BILL FAY “SELF-TITLED” RARE UK DERAM NOVA MONO

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BILL FAY “SELF-TITLED” RARE UK DERAM NOVA MONO

Bill Fay – Self-titled LP (orig. UK MONO Decca Nova Series DN 12—August 1970)

FULL DESCRIPTION TO FOLLOW!

On offer here is an EXTREMELY RARE original BRITISH DECCA NOVA SERIES MONO issue of the highly acclaimed debut album by BILL FAY.  This album has appeared on a lot of wants lists over the years, and I am pleased to be able to offer this MAJOR BRITISH FOLK RARITY for Auction.

weblinks:

(1) http://www.billfay.co.uk/

(2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enllucTz3Ts  (listen to “The Sun Is Bored” here!)

SIDE 1

1.               Garden Song                                 Writ: Bill Fay

2.              The Sun Is Bored                          Writ: Bill Fay

3.              We Want You To Stay                   Writ: Bill Fay

4.              Narrow Way                                 Writ: Bill Fay

5.              We Have Laid Here                       Writ: Bill Fay

6.              Sing Us One of Your Songs May    Writ: Bill Fay

SIDE 2

7.              Gentle Willie                                 Writ: Bill Fay

8.              Methane River                               Writ: Bill Fay

9.              The Room                                      Writ: Bill Fay

10.           Goodnight Stan                             Writ: Bill Fay

11.            Cannons Plain                                Writ: Bill Fay

12.           Be Not So Fearful                         Writ: Bill Fay

13.           Down to the River                          Writ: Bill Fay

PERSONNEL

Bill Fay               vocals, piano

Ray Russell          electric guitar

Richard Mills       acoustic guitar

George Bird         bass guitar

John Marshall      drums

Trevor Taylor      drums

Michael Gibbs      Musical Director

A UK recording.

Produced by Peter Eden.  Engineered by Bill Price.

GRADING (also refer photos)

Cover:

front: EX laminated with a beautiful appearance: minimal handling wear including minor creasing (mainly along spine).

back: VG+ matt finish: moderate handling wear with some ring-wear.

Record:

M- visual: beautiful glossy sheen—exceptional overall, insignificant surface scuff on track 4 only (EX); audible: sounds superb—hard to fault; labels: pencil writing on side 1, HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR.

GRADING DESCRIPTION

COVER

M: Absolutely NEW—perhaps still in shrink-wrap.

M-: Slightly less than MINT.

EX: Very light wear and/or creasing—defects will be noted.

VG++: Slightly less than EXCELLENT.

VG+: Slightly better than VERY GOOD.

VG: Some ring-wear and other signs of aging are apparent—defects will be noted.

VG-: Slightly less than VERY GOOD.

G: More obvious ring-wear, seam-splits, stains etc—defects will be noted.

M=MINT, EX=EXCELLENT, VG=VERY GOOD, G=GOOD

NB: Brackets indicate the cover is between one grade and another—eg. VG+(+).

RECORD

M: Absolutely NEW—perhaps still in shrink-wrap.

M-: Slightly less than MINT.

EX: Very light scuffs.  Record played infrequently, with little or no reduction in sound quality.

VG++: Slightly less than EXCELLENT.

VG+: Slightly better than VERY GOOD.

VG: Lightly scuffed/marked record, with acceptable sound quality—defects will be noted.

VG-: Slightly less than VERY GOOD.

G: More obvious scratches, with some deterioration in sound quality—defects will be noted.

M=MINT, EX=EXCELLENT, VG=VERY GOOD, G=GOOD

NB: Brackets indicate the record is between one grade and another—eg. VG+(+).

Shipping, payment details and returns policy

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