Just to confirm that Toyah’s Vintage TV 2013 festive special A Very Vintage Christmas has two parts, which are airing at different times over the festive season.
Part One has Leddra Chapman, Lee Broderick and Mari Wilson being interviewed and performing Christmas songs, and Part Two has The Feeling and Leee John of Imagination doing the same.
Dreamscape’s air dates guide has been updated to reflect this info. View here…
Both parts have streamed on Vintage TV’s website while airing and now both are also in their Library and available to view online. Watch Part One here, and Part Two here.
Toyah’s Official Facebook made a selection of Play, Pause, Rewind… status posts recently, including a link to some interesting early info and a rare Sunday All Over The World photo:
<< REWIND: In the beginning………… Toyah performed live in a band with a less snappy name than ‘Toyah’ or Ninth Illusion! >> “When The Streets Were Dark With More Than Night” were a short lived Lou Reed-influenced punk outfit, playing youth clubs and pubs as well as a notorious gig at the Ford Youth club at the Ford Dagenham Car Plant – Continue reading…
STOP Toyah recorded a bunch of demos co-written with Robert Fripp in 1985 in advance of the release of the spoken word album The Lady Or The Tiger and before their marriage. On their 1991 album as Sunday All Over The World joined by Trey Gunn and Paul Beavis) the track “Freedom” includes the original 1985 demo vocal. Hear the song at Vimeo…
Yipee! It’s our first Christmas Countdown post – A great way to start, download some festive Toyah music to get you through the month.
1. Re-Joyce (In The Bleak Midwinter)by The Hazel O’Connor Collective, which included Toyah, was released three years ago at Christmas 2010. A charity single, raising funds for the hospice Hazel’s mum was looked after before her death. A great cause and a really good song.Download at iTunes. 2. I Believe In Father Christmas, Toyah’s version of the Greg Lake 70s festive classic (which was voted one of the greatest ever Christmas songs last year) has gathered quite a history over the years: It was originally recorded for ITV’s Pop Goes Christmas in 1982, Safari then included it on the ‘Mayhem’ compilation album in 1985, and later it was also made available on the CD ‘Live & More’. Last year it was released as a standalone digital single.Download at iTunes. 3. Winter In Wonderland, One year on and there’s a new digital single, no make that an EP, for Christmas – Winter in Wonderland…Download at iTunes.
Toyah’s December/Christmas 2013 blog is available to read at The Official Toyah Willcox Website, including great photos from Vintage TV’s Live Sessions, where Toyah interviewed Gabrielle. There’s also a new live track on the Official Gigs page, ‘Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard)’ from the Love Is The Law & More Tour at The Brook, Southampton in November.
The trailer for the forthcoming and anticipated series, Dun Punkin, was released last week. Starring Toyah Willcox, Jud Charlton, Anabel Barnston, Topper Headon, Miss Baby Sol, The Three Belles, Lee Thompson, Barrie Masters and The Blockheads. View at ‘You Tube’ by clicking below.
Toyah has released a new EP for Christmas/Winter, Winter in Wonderland, features four songs recorded 20 years ago and all making their digital debut. This is Toyah’s 27th single release.
Toyah’s atmospheric ballad Winter In Wonderland is released digitally this December
Marking twenty years since the track was recorded, the release is also the first ever digital issue of any material from the fan-favourite album Take The Leap!. The track is released just in time for the winter holidays and also also includes three same era-demos as digital b-sides, previously available only on CDs.
Tracklist: 01. Winter in Wonderland, 02. Angel (Demo), 03. Requite Me (Demo), 04. Invisible Love (Demo).
• View further info, including links to download at iTunes & Amazon, at toyahwillcox.com.
This is Dreamscape’s 14th Christmas and in years gone by the site has celebrated the festive season by bringing you the “Toyah Advent Calendar”, “Toyah @ Christmas” and “Toyah’s Christmas Pasts”. Starting tomorrow I’m entering into the spirit of the season again by adding Toyah related Christmas posts but as these probably won’t be every day I’m not going to call it an Advent Calendar, and yes, I liked the site’s little “idents” from last year so much I’m using them again :)
Revisit regularly for Christmassy updates counting down to the 25th. Aside from the Double Issue ‘Radio Times’ andDoctor Whospecial, another of the best things about Christmas is I, and you, get to listen toDecember Will Be Magic Againby Kate Bush, one of my favourite songs, for the next few weeks…
Toyah’sOfficial Websitecelebrates Christmas with another Advent Calendar this year, and if it is anything like last year’s we have lots of goodies to look forward to!
HowaboutHappy Christmas From The Starsto start us off? A flexi given away by Smash Hits at Christmas 1982 and still manages to make me smile after 30+ years. Click below to listen – Toyah arrives at 4.46, inbetween Martin Fry of ABC and Steve Strange of Visage. Too-de-loo!!
The Official Toyah Willcox Website has been completely revamped: New look, new format, new images… There’s lots to explore – Pay a visit by clicking below.
A pre-Christmas ITV4 airing for the legendary Quadrophenia! It’s difficult to believe that next year is the 35th anniversary of the original release of the film.
