{"id":41252,"date":"2024-05-26T19:38:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T18:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/?p=41252"},"modified":"2024-05-26T19:45:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T18:45:04","slug":"releases-minx-deluxe-2cd-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/releases-minx-deluxe-2cd-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Releases: Minx | Deluxe 2CD Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Toyah\u2019s first solo album \u201dMinx\u201d<\/strong> was released in July 1985 on CBS\u2019s label Portrait Records (home at the time to Cyndi Lauper), presenting a sophisticated sound and image for Toyah Willcox who to date had enjoyed eight top 75 singles and five studio albums with the band \u201cToyah\u201d.<\/p>\n

Originally recorded in 1984, this very special 40th Anniversary set expands the album into a deluxe 2CD edition for the first time. Pre-order now<\/p>\n

CD1<\/strong> features the original album with two bonus tracks originally available on the 1985 cassette & CD formats only plus two non-album B-Sides, two extended 12\u201d versions, and a 12\u201d remix.<\/p>\n

CD2<\/strong> contains 16 rarities of which 14 are previously unreleased, including:<\/p>\n

\u2022 The unheard album session demo “The Fight” and previously unreleased 7\u201d Remix of third single “World In Action”.
\n\u2022\u00a0Two previously unreleased home demos of Lou Reed\u2019s \u201cPerfect Day\u201d and Alice Cooper\u2019s \u201cSchool\u2019s Out\u201d, recorded by Toyah and Joel Bogen in the spring 1984.
\n\u2022 Two previously unreleased instrumental demos of \u201cAll In A Rage\u201d and \u201cSnow Covers The Kiss\u201d recorded by Joel Bogen.
\n\u2022\u00a0Eight previously unreleased Backing Tracks of \u201cMinx\u201d songs, retaining their distinctive backing vocals by Toyah.
\n\u2022\u00a0The two CDs are presented in brand new seven-inch deluxe gatefold packaging. An 8-page booklet features rare photos by Terence Donovan and Curator\u2019s Notes by Toyah archivist Craig Astley detailing the origins of the bonus tracks and rarities.<\/p>\n

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\u201dMinx\u201d was produced by Christopher Neil, with a musician line-up featuring Peter Van Hooke, Ian Wherry and Adrian Lee who made up the majority of Mike Rutherford\u2019s Mike + The Mechanics. The rhythm section of Killing Joke guested on a cover of \u201cSchool\u2019s Out\u201d. Toyah collaborator Simon Darlow played keyboards and co-wrote several tracks including lead single “Don\u2019t Fall In Love (I Said)”. The album also features unique readings of Latin Quarter\u2019s \u201cAmerica For Beginners\u201d and Rare Bird\u2019s \u201cSympathy\u201d, the latter being the first time Toyah would be heard accompanied by an orchestra.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Visit toyahwillcox.com<\/strong><\/a> for the full release info, images and tracklist. Pre-order Minx<\/em><\/strong><\/a> from your favourite online music store now. The 2020 translucent red vinyl reissue of Minx<\/em> is also available from Amazon<\/strong><\/a>. See Toyah announce the release on Toyah At Home<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toyah\u2019s first solo album \u201dMinx\u201d was released in July 1985 on CBS\u2019s label Portrait Records (home at the time to Cyndi Lauper), presenting a sophisticated sound and image for Toyah Willcox who to date had enjoyed eight top 75 singles and five studio albums with the band \u201cToyah\u201d. Originally recorded in 1984, this very special […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,92,149],"tags":[3235],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41252"}],"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=41252"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41263,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41252\/revisions\/41263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}