{"product_id":"bill-fay-time-of-the-last-persecution-preorder","title":"Bill Fay- Time Of The Last Persecution ( Vinyl )","description":"\u003cp\u003eBill Fay's second album, Time of the Last Persecution (1971), is a haunting and contemplative work blending folk, rock, and spiritual introspection With it's poetic lyrics and evocative melodies, the album explores themes of faith, doubt, and human vulnerability. His 180gm vinyl re-issue replicates the original UK pressing. As Fay's journalistic champion Rob Young wrote in 2005, \"If Bill Fay was his songs of innocence, Time Of The Last Persecution collected songs of experience.\" Shorn of the lush orchestration of his debut, Time Of The Last Persecution, originally released in 1971 and produced by Fay's guitarist Ray Russell, is deep, pensive and philosophical. Working with a small band, songs like 'Til The Christ Comes Back and Release Is In The Eye are powerful statements, with Russell's guitar lyrically complementing Fay's sometime oblique words. One of the most prescient songs is Pictures Of Adolf Again, which looks aghast at the resurgence of the right-wing 25 years after the Second World War. Fay questions what the choice people will have to make \"Christ or Hitler?... Christ or all the Caesars to come?\" The title track was influenced by the Kent State University massacre; Come A Day suggests that at the day of reckoning, no nation will prevail. Of Time Of The Last Persecution, Ray Russell said in 2005, \"I think it was apocalyptic. I think we were all waiting for the sky to open a bit. But, funnily enough, you know how these feelings kind of bring you through things, and it's interesting that people now find it very relevant to the situation again.\" Sadly, issues like this never seem to go out of fashion. With it's subject matter, the album's occasional discordance, and Fay's dishevelled look on the cover led to speculation that Fay was about to become another hippie casualty. Far from it. He got a day job and lived quietly, yet never stopped writing. \"I've just simply accepted the fact that I wasn't an established artist and couldn't keep making albums. But the songs didn't stop... To be able to write songs is really a big enough plus.\" Thank heavens he could Time Of The Last Persecution is one of the best albums you've never heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOmega Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Don't Let My Marigolds Die\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I Hear You Calling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dust Filled Room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 'Til the Christ Come Back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Release Is in the Eye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Laughing Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Inside the Keeper's Pantry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tell It Like It Is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Plan D\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pictures of Adolf Again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Time of the Last Persecution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Come a Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Let All the Other Teddies Know\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e UPC \u0026gt; 805520241281 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Format \u0026gt; New Vinyl \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Label \u0026gt; Proper Records Uk \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Release Date \u0026gt; Release Date: 11.07.25 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57420369330511,"sku":"805520241281","price":5.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/8725\/2047\/files\/4458881-3451712.jpg?v=1775622623","url":"https:\/\/vibesvinyl.com\/products\/bill-fay-time-of-the-last-persecution-preorder","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}