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Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! All The Hits
''Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!'' is a greatest hits compilation album by the English new wave band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, released in 1984 by K-tel. The album is also known as ''Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! All the Hits'' by including the cover slogan to differentiate it from the earlier live album '' Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!''. Background It was the band's first compilation album to date and covered material from the ''Sheep Farming in Barnet'' era through to 1983's '' Love Is The Law''. It consisted of most of Toyah's singles, including all charting singles, as well as non-single tracks. The rare song "Sphinx" was previously only available as a flexi disc included with issue 8 of ''Flexipop'' magazine in 1981. The compilation marked the first time that "Good Morning Universe", "Thunder in the Mountains", "Sphinx" and "Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard)" were included on a full-length album. The record sleeve was designed by Bill Smith. A companion VHS videocassette was also released containing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyah (band)
Toyah was an English new wave band fronted by namesake Toyah Willcox between 1977 and 1983. The only other consistent band member throughout this period was Joel Bogen, Willcox's principal co-writer and guitarist. Background Back in the National Theatre, when she was 18, Toyah Willcox felt that was the right environment for her to work out how to put a band together: the theatre was full of musicians as well as actors. "Through a series of coincidences I just got involved in a punk band and that was purely from asking around y’know 'Has anybody got a band, does anyone need a singer?'" she remembered. First Toyah ended up in a punk band from Golders Green, which used to rehearse at Golders Green cemetery and even did a few gigs there. It was Glen Marks, though, who in 1976 introduced Toyah to a protege who was at his school called Joel Bogen, whom she described later as "a very accomplished musician", by far the most accomplished musician that she had met at that time. With ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flexipop
''Flexipop'' (stylized as ''Flexipop!'') was a British pop music magazine that ran from 1980 to 1983, which featured a flexidisc in each issue. The magazine was launched in 1980 by ex-''Record Mirror'' journalists Barry Cain and Tim Lott. One of the most notable issues was the February 1981 disc featuring Adam and the Ants performing a version of the Village People hit "Y.M.C.A.", called "A.N.T.S.". Flexipop's last released flexidisc was "In The Mix" by Haysi Fantayzee in 1983.Flexipop profile ''Discogs''. Retrieved 16 June 2020 The magazine has maintained a memorable reputation among music collectors because of the flexidisc and the revival of interest in 1980s pop. , a contributing writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danced
"Danced" is a song by the English new wave band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox. It first appeared on the band's 1979 LP ''Sheep Farming in Barnet'', and a live version of the song was subsequently released as a single in 1980 by Safari Records to promote the concert album '' Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!''. Background The song was written by Toyah Willcox, Joel Bogen and Peter Bush. It was originally recorded and released in 1979 on Toyah's first album, ''Sheep Farming in Barnet'', produced by Steve James and Keith Hale. Willcox explained that the song is "about the second coming of Christ" and later added that it is also about "the return of an alien that can travel through time dimensions, therefore, people living in the gravitational pole of planet Earth are gonna age quicker. Therefore, the two thousand years is a greater expanse of communication". A live version of "Danced" was released as a single in late 1980, backed with live recordings of "Ghosts" and "Neon Womb". All tracks w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Spalding
Philip Spalding (born 19 November 1957, London, England) is an English bass player. He is best known as a session musician and player of Fender Precision Bass guitars. He has played and appeared with performing artists such as Mick Jagger, Seal, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Elton John and Randy Crawford. At an early age he was a successful child model and appeared in a television advertisement for Smiths Crisps. Spalding was a computer operator for a high street bank, before joining rock artist Bernie Tormé in 1976. Later he joined Original Mirrors before beginning a collaboration with Toyah, in December 1980. Whilst with The Toyah band he recorded and co-wrote songs for studio albums and toured with the band, until 1983. Since then he has been a member of GTR and Mike Oldfield's band. More recently he has appeared on albums by Michel Polnareff, Suggs, Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue. Spalding also recorded all bass tracks on the Lion King soundtrack studio album. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vow (song)
"The Vow" is a song by the English new wave band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox. It was released in 1983 to promote the album '' Love Is the Law''. Background The track was written by Toyah Willcox, Joel Bogen and Phil Spalding, and produced by Nick Tauber. It was released as the second and final single from ''Love Is the Law'' and also was the final single released by Toyah as a band. It failed to match the success of its predecessors, peaking at number 50 in the UK, despite appearances on several television shows. The B-side on the 7" single was an album track "I Explode" and the 12" single featured an additional non-album B-side, "Haunted", inspired by a breakup of a very long relationship. The latter appeared on the 2005 reissue of ''Love Is the Law'', and the compilation album ''The Safari Singles Collection Part 2: 1981–1983'', released the same year. "The Vow" didn't have an actual music video, but a special clip picturing Toyah walking in a park set to the song was pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brave New World (song)
