Bill Fay

The temptation to mythologize Bill Fay can be overwhelming; Fay was, for decades, as prolific as he was under-appreciated. Fay’s unsung-hero status has changed slowly, steadily, on the order of almost twenty-five years. With each new album comes new hosannas and evangelizers like Jeff Tweedy, Kevin Morby, Adam Granduciel, and Julia Jacklin, to name just a few.

The Bill Fay Group, in particular, is Fay’s most significant collaborative work; he records as a member of a larger group here, and the result summons a grander sonic scale, an elegant counterweight to Fay’s instincts for the understated. Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow brings to bear the galactic qualities of early rock, the intricacy of jazz improv, and Fay’s earthy folk magic.

Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow has a patchy release history: recorded between 1978 and 1981, it was not released until 2005 when it appeared on CD with limited streaming and no vinyl companion. A 2006 reissue brought the album onto vinyl but with a truncated sequence and nine songs missing.  Now, finally, Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow arrives in full worldwide.  Pressed to a double-album vinyl edition, it features the album’s original 22 songs (with additional demos and outtakes) and includes rare and previously unseen photographs from Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow’s original recording session.

PERSONNEL
Lead Vocals, Piano, Organ – Bill Fay
Synthesizer – John South (track: D5)
Guitar – Dave Bernez (track: D1)
Guitar, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer – Gary Smith (3)
Bass Guitar – Rauf Galip
Drums, Percussion – Bazz Smith (tracks: A3, A4), Bill Stratton
Drums, Tambourine – Chris Merrick Hughes (track: D4)

TRACKLIST
Side A
A1. Strange Stairway
A2. Spiritual Mansions
A3. Planet Earth, Daytime
A4. Goodnight Stan
A5. Tomorrow Tomorrow And Tomorrow

Side B
B1. Just A Moon
B2. To Be A Part
B3. Sam
B4. Lamp Shining
B5. Turning The Pages
B6. Love Is The Tune
B7. After The Revolution
B8. Jericho Road
B9. Strange Stairway
B10. Birdman (Bonus Track)

Side C
C1. Life
C2. Hypocrite
C3. Man
C4. Cosmic Boxer
C5. We Are Raised
C6. Isles Of Sleep

Side D
D1. Coming Down
D2. Hypocrite (Demo)
D3. Spiritual Mansions (Demo)
D4. Cosmic Boxer (Alternate Version)
D5. The Coast No Man Can Tell (Bonus Track)
D6. Man (Take 1)
D7. When We Set Sail (Bonus Track)