{"id":39116,"date":"2022-12-10T23:01:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T23:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/?p=39116"},"modified":"2022-12-10T23:02:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T23:02:56","slug":"four-more-from-toyah-review-feature-by-at-the-barrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/four-more-from-toyah-review-feature-by-at-the-barrier\/","title":{"rendered":"Four More From Toyah: Review\/Feature by At The Barrier"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Toyah \u2013 Four More From Toyah \u2013 Expanded 12\u2033 Neon Violet Vinyl Version: Album Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

The story continues \u2013 The latest triumphant installment in Cherry Red\u2019s reissue series of Toyah\u2019s Safari Records catalogue.<\/em><\/p>\n

Release Date: 9th December 2022
\nLabel: Cherry Red Records
\nFormats: Vinyl<\/p>\n

And so the story continues. Back in early 2021, we were pleased to review the deluxe reissue of Toyah\u2019s second album, The Blue Meaning and then, last May, we raved over the combined CD\/DVD repackaging of her seminal 1980 live album, Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! Cherry Red has certainly been busy and, since we last paid a visit to Toyah-land a super-deluxe edition of her 1981 album, Anthem, has hit the racks, along with a CD version of her breakthrough February 1981 concert at London\u2019s Rainbow Theatre \u2013 a recording that was previously only available in video formats. And now, Toyah\u2019s back again, this time with a delightful, expanded, 12\u201d neon violet vinyl version of her third EP, Four More From Toyah.<\/p>\n

Originally released in November 1981, the EP continued Toyah\u2019s run of chart success, thanks this time to the popularity of lead track, Good Morning Universe. The original EP climbed to No.14 in the UK singles chart; for 2022 viewers, it\u2019s been expanded into a mini-album, with the addition of four further tracks, two of which receive a commercial release for the first time.<\/p>\n

The original EP comprised the first material to be studio-recorded since drummer Nigel Glocker\u2019s departure to join NWOBHM-ers, Saxon, and the line-up on display for the eight tracks in this package is: Toyah Willcox (vocals), Joel Bogen (guitar), Adrian Lee (keyboards), Phil Spalding (bass) and new drummer, Simon Phillips. And the band sound rock-solid! I was particularly impressed by the concrete foundation, often edging towards the funky side of things, that Phil and Simon laid down; and Toyah sings with a maturity that is only hinted at on her earlier recordings, without losing any of the sinister edge that could often make her vocal delivery such a chilling experience.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Continue reading at At The Barrier<\/strong><\/a>. Buy Four More From Toyah<\/em> at Cherry Red<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toyah \u2013 Four More From Toyah \u2013 Expanded 12\u2033 Neon Violet Vinyl Version: Album Review The story continues \u2013 The latest triumphant installment in Cherry Red\u2019s reissue series of Toyah\u2019s Safari Records catalogue. Release Date: 9th December 2022 Label: Cherry Red Records Formats: Vinyl And so the story continues. Back in early 2021, we were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,149,110],"tags":[2673,3019],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39116"}],"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=39116"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39123,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39116\/revisions\/39123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}