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drag city (usa) #dc 319 lp

bill fay grouptomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow” long playing record

  • strange stairway (2:57)
  • spiritual mansions (2:45)
  • planet earth daytime (4:44)
  • goodnight stan (3:02)
  • tomorrow tomorrow and tomorrow (1:54)
  • just a moon (3:16)
  • to be a part (0:33)
  • sam (2:33)
  • lamp shining (1:11)
  • turning the pages (0:36)
  • love is the tune (2:09)
  • after the revolution (2:45)
  • jericho road (1:42)
  • strange stairway (1:57)
  • life (4:17)
  • hypocrite (2:54)
  • man (2:51)
  • cosmic boxer (4:31)
  • we are raised (3:30)
  • isles of sleep (4:32)
drag city press release...

the bill fay group
tomorrow tomorrow and tomorrow
dc3198 lp

the bill fay legend is growing. up until last year, it went something like this: eccentric british songwriter records two classic orchestra-pop/folk albums in two days in 1970–71, then disappears from the face of the earth, followed in short order by the albums, which eventually command steep prices in the collectors’ hands down the years.

the legend demanded revision in 2005, when both the albums and their maker reappeared; the albums finally reissued as relatively affordable import cds and the man himself, explaining to one and all that he wasn’t really that eccentric, just a feeling musician who’d had ill luck in the record industry. case in point, his new release in the company of the bill fay group: a cd entitled tomorrow tomorrow and tomorrow on the durtro jnana imprint. liner notes indicated that the songs were recorded between 1978 and 1981, with no elaboration on what happened afterwards. we’re not here to offer a guess (other than more bad luck, it seems) but instead to present the facts behind a somewhat slightly different vinyl version of tomorrow tomorrow and tomorrow.

the story of the bill fay group begins in the late ‘70s: with no contract or record company support, fay had continued to write, rehearse and play occasional shows, which is how he met, in 1977, guitarist gary smith, electric and bowed bass-player rauf galip, and drummer bill stratton — also known as improvising trio the acme quartet. mutual admiration led to a union, and over the next five years, their sound developed into a craft for more than enough songs to comprise a single album intended to follow up on the intense messages of fay’s 1971 time of the last persecution. unfortunately for them, they couldn’t find a record label anywhere to take this bold step. and so the music remained unreleased and unheard ... for twenty-five years!

the durtro jnana cd release in early 2005 added a new chapter to the bill fay legend. and now comes another addendum: the lp release of tomorrow tomorrow and tomorrow features a new mastering of the material, a remix of “planet earth, daytime” extending the song’s length, and the inclusion of three tracks not on the cd (“change is near,” “pear tree” and “my friend”) in place of a montage of songs (tracks 6–14 from the cd). this is a sequence that better serves the album format and provides a fresh listening perspective for those among us who’ve worn out their cd copies already. additionally, bill fay has written extensive notes for inclusion in this new package, illuminating the period in which the album was written and the intentions with which it was undertaken.

the bill fay group has been an ongoing (though not continual) collaboration and even now there is new material being worked on — the story will continue! bill hasn't stood still and tomorrow tomorrow and tomorrow will reward the listener who hears it with an open mind just as the initial bill fay records have done. to see where bill's music is going, true believers know they’ll have to work a bit — and with the reissue of tomorrow tomorrow and tomorrow on lp, they’ve got another format to help them in their quest for understanding.

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sijis (uk) #siji 14 cd

gary smithsupertexture” double compact disc set

  • one disc of solo guitar improvs / another of reworkings !!
disc one
  • gary smith - solo guitar improvisation 01
  • gary smith - solo guitar improvisation 02
  • gary smith - solo guitar improvisation 03
  • gary smith - solo guitar improvisation 04
  • gary smith - solo guitar improvisation 05
  • gary smith - solo guitar improvisation 06
  • gary smith - solo guitar improvisation 07
  • gary smith - solo guitar improvisation 08
  • gary smith - solo guitar improvisation 09
  • gary smith - solo guitar improvisation 10
  • gary smith - solo guitar improvisation 11
  • gary smith - solo guitar improvisation 12
  • gary smith - solo guitar improvisation 13
disc two
  • bill fay - pear tree tomorrow
  • steve roden - this gray m
  • elliott sharp - t and g
  • david tibet - black ships kill into view
  • paulo raposo - handful of sand
  • bernhard günter - hyper garden (for derek bailey)
  • tom wallace - acquired waste
  • zoltan kodaly school for girls - londoni hataridos burgonyatozsde
  • peter rehberg - gsrx 05
  • tianna kennedy - j train
  • charles hayward - unravel
  • bjnilsen - apple thief
  • aufgehoben - process / recess
peregrine set of out-guitar improvs (disc one) followed by reworkings of said (disc two) by a unique set of contributors from the noise, improv, psych, folk, and sound-art circles.
sijis press release...
gary smith - supertexture [siji14cd] 2cd

with a background in both pop playing and classical composition, gary smith has released close to twenty albums and worked with such luminaries as shoji hano, bill fay, rhys chatham, john stevens, hugh hopper and aufgehoben no process.

his guitar playing is consistently building up a formidable vocabulary of technique. without the use of effects pedals, overdubs or 'studio trickery' smith's current performances are a revelation of gestural manipulation. the guitar is palmed, stroked, and smothered in search of new sounds. smith's playing is a looping, graceful expression of energy, ideas and sheer joy.

his solo recordings touch many spheres of reference: laptop's fascination with glitch music but from a live perspective; the muffled and trapped strings echo prepared piano as rough pressured rhythms are layered over wandering multiple glissandi.

in this exciting project we are presenting a double cd release featuring a series of gary smith's incendiary solo recordings coupled with treatments, interpretations and re-imaginings from:

bill fay -- pear tree tomorrow
steve roden -- this gray m
elliott sharp -- t and g
david tibet -- black ships kill into view
paulo raposo -- handful of sand
bernhard günter -- hyper garden
tom wallace -- acquired waste
zoltan kodaly school for girls -- londoni hataridos burgonyatozsde
peter rehberg -- gsrx 05
tianna kennedy -- j train
charles hayward -- unravel
bjnilsen -- apple thief
aufgehoben -- process / recess

all tracks are exclusive to this album. bill fay's 'pear tree tomorrow' features a new recording and interpretation of songs from the 'tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow' album. david tibet's track 'black ships kill into view' is an unused song from current 93's new 'black ships ate the sky' album.

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white denim (usa) #wd 12 ep

aufgehobenaxiologue b/w thermidor one five” picture-disc seven inch single record

  • axiologue
  • thermidor one five
february 2007 picture-disc single from this uk free-improv/noise/overload group featuring “stereo guitarist” gary smith... approaches high-rise levels of in-the-red skull-massage, quite lovely actually...
white denim press release...
aufgehoben
axiologue / thermidor one five 7"

crafted in their fine tradition, aufgehoben continue to carve harsh chunks of noise with this, their first departure on 7" vinyl. guitar and electronics sound like neither, while sprawling percussion tumbles across the rotten landscape.

the two tracks on this monochromatic record jump right for the jugular, leaving little time for subtlety or reflection. not recommended for antique styluses. there are 524 copies of this picture disc record.

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