Quadrophenia: ITV4: Thursday 19th December: 11.05pm
The Who wrote and produced this energetic story of a young man disillusioned with his life in 1960s London. Phil Daniels excels as the alienated anti-hero Jimmy Cooper. Director: Franc Roddam. Starring: Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Toyah Willcox, Philip Davis, Mark Wingett, Sting, and Ray Winstone. (Also airing on ITV4 +1 and ITV4 HD)
The latest issue, number eight, of ‘Classic Pop’, is available to buy from today. The magazine counts down “The Top 100 Singles Of The 1980s – The Definitive Pop Playlist”, and Toyah’s classic 1981 single, the unforgettable ‘Thunder In The Mountains’ is included at number 51 in the list.
Classic Pop say: “Toyah had a run of eight UK chart hits from 1981 – 1985 and, joint with It’s a Mystery, this was the biggest, reaching number four in 1981. Toyah’s since become a mainstay of daytime TV and panel shows, but a quick Youtube look at Godley & Creme’s video for this song is a reminder of just how freaky and powerful she was in those days, appearing as a flash forward to the era of Florence, Marina and Paloma”.
• The magazine is available in selected stores, visit their Facebook page. (Thanks to Andrew Moore)
• A Very Vintage Christmas: Watch Toyah and Roy Wood’s 2013 Christmas-fest online at Vintage TV’s website – Watch here…
• Three Sides Of The Coin: Filming on the new Electric Flix short film Three Sides Of The Coin was completed in early November, a psychological horror from writer-director Tom Lawes, featuring Toyah Wilcox and Jo Woodcock. Now in post-production, Jo Woodcock recently came to the sound studio situated downstairs at The Electric to record the voiceover for the film (pictured), with just the sound mix and score now to be completed. The film will be hitting the festival circuit in early 2014 and will screen at the Shock & Gore 2014 festival here at the Electric in July – Visit Electric Cinema’s website…
• Toyah on Vintage TV: Robert Fripp’s 13th November Diary entry confirms details about new programmes featuring Toyah on ‘Vintage TV’: VTV are in the house to film two programmes: Toyah & Robert’s Viddy Choices from the Vintage TV archive, then a separate Toyah programme: Toyah’s Sexiest Women In Rock. T has already filmed her third VTV Christmas Special, this year with Roy Wood – View here…
• Festive!: “The Christmas we get we deserve,” indeed. Toyah singing “I Believe in Father Christmas” on a UK TV special back in 1982. Honest to God, 2014 may be the year I finally get to meet her – View here…
A couple of screen caps from last night’s first airing of A Very Vintage Christmas on ‘Vintage TV’, presented by Toyah and Roy Wood. Click below to view larger versions. The programme airs again tomorrow at 10am.
• How Video Games Changed The World: Toyah made a surprise three-second appearance in this Channel 4 programme, presented by Charlie Brooker, last Saturday night. It was a 1981 clip from Look! Hear!, with Toyah wearing a Space Invaders jumper! Watch online at 4OD. Toyah is onscreen at approximately nine minutes in. (Thanks to James Armstrong)
• 80s Rock & Pop Photos: A great shot of Toyah, from 1982’s The Changeling Tour, is included at this new website – Visit here…
• Taste of Cinema: 20 Weird Cult Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen: 9. Jubilee: With its uninhibited punk petulance and sloganeering, Jubilee brings together many cultural and musical icons of the time, including Jordan, Toyah Willcox, Little Nell, Wayne County, Adam Ant, and Brian Eno (with his first original film score), to create a genuinely unique, unforgettable vision – Continue reading…
• Let’s Rock Bristol: To finish off the weekend, here’s a pic of @toyahofficial looking stunning on one of our stages in 2012 – View here…
Toyah is omnipresent on Vintage TV again this Christmas with repeats of her two previous festive specials and the latest, A Very Vintage Christmas, debuting tonight.
A Very Vintage Christmas: Vintage TV
Monday 2nd December: 9.00pm
Presenters Toyah Willcox and Wizzard’s Roy Wood are cosying up by the fireplace with two guest artists on our new show as they talk Christmas and sing favourite festive songs.
There are numerous airdates already confirmed, with more to follow. View the full schedule so far here, and don’t forget Vintage TV are now streaming many of their shows online at their website.
Vintage TV have published a short article on their new Christmas show for 2013, A Very Vintage Christmas co-hosted by Toyah and Roy Wood. The article is included in their latest newsletter and also at their website. Toyah is also currently pictured on Vintage TV’s homepage.
You’re spoilt for choice here people, as Vintage TV gets fabulously festive with shows positively fizzing with magic and merriment. On our Christmas wish list is: a seasonal edition of A Very Vintage Christmas with Toyah Willcox and Roy Wood (first airing Mon, 2nd Dec); The Janice Long Review Show (Sun, 8th Dec, 8pm); Toyah’s Christmas at the Zoo (showing through Dec); two My Vintage Christmas specials; and artists revealing their festive favourites through the month too.
A new update to In The Fairground: Andrew York’s Arternative Universe, with nine new fantastic photos added. All the additions are detailed on the Updates page. Click below to visit the site.
