures of Adolf Again”, and features equally powerful songs like “Arnold is a Simple Man” and “Love is the Tune,” which only appear in this collection.

1. Backwoods Maze

2. The Sun Is Bored

3. There's A Price Upon My Head

4. Time Of The Last Persecution

5. Plan D

6. Sing Us One of Your Songs May

7. I Will Find My Own Way Bac

8. Love Is the Tune 

9. Laughing Man

10. Arnold Is a Simple Man

11. Just To Be A Part

12. Inside the Keeper’s Pantry

13. Pictures of Adolph

14. Tell It Like It Is

15. Release Is in the Eye

16. Dust Filled Room

17. I Hear You Calling