{"product_id":"bill-fay-bill-fay","title":"Bill Fay - Bill Fay","description":"\u003cp\u003e Originally issued on Decca's Deram imprint in 1970, Bill Fay's debut album is a \u003cbr\u003esoulful and introspective folk-rock masterpiece -  With its warm, lush \u003cbr\u003earrangements and heartfelt lyrics, it showcases Fay's poetic storytelling and \u003cbr\u003eenduring from-the-heart emotion -  This 180g vinyl re-issue replicates the \u003cbr\u003eoriginal UK stereo pressing\u003cbr\u003e Produced by Peter Eden and orchestrated by Michael Gibbs, Bill Fay's debut album is \u003cbr\u003eoften stately, frequently poignant, and unfalteringly catchy. Fay's voice, a tentative mix \u003cbr\u003eof purity and knowhow is framed by high-period Decca arrangements, full of celestial \u003cbr\u003estrings and flourishing horns. The dressing does not take away from the immediacy of \u003cbr\u003ethe material; a wistful eye cast across post-war Britain, removed from the cliches of \u003cbr\u003ethe swinging sixties. Here as a hymnal full of kinship, family, encouragement and \u003cbr\u003estrangeness. For example, The Sun Is Bored  the sun is bored, and the moon wants to \u003cbr\u003eget away to another place. Sing Us One Of Your Songs May  while inventing The \u003cbr\u003eStreets 30 years before Mike Skinner appeared  is a sweetly powerful rumination on \u003cbr\u003egrief. Methane River conflates pollution of water with a closed mind. Gentle Willie \u003cbr\u003eexplores the complexities of pacifism; Be Not So Fearful  championed by Jeff Tweedy  \u003cbr\u003eis an aural equivalent of an arm around the shoulder. \u003cbr\u003eThese are NOT moon-June-love ditties. Comparisons have been made to Nick Drake, \u003cbr\u003ebut there is also Peter Sarstedt, Gilbert O'Sullivan and Brian Protheroe at play here. \u003cbr\u003eOriginal copies of Bill Fay change hands for three figure sums. For once, you can \u003cbr\u003eunderstand the price tag: this a remarkably accomplished debut.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PROPER RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Standard Black Vinyl","offer_id":53207229202759,"sku":"TRI-65919","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/30a7c875644ed1f24be70562aab24129.webp?v=1769379981","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/bill-fay-bill-fay","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}