Toyah! (live album)
Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! is a live album recorded by Toyah on 17 June 1980 at the Lafayette Club in Wolverhampton. The concert was also filmed by ATV as part of a TV documentary about the band and its eponymous singer. The album reached No. 22 on the UK Albums Chart[3] and was certified Silver in 1981 for selling more than 60,000 copies.[4]
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Released | 28 November 1980 | |||
Recorded | 17 June 1980 | |||
Venue | Lafayette Club, Wolverhampton, with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio | |||
Genre | New wave, punk rock | |||
Length | 40:41 | |||
Label | Safari | |||
Producer | Nick Tauber | |||
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The album saw its first CD release in 1990 on the Great Expectations label. A new remastered reissue Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! (Special Edition) was released on 30 October 2006 via Cherry Red Records. This expanded edition features extra live tracks from 1980 and from the 1982 The Changeling tour. The latter tracks include those cut from the abridged CD release of Warrior Rock: Toyah on Tour - albeit taken from a different concert of the same tour recorded for "Warrior Rock". Six of the eight bonus tracks are previously unreleased.
The new edition includes an introductory note from Toyah Willcox and a sleevenote by Craig Astley, in addition to rare live photographs.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Victims of the Riddle" | Toyah Willcox, Keith Hale, Steve James, Joel Bogen, Peter Bush | 3:30 |
2. | "Indecision" | Willcox, Bogen, Bush, Mark Henry | 2:35 |
3. | "Love Me" | Willcox, Bogen, Bush | 3:00 |
4. | "Visions" | Willcox, Bogen, Bush | 4.15 |
5. | "Tribal Look" | Willcox, Bogen, Bush, Charlie Francis, Steve Bray | 3:30 |
6. | "Bird in Flight" | Willcox, Bogen, Bush, Francis, Bray | 4:00 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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7. | "Danced" | Willcox, Bogen, Bush | 5:30 |
8. | "Insects" | Willcox, Bogen, Bush | 2:45 |
9. | "Race Through Space" | Willcox, Bogen, Bush | 3:06 |
10. | "Ieya" | Willcox, Bogen, Bush | 8:30 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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11. | "Ghosts" (live at Wolverhamptron, 1980, B-side of the single "Danced") | Willcox, Bogen, Bush, Francis | 2:41 |
12. | "Neon Womb" (live at Wolverhamptron, 1980, B-side of the single "Danced") | Willcox, Bogen, Bush | 3:47 |
13. | "Love Me" (Live at ICA, London, 1980) | Willcox, Bogen, Bush | 2:53 |
14. | "Waiting" (Live at ICA, London, 1980) | Willcox, Bray | 2:23 |
15. | "Street Creature" (live at Glasgow Apollo, 1982) | Willcox, Bogen | 4:01 |
16. | "Neon Womb" (live at Glasgow Apollo, 1982) | Willcox, Bogen, Bush | 4:54 |
17. | "Dawn Chorus" (live at Glasgow Apollo, 1982) | Willcox, Bogen, Phil Spalding | 4:37 |
18. | "War Boys" (live at Glasgow Apollo, 1982) | Willcox | 5:43 |
Personnel
1980 concert
- Toyah Willcox - vocals & noises
- Joel Bogen - guitar
- Peter Bush - keyboards
- Charlie Francis - bass
- Steve Bray - drums
1982 concert
- Toyah Willcox - vocals
- Joel Bogen - guitar
- Phil Spalding - bass
- Keith Hale - keyboards
- Simon Phillips - drums
Production
1980 concert
- Nick Tauber - producer, mixing
- Phil Harding - engineer
References
- Jeffries, David. "Toyah - Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- Adams, Steve (February 2007). "Toyah - Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!". Record Collector. No. 333. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- "Toyah Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
- "BPI Awards Database: Search for Toyah". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- West, Mike (April 1982). Toyah. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-0062-0.
- Astley, Craig (2000–2006). "Official Toyah Willcox Web Site, The". (14 August 2006 newsletter)