"Brave New World" is a song by the English people, English new wave music, new wave band Toyah (band), Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, released as a single in 1982 in music, 1982 by Safari Records. It promoted Toyah's 1982 studio album ''The Changeling (album), The Changeling'' and was a Top 40 chart success in the UK. Background The song was written by Toyah Willcox and Joel Bogen, and produced by Steve Lillywhite. Toyah has described it as "a sad love song, because I wrote most of it (...) after a tremendous row with my boyfriend. But I could never do a love song true to myself, because that's being selfish. I prefer what I call open lyrics, so that the kids can fit their own feelings to them... And so [it] is a love song, because I think everyone goes through the phase when they think no one in the world knows how hurt they are – experiencing a loneliness that no one knows, but everyone knows it". The singer also opined that Bogen's guitar line in the song would subsequently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Mystery (song)
"It's a Mystery" is a song by English new wave band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, released as a single in 1981 by Safari Records. The song was a hit in the UK where it peaked in the Top 5 in the charts as the lead track on the EP '' Four from Toyah''. Background The song was originally written by Keith Hale for the band Blood Donor, but the record company Safari wanted Toyah to record it. Although Toyah Willcox wrote the lyrics of the second verse, she is officially not credited as a co-writer of the song and does not receive royalties for it. In its original form, the track had a 12-minute vocal part and a 28-minute instrumental, but was subsequently given a shorter, more radio-friendly song structure. Initially, Willcox had some reservations about recording the song: "I was slightly against it because it was very feminine, (...) it was vulnerable, it was everything I didn't want to show about myself". She worried that it did not suit her punk rock image and that its mains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Glockler
Nigel Glockler (born 24 January 1953) is an English musician, best known as the longtime drummer for the heavy metal band Saxon, which he first joined in 1981. Career Glockler began his musical career in 1980 as the drummer for the British band Krakatoa. In 1981 he joined Toyah, a band fronted by singer Toyah Willcox. At the end of that year, he joined Saxon when previous drummer Pete Gill retired due to an injury. Glockler has been with Saxon since then, except for two temporary absences. He also occasionally plays bass and keyboards for the band. Glockler first left Saxon in 1987 when he was invited by Steve Howe to join a reformed lineup of the supergroup GTR. That lineup did not release any albums though some songs appeared on later albums by other GTR members. Glockler then returned to Saxon in 1988. In the early-to-mid 1990s he contributed to the albums ''Turbulence'' by Steve Howe and ''Aqua'' by Asia, plus two albums by The Original Iron Men (featuring former Iron Maide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Lee
Adrian Lee (born 9 September 1957, London, England) is an English musician, known especially for his brass instrumentation work with several well-known acts of the 1980s. Career Lee was first signed to Phonogram Records in the late 1970s as guitarist with the band, Red Hot. They released one single, "L-L-Lazy Days" (1976), which was produced by Mutt Lange. Lee's first big engagement led him to play guitar and keyboards on Cliff Richard's late 1970s tours, and his 1979 album, '' Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile''. In 1980, Lee became a member of the British goth rock band, Toyah, co-writing songs including the hit single, "Thunder in the Mountains", and he stayed with them until 1982. The same year he released his only solo album, called ''The Magician''. He continued to write for Toyah Willcox, and appeared on her 1985 album, ''Minx'', for which he and Wilcox wrote "Soldier of Fortune, Terrorist of Love". ''Minx'' was produced by Christopher Neil. Neil asked Lee to play on the first M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebel Run
"Rebel Run" is a song by the English new wave band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox. It was released in 1983 to promote the album '' Love Is the Law'' and was a Top 30 chart success in the UK. Background The track was written by Toyah Willcox and Simon Darlow, and produced by Nick Tauber. It was the lead single from ''Love Is the Law'' and reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart, spending a total of five weeks on the chart. Toyah appeared on several television programmes to promote the song, including an outdoor performance filmed at Alton Towers for the TV show ''Hold Tight'', when the band also performed "Ieya". The 7" single B-side was "To the Mountains High", and the 12" single featured an additional song, "Baptised in Fire". Both of these tracks appeared on the 2005 reissue of ''Love Is the Law'', as well as the compilation album ''The Safari Singles Collection Part 2: 1981–1983'', released the same year. Music video The song's music video pictures Toyah as a character i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Bogen
Joel Bogen (born 3 September 1958) is an English rock and punk guitarist. He worked with Toyah Willcox from the late 1970s to 1983 as the guitar player in her eponymous band and was the co-writer on nearly all of the material they recorded. Bogen also produced '' Heaven'', the 1997 debut album of neo soul artist Jai, for M&G and RCA Records RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also A .... References 1958 births Living people English songwriters English rock guitarists English male guitarists Toyah (band) members British male songwriters {{UK-guitarist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Want To Be Free (Toyah Song)
"I Want to Be Free" is a song by the English people, English new wave music, new wave band Toyah (band), Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, released as a single in May 1981 by Safari Records. The song promoted Toyah's 1981 studio album ''Anthem (Toyah album), Anthem'' and was a Top 10 chart hit in the UK and Ireland. Background The song was written by Toyah Willcox and Joel Bogen, and produced by Nick Tauber. Willcox explained that it "resonated how I felt about school years which was still very strongly with me even when I was 22". It is about Toyah's frustration as a Dyslexia, dyslexic teenager when she was, as she said, "being forced not to be myself, my natural self". The lyric originated when Toyah was fourteen and was developed into the final song in 1981. She further explained that the song is "about seeing the individual, it's about hearing and understanding the individual, not wiping them away from a future just because they can't add up or don't write particularly well. Als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |