''Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!'' is a live album by the English new wave band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, released in

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by Safari Records.

Background

The album was recorded on 17 June 1980 at the Lafayette Club in Wolverhampton, using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. The concert was also filmed by

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as part of a TV documentary about the band and its eponymous singer. It aired on 18 December 1980. A live version of "

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 ...

" was released as a single at the end of 1980 to promote the album. ''Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!'' reached number 22 on the UK Albums Chart and number 3 on the UK Independent Albums Chart, and was subsequently certified silver in the UK in 1981 for selling more than 60,000 copies. The album saw its first CD release in 1990 on the Great Expectations label. A new remastered version was released on 30 October 2006 via

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. 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. Six of the eight bonus tracks are previously unreleased. The new edition includes an introductory note from Toyah Willcox and a sleevenote by her archivist Craig Astley, in addition to rare live photographs. In May 2022, the album was re-released by

, adding four live tracks previously cut from the album, and a DVD with the 1980 ATV documentary.

Track listing

Original release

2022 expanded deluxe edition

Personnel

;Band members * Toyah Willcox – vocals & noises *

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. B ...

– guitar * Peter Bush – keyboards * Charlie Francis – bass * Steve Bray – drums * Phil Spalding – bass (1982 material only) *

Keith Hale Keith Hale (born 6 November 1950) is an English songwriter, composer, record producer, performer and music teacher, most notable for his work with Toyah Willcox, Hawkwind and Ginger Baker. Biography The Yorkshire-born musician moved south when ...

– keyboards (1982 material only) * Simon Phillips – drums (1982 material only) ;Production *

Nick Tauber Nick Tauber is a British record producer best known for his work with Thin Lizzy, Toyah and Marillion in the 1970s and 1980s. Nick Tauber continues to manage, produce, and consult with acts/artists/and producers. In the late 1990s, Tauber was i ...

– producer, mixing * Phil Harding – engineer

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

Official audio stream
on YouTube
The official Toyah website
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