Name: Countless Branches
Brand: Bill Fay

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DOC141lp

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Black

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Black Vinyl

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2020-01-31

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Supplier US

Secre­tly

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Sales:8.875

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656605144115

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

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656605151120

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Artist

Bill Fay

Genre US

60s & 70s

Label US

Dead Oceans

Bill Fay is a UK-based singer, songwriter, and pianist. He began writing music in the early 1960s while studying at university. In 1966, he recorded a demo that caught the attention of ex-Them drummer Terry Noon. With Noon's help, Fay signed a recording contract with Decca Records. Between 1967 and 1971, Decca released a single and two albums by Fay. Despite critical acclaim, these recordings did not sell well, leading to the end of his contract.
In the late 1970s, Fay returned to the studio to record his third album, which was finally released in January 2005 on Durtro/Jnana Records under the name Bill Fay Group. In 2004, Lost Highway Records released a collection of demos recorded between 1966 and 1970 titled "Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow." After over four decades without releasing new material (except for one track in 2000), Bill released a new album of original songs in 2012 called "Life Is People." This was followed by another album in 2015 titled "Who Is The Sender?"
Bill has gained a devoted fan base over the years including country rockers Wilco, songwriter/producer Jim O'Rourke, Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin and David Tibet of Current93.

Bill Fay returns with the third album in the celebrated second phase of his recording career. A prime Fay song is a deceptively simple thing which carries more emotional weight than its concision and brevity might imply. There are ten of these musical haikus on Countless Branches, as pointed and as poignant as anything he’s ever recorded. For decades now - it’s almost 50 years since he cut his classic albums “Bill Fay” and “Time of the Last Persecution” - songs like these have been Fay’s ambassadors helping rave reviews and endorsements from the likes of Jim O’Rourke (Tortoise) and Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) which led to a huge revival of interest in his music. He had continued to make music almost every day in the intervening decades. For Countless Branches he’s completed new toplines over some of his cache of backing tracks, most of them 20 to 40 years old.

Tracklist: Standard Edition Side A: 1. In Human Hands 2. How Long, How Long 3. Your Little Face 4. Salt Of The Earth 5. I Will Remain Here Side B: 1. Filled With Wonder Once Again 2. Time’s Going Somewhere 3. Love Will Remain 4. Countless Branches 5. One Life Deluxe Edition Side A: 1. In Human Hands 2. How Long, How Long 3. Your Little Face 4. Salt Of The Earth 5. I Will Remain Here Side B: 1. Filled With Wonder Once Again 2. Time’s Going Somewhere 3. Love Will Remain 4. Countless Branches 5. One Life Side C: 1. Tiny 2. Don’t Let My Marigolds Die (Live in Studio) 3. The Rooster 4. Salt Of The Earth 5. Your Little Face (Acoustic Version) Side D: 1. Filled With Wonder Once Again (Band Version) 2. How Long, How Long (Band Version) 3. Love Will Remain (Band Version)

Countless Branches

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