{"id":34531,"date":"2020-09-12T11:25:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T10:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/?p=34531"},"modified":"2020-09-14T10:13:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T09:13:51","slug":"releases-sheep-farming-in-barnet-2cd-colour-vinyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/releases-sheep-farming-in-barnet-2cd-colour-vinyl\/","title":{"rendered":"Releases: Sheep Farming In Barnet 2CD + DVD\/Colour Vinyl LP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Toyah & Cherry Red Records are delighted to announce the long-awaited newly remastered and expanded release of Toyah\u2019s debut album Sheep Farming In Barnet<\/em> which kickstarts a reissue programme of Toyah\u2019s entire Safari Records catalogue.<\/p>\n

Sheep Farming In Barnet<\/em> will be reissued on 4 December 2020 as a limited edition white vinyl LP and expanded 2CD+DVD package.<\/p>\n

Limited quantities of both formats come with a different design postcard signed by Toyah.<\/p>\n

Produced by Steve James and Keith Hale (Blood Donor), the album reached number 1 on the UK Independent Albums in February 1980 and celebrates its fortieth anniversary in 2020.<\/p>\n

The album has been remastered from the original mastertapes and the 2CD+DVD package includes 30 bonus tracks including 20 that are previously unreleased.<\/p>\n

The 7\u201d single Victims Of The Riddle<\/em> (1979) was Toyah\u2019s very first release and is included here. This was followed up by 6-track mini-album Sheep Farming In Barnet<\/em> that contained three tracks per-side on a 33 1\/3 playing 7\u201d vinyl. This mini-album was then expanded to a full length 11-track album (originally for the German market) in early 1980 by adding the Victims<\/em> 7\u201d A-Side\/B-Sides and some further tracks also recorded at Chappell Studios, London.<\/p>\n

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This album contains the fan favourites Race Through Space<\/em>, Neon Womb<\/em> and Danced<\/em>, all of which went on to become signature songs for the band. Non-album Double A-Side single Bird In Flight<\/em>\/Tribal Look<\/em> produced by The Boys\u2019 lead singer Matt Dangerfield is also included.<\/p>\n

2CD+DVD digipack with a fully illustrated 24-page booklet containing a brand new introductory note from Toyah plus rare and unseen imagery including album cover shots taken at RAF Fylingdales Early Warning site, Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

The album has been remastered by Nick Watson from the original mastertapes with mastering approved by Joel Bogen.<\/p>\n

The expanded 2CD+DVD edition features 30 bonus tracks compiled by Craig Astley and is made up of non-album singles, rarities and demos. Amongst the 20 previously unreleased tracks are versions originally recorded for Shoestring<\/em>, the original improvisation vocal that became Victims of The Riddle<\/em> and the band\u2019s first ever pre-signing 1978 demos.<\/p>\n

Includes a sleevenote by Toyah\u2019s archivist Craig Astley, researched with input from co-writer\/guitarist Joel Bogen, chronicles the creation of the album, musician line-ups and reveals the recording origins of the album and bonus material for the first time.<\/p>\n

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The package includes a DVD (NTSC\/Region Free) containing two brand new features with Toyah Willcox; \u2018The Story Behind The Album\u2019 is an in-depth interview about the album\/period, a Track-by-Track Album Commentary interview plus an exclusive acoustic three-song session of songs from the era \u2013 all filmed August 2020.<\/p>\n

The DVD also includes rare archive TV footage available on DVD for the first time ever including a 1979 interview\/performance clips of Race Through Space<\/em> filmed at Toyah\u2019s Battersea warehouse \u2018Mayhem\u2019 for broadcast on What\u2019s On<\/em> (ITV Midlands-only region) and two songs, Danced<\/em>, Indecision<\/em>, filmed February 1980 for BBC\u2019s The Old Grey Whistle Test<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Continue reading at toyahwillcox.com<\/strong><\/a> to see the full tracklist, hear a preview track and read further details on the release. Pre-order Sheep Farming In Barnet<\/em>, 2CD\/1DVD Deluxe Edition, and Limited Edition Colour Vinyl LP here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toyah & Cherry Red Records are delighted to announce the long-awaited newly remastered and expanded release of Toyah\u2019s debut album Sheep Farming In Barnet which kickstarts a reissue programme of Toyah\u2019s entire Safari Records catalogue. Sheep Farming In Barnet will be reissued on 4 December 2020 as a limited edition white vinyl LP and expanded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[149,12],"tags":[2387,2556],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34531"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34542,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34531\/revisions\/34542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}