Toyah: The Blue Meaning (Black Vinyl Edition) (LP)

Toyah: The Blue Meaning (Expanded Deluxe Digipak) (2CD+DVD)

The Blue Meaning

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Cat No: BRED831X

Release Date: 15 July 2022

Label: Cherry Red

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 5013929183193

Genres: Pop 80's

Release Date: 04 August 2023

Label: Cherry Red

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 3

Barcode: 5013929183131

Genres: Pop 80's

Description
- 140g black vinyl LP of the remastered version of Toyah’s 1980 album ‘The Blue Meaning’
- The second disc in a re-issue programme of Toyah’s entire Safari Records catalogue following the limited edition neon pink coloured vinyl LP version released by Cherry Red in May 2021 which immediately sold out.
- Produced by Steve James and ‘Toyah’ the band - Joel Bogen, Pete Bush, Toyah Willcox, Steve Bray and Charlie Francis, the album reached #1 on the UK Independent Album Chart and charted in the main UK Top 40 album chart in June 1980.
- Includes the ultimate fan favourite ‘Ieya’, considered a signature song by the band, which was also released as a single, plus ‘Blue Meanings’, ‘Mummies’ and the psychedelic ‘Spaced Walking’ for which Toyah’s vocals were recorded after inhaling helium.
A Punk/New Wave classic featuring a brand new inner bag with rare and unseen imagery of Toyah, plus official lyrics for the album.
Description
- 2CD+1DVD digipak with a fully illustrated 24-page booklet containing a brand new introductory note from Toyah, plus rare and unseen imagery including album cover outtakes taken at Wykehurst Place, a gothic revival mansion in Bolney, Sussex.
- Expanded edition featuring 27 remastered bonus tracks including single mixes, live tracks, rarities and unheard demos.
- Amongst the 20 previously unreleased tracks are the final recordings made by this band line-up including ‘Silence Won’t Do’ and ‘Jack & Jill’, as seen being recorded on the 1980 ITV documentary Toyah and have been long awaited by fans for 40 years.
- Includes the very first demo of ‘Angels & Demons’ recorded at Eel Pie Studios, an Alternate Vocal take of ‘Blue Meanings’ with the previously unheard original longer song outro and three tracks recorded live at the ICA London all make their release debuts.
- With sleevenotes by Toyah’s archivist Craig Astley with input from Toyah Willcox and Joel Bogen which for the first time chronicles the creation of the album and reveals the recording origins of the bonus material.
- Includes a DVD (NTSC/Region Free) containing three brand new features with Toyah Willcox; an interview about the album/period, a track-by-track album commentary plus an exclusive acoustic three-song session of songs from the era – all filmed October
- The DVD also includes rare archive BBC TV performances of ‘Mummies’ and ‘Danced’ from Friday Night, Saturday Morning (November 1980) available on DVD for the first time ever.
Tracklisting