SDEtv takes a look at all three physical formats of the recent Toyah The Changeling reissue, including the super deluxe edition box set. The Changeling is out now, via Cherry Red. Watch at You Tube. See also Super Deluxe Edition.
Phil Marriott shares his latest video, unboxing the 2023 Reissue Deluxe Box Set of The Changeling, a No.6 album from 1982 by Toyah.
The Changeling gives Toyah another Top 100 album this week, with the album landing at #79 on The Official Albums Chart.
The Changeling also places incredibly well in other Official Chart countdowns.
Independent Album Chart at #9, Vinyl Album Chart at #11, Physical Sales Chart at #13, Album Sales Chart at #15, Scottish Album Chart at #19.
• Chart Stats: Toyah has now had eight albums on the Official Albums Chart in the past five consecutive years: In The Court Of The Crimson Queen (2019) #74, Sheep Farming In Barnet (2020) #99, The Blue Meaning (2021) #59, Posh Pop (2021) #22, Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! (2022) #72, Anthem (2022) #33, Live At The Rainbow (2022) #100, The Changeling (2023) #79.
NB. As well as those album stats, the two box sets, Toyah Solo (March 2020), and The Humans: Noise In Your Head (July 2020), both entered a number of the Official Charts, including Sales and Independent.
• Browse Toyah’s Official Charts history, including numerous releases from recent years on a variety of Official Album Charts. Order the Remastered reissue of The Changeling by clicking below.
Toyah welcomes you to October for a new instalment of Toyah At Home. There’s a catch-up of the past few weeks, but also it’s Part Two of The Changeling Special with more fan questions, song excerpts and insights to this album. Look out for special clips of previously unseen footage too.
We’ve screenshotted (is that a word?) from it a couple of times already, but here is the full promo advert/trailer for The Changeling – Remastered, reissued, reborn…
The Changeling has returned to the official UK Album Chart, a mere 41 years after it originally entered. The album is currently at No. 16 in the chart update/midweeks, published by The Official Charts Company.
• See the midweek chart here. Browse more Toyah on The Official Charts news/stats, which has occurred numerous times over recent years, at Dreamscape’s Official Charts archive.
Released: September 29
Cherry Red Records is delighted to announce the remastered release of Toyah’s 1982 Silver certified-selling album “The Changeling”. The Changeling is the darker, more grown-up sequel to the previous year’s Platinum-selling album Anthem. The Changeling entered the UK Top 40 in June 1982, peaking at No. 6.
Produced by the acclaimed Steve Lillywhite, the album features a line-up of Toyah Willcox (vocals), Joel Bogen (guitar), the late Phil Spalding (bass) and the revered Simon Phillips (drums). The album also features guest synthesizers/keyboards from Andy Clark (David Bowie’s Super Monster (And Super Creeps, member of Be Bop Deluxe) and Simon Darlow. The brass section from Haircut 100 also features on Street Creature.
For the tenth overall release of the Toyah Safari Records catalogue on Cherry Red, Toyah’s archivist Craig Astley has dug deep to expand the album with a treasure trove of previously unheard bonus tracks, previously unseen footage and unseen, previously thought-lost, imagery.
• Continue reading at Retropop.
On the eve of the remastered album being reissued, immerse yourself in The Changeling, via Official Toyah’s The Changeling Resurrection YouTube Playlist. A gorgeous selection of content in celebration of The Changeling‘s imminent release…
Toyah Competition! | Changeling Prizes Signed by Toyah to be won…
In anticipation of this Friday’s deluxe release of Toyah’s Changeling album we’re offering a selection of signed Changeling formats to win! To enter email the answer to the following question to press@cherryred.co.uk with Toyah Changeling Competition in the subject line, and your full name and address*.
Winners of each prize will be picked at random and we’ll be in touch with the lucky winners next week!
• Continue reading, and enter the competition, at Cherry Red Records.
Toyah’s wonderful, epic 1982 studio album, The Changeling is reissued on remastered deluxe editions tomorrow.
The pink vinyl and Super Deluxe Edition Box Set are sold out at Cherry Red, but recommended stockists of those formats can be found by clicking below.
It’s Toyah Tuesday and as The Changeling releases approach Official Toyah are revisiting some vintage footage. This 1982 interview is from Madabout.
With just a week to go until the anticipated release of the expanded, deluxe remaster of The Changeling, this week’s Saturday Song is a live 1982 performance of In The Fairground. The track comes from the 1981 EP Four More From Toyah which features as part of the bonus tracks on CD1 of the 2CD+DVD edition. Released on 29 September on Cherry Red Records.
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Last weekend’s Saturday Song was a 1982 vintage TV clip of Ieya filmed for Pebble Mill. This performance features on the 2CD+DVD Edition of the remastered reissue of The Changeling, out 29 September on Cherry Red Records.
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Toyah unboxes The Changeling‘s gorgeous Super Deluxe box set… Click on the screenshot to watch at You Tube. (Image from a video that is © Toyah Willcox)
With just over 1 week to go until the release of the remastered and expanded editions of The Changeling, we get an advance sneak preview of the Super Deluxe Edition of the album, unboxed by Toyah herself.
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A very exciting entry for The Changeling series of Toyah Tuesday episodes is coming this, yup, Tuesday.
Toyah will be unboxing the Super Deluxe Edition of the forthcoming release of the classic 1982 studio album, which is now less than two weeks away – on Friday 29th September!
Official Toyah say: With just over 1 week to go until the release of the remastered and expanded editions of The Changeling, we get an advance sneak preview of the Super Deluxe Edition of the album, unboxed by Toyah herself.
• Pre-order The Changeling Super Deluxe Box Set & other formats.
One of the ultimate Toyah fan favourites Angel & Me receives new life in this official 2023 lyric video. In celebration of the 2023 deluxe expanded and remastered editions of the album The Changeling, the lyric video uses previously unseen 1982 B-roll footage from the set of the Brave New World video. © 2023 Cherry Red Records. Edited/produced by Craig Astley.
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It’s Toyah Tuesday which means another slice of content related to The Changeling as we move toward the album’s remastered, expanded releases on 29 September from Cherry Red.
This unplugged performance of the classic Angel & Me comes from an intimate 2018 concert and can be found on the 2CD+DVD edition. Filmed/edited by Robert Cooper © 2018 Toyah Willcox Limited.
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This weekend’s Saturday Song was a vintage TV clip of Street Creature filmed for Razzmatazz in 1982. Toyah, Joel Bogen and the late Phil Spalding took a break from album recording sessions for The Changeling and flew to the Tyne Tees television studios in Newcastle Upon Tyne to film this and a version of Brave New World.
On Friday, Street Creature, the final preview of The Changeling remaster, will be released on digital platforms. The 2–track digital single also includes the Work In Progress Mix. Pre-save now by clicking below.
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