''Toomorrow'' is the soundtrack from the 1970 film, featuring the band Toomorrow with

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- Australian singer

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(her first major release album). The film was a sci-fi musical mix directed by

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and was Newton-John's second movie. It was

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's less successful follow up to his work with

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. Band members of the band Toomorrow were

(vocals), Karl Chambers (drums), Ben Thomas (guitar, vocals) and Vic Cooper (organ, piano, saxophone, guitar, recorder). "You're My Baby Now" was released as a 7" single with picture sleeve on

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, with "Goin' Back" on the B side. According to Newton-John's biographer Tim Ewbank,

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tried to rescue this album by bringing in new, but well established British songwriters, to reconstruct a mk2 version of this album. Due to the knock on effect this would have had on the film version, requiring substantial and costly re-filming this idea was shelved. A non-album follow up single by Toomorrow, "I Could Never Live Without Your Love", was released on Decca Records, produced by Welch.

Songs

All songs written by

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and

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, except "Spaceport", composed by

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"You're My Baby Now"
"Taking Our Own Sweet Time"
"Toomorrow" (instrumental)
"Let's Move On"
"Walkin' on Air" (instrumental)
"If You Can't Be Hurt"
"Toomorrow"
"Walkin' on Air"
"Spaceport"
"Happiness Valley"
"Let's Move On" (instrumental)
"Goin' Back"

2014 release on compact disc

''Toomorrow'' was released on

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in 2014 by Ohio-based label Real Gone Music.

References

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