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]

Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!
Live album by Toyah
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
Toyah chronology
The Blue Meaning (1980) Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! (1980) Anthem (1981)
Singles from Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!
"Danced" Released: December 1980

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Record Collector	[2]

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

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

2006 Remastered CD Edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

1. Jeffries, David. "Toyah - Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
2. Adams, Steve (February 2007). "Toyah - Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!". Record Collector. No. 333. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
3. "Toyah Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
4. "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)