Toyah: Revelations. Box Set Review
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King’s Heath in Birmingham might not be that well known to anyone outside of the second city, but it has produced an astonishing number of people to whom art and sport have been fortunate to have graced the suburb, to have been influenced by the leafy green former village and the possibility of being part of a new breed of hero for the post-war generation.
Part of that incredible rebellious, heroic stance comes from Toyah Willcox, the chameleon look ever changing, a woman to whom no was just a two letter word that deserved a choice set of words in return, and who was perhaps the most wonderful sense of anarchy that anyone could ever hope to find in a period that produced the most exuberant of punk, this was the crowned Queen for Birmingham’s youth.
Following on from the Cherry Red boxset release from 2025 of Chameleon: The Very Best Of Toyah, the brand have really gone to town and brought to the public’s attention a set of CDs in Revelations detailing a huge swathe of tracks that were lost, unreleased, hidden away, and now lovingly restored to their rightful place in the Toyah pantheon of music.
Congratulations to Toyah and her Revelations box set/vinyl.
The comprehensive release from Cherry Red – following a five-year reissue campaign of studio and live Toyah albums – entered numerous Official Charts rundowns on Friday.
Albums Chart Update #48, Scottish Albums Chart #21, Album Sales Chart #26, Physical Albums Chart #25, Independent Albums Chart #7
Revelations is a collection of B-Sides and studio outtakes from Toyah’s recording history for the Safari Records label. The 2LP Vinyl brings together for the first time ever the band’s complete run of B-Sides and flexi-discs plus three completed outtakes not included on LPs, EPs or singles.
• Browse Toyah’s Official Charts history, dating back to 1980, and also including numerous releases from recent years on a variety of Official Album Charts. Browse our Toyah Official Charts archive…
Toyah Revelations… rare tracks, unseen images and deep archive material from the Safari years.
This unboxing looks at both editions of Revelations – B-Sides & Rarities – the 5CD box set and the grey smoke double vinyl. Across B-sides, instrumentals, alternate versions, demos and live recordings, it opens up a huge part of Toyah’s early catalogue, with plenty of previously unreleased material pulled from tape vaults and personal archives. Unboxing both editions in the video.
Dreamscape (Alternate Version) is premiering today, as a standalone video for #ToyahTuesday and the beginning of the countdown to the release of Revelations, after first being shown as part of Toyah At Home (July 2026)…
Toyah’s new B-Sides & Rarities album Revelations is released on 21 August 2026 on 2LP and 5CD Box Set. As we near closer to the album release here is a chance to hear a full preview of an upcoming track from the release. This is a new mix of Dreamscape by Joel Bogen which uses the song’s original arrangement as recorded in the 1983 album sessions at the Marquee Studios.
August is upon us and it means a new episode of Toyah At Home. Toyah is at The Mill and shares updates on how the new album is progressing, what’s coming up and there’s a sneak peek at the Revelations B-Sides & Rarities release out on 21 August. Pre-order Revelations at Cherry Red.
Tune in to Toyah At Home on Saturday 4th July 2026 to hear something you’ve not heard before. A preview of a previously unheard track, newly mixed by Joel Bogen, from the Revelations 5CD box set.
Available digitally…. the 2023 Brave New World EP, only previously available as a very limited (now deleted) 10” red-colour vinyl.
This 4-track EP includes the rare Razzmatazz mixes of Brave New World and Street Creature, mixed before the album versions had even been finalised. These two tracks are available on CD exclusively on the forthcoming 5CD Revelations anthology, released 21st August.
• Order Revelations on Box Set or Vinyl at Cherry Red. Stream Brave New World at Spotify.
Toyah / Revelations
5CD anthology of B-sides, rarities, etc
Toyah has announced Revelations, a rarities collection featuring material from the band’s time on Safari Records (1979-1983).
Revelations provides an alternate history of the Toyah Willcox-fronted new wavers by way of B-sides, outtakes, instrumentals, alternate versions, home demos and live tracks. Record label Cherry Red say that “it has been designed to perfectly complement the album catalogue reissue programme”. Remarkably, given how comprehensive the individual album reissues were, 50 of the 102 tracks on Revelations are previously unreleased. The box has been compiled by by Toyah archivist Craig Astley alongside Joel Bogen, co-founder, composer and guitarist with the band.
This is a 5CD set, in a clamshell box, with each disc in an individual wallet. These are accompanied by a 40-page booklet.
Toyah and Cherry Red Records are pleased to announce the release of Revelations, arriving on 21 August 2026. Revelations is a comprehensive collection of B-Sides and rarities from Toyah’s recording history for the Safari Records label. It is designed to perfectly complement the album catalogue reissue programme.
Revelations is released on two exciting formats.
2LP VINYL EDITION: The 2LP Vinyl brings together for the first time ever the band’s complete run of B-Sides and flexi-discs plus three completed outtakes not included on LPs, EPs or singles. This marks the first time these 22 B-Sides and non-album tracks have appeared together on one single release. From the beloved War Boys and Angels & Demons (both from the top 5 hit EP Four From Toyah) and Voodoo Doll (12” B-Side of the top ten hit single Thunder In The Mountains) to the two-track flexi-disc release featuring Sphinx and For You, and Warrior Rock, a flip-side of 1982’s Brave New World.
Revelations is pressed on Grey Smoke vinyl housed in a full colour outer jacket with spot gloss detailing. Two colour inner bags feature rare, unseen and classic Toyah imagery. Following on from last year’s highly praised Chameleon – The Very Best of Toyah, this collection grants lots of Toyah fans wishes to present the band’s B-Sides on one album, whilst the vast majority of the 22 tracks have also not been pressed on vinyl since the 1980s.
5CD BOX SET EDITION: The 5CD box set is an anthology of 102 tracks in total, of which 50 are previously unreleased. Revelations is housed in a clamshell box with spot gloss detailing and features classic, rare and unseen images. Full colour CD wallets and a 40-page booklet make it an essential release for Toyah fans.
A new review for Revelations, published on 31st August, by Liverpool Sound and Vision.
