Toyah - Revelations - B-Sides And Rarities Toyah

Expansive 5CD box set anthology of B-Sides, rarities and archive material from Toyah’s recording history for the Safari label.

Featuring 102 tracks (50 are previously unreleased), bringing together rarities, alternate versions, outtakes, new mixes and revelatory gems from tape vaults and personal archives.

Housed in a clamshell box, the five themed discs are in full colour CD wallets with a 40-page booklet featuring classic, rare and unseen images.

CD1: ‘B-Sides’ contains, for the first time ever, the band’s complete run of 22 B-Sides and flexidisc tracks, plus three completed/mixed outtakes not included on LPs, EPs or singles.

CD2: ‘Instrumentals’ offers an atmospheric and evocative journey through 20 Instrumental versions of the band’s music, featuring six tracks newly mixed from the multi-track master tapes.

CD3: ‘Alternate’ brings together 20 alternate versions (13 of which are previously unreleased) of hit singles, beloved B-Sides and album cuts.
Notable inclusions are four new mixes by Joel Bogen utilising unearthed 1979 multi-track tapes from the ‘Sheep Farming In Barnet’ sessions at Chappell Studios.

CD4: ‘Rare’ compiles rarities and works in progress (13 of which are previously unreleased) from early sessions for ‘Sheep Farming In Barnet’ to studio outtakes and home demos.
Backing tracks recorded in sessions for ‘Anthem’ and ‘Thunder In The Mountains’ are included alongside preparatory home demos for ‘The Changeling’ and ‘Love Is The Law’ albums.
The disc closes with Toyah Willcox and Joel Bogen home demo covers of Alice Cooper’s ‘School’s Out’ and Lou Reed’s ‘Perfect Day’.

CD5: ‘Live’ presents 18 previously unheard recordings leading with a newly discovered recording
of the band’s sold-out 20th May 1981 show on the Anthem Tour.
Featuring rare performances of ‘Marionette’, ‘Obsolete’, ‘Jungles Of Jupiter’ and ‘We Are’, plus four more concert rarities recorded at a special pre-tour gig at Brixton Fairdeal, including the only public performance of ‘Life In The Trees’ and an unheard live version of ‘Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard)’ from the Christmas 1982 Warrior Rock Tour, featuring performances by the late Keith Hale and the late Phil Spalding.

Tracklisting

Disc One
B-Sides

1. Gaoler – 2020 Remaster
2. Tribal Look – 2020 Remaster
3. Revelations – 2021 Remaster
4. War Boys – 2021 Remaster
5. Angels & Demons – 2021 Remaster
6. Walkie Talkie – 2022 Remaster
7. Alien – 2022 Remaster
8. Sphinx – 2022 Remaster
9. For You (Unfaded Version) – 2022 Remaster
10. Street Addict – 2022 Remaster
11. Voodoo Doll – 2022 Remaster
12. Clapham Junction – 2022 Remaster
13. In The Fairground – 2022 Remaster
14. Urban Tribesmen – 2022 Remaster
15. The Furious Futures – 2022 Remaster
16. Stand Proud – 2022 Remaster
17. Warrior Rock – 2023 Remaster
18. Paradise Child – 2023 Remaster
19. Laughing With The Fools – 2024 Remaster
20. To The Mountains High – 2024 Remaster
21. Baptised In Fire – 2024

Disc Two
Instrumentals

1. Revelations (Instrumental)
2. Angels & Demons (Extended Instrumental)
3. The Door Is A Whore (Early Instrumental)
4. Walkie Talkie (Early Instrumental)
5. For You (Early Instrumental)
6. Masai Boy (Early Instrumental)
7. Alien (Early Instrumental)
8. Street Addict (Early Instrumental)
9. Voodoo Doll (Early Instrumental)
10. In The Fairground (Extended Instrumental)
11. Good Morning Universe (Extended Instrumental)
12. Castaways (Early Instrumental)
13. The Druids (Early Instrumental)
14. Angel & Me (Early Instrumental)
15. The Packt (Early Instrumental)
16. Life In The Trees (Early Instrumental)
17. Dawn Chorus (Early Instrumental)
18. Brave New World (Early Instrumental)
19. Laughing With The Fools (Instrumental)
20. Dreamscape (Alternate Instrumental)

Disc Three
Alternate

1. Watch Me Sane (Chappell Session)
2. Computers (Chappell Session)
3. Problem Child (Chappell Session)
4. Last Goodbye (Alternate Mix)
5. War Boys (Extended Version)
6. It’s A Mystery (Extended Version)
7. Revelations (Alternate Vocal)
8. I Am (Acoustic Version)
9. I Want To Be Free (Early Version)
10. Thunder In The Mountains (Early Version)
11. Voodoo Doll (Early Version)
12. In The Fairground (Extended Version)
13. Angel & Me (Early Version)
14. Paradise Child (Early Version)
15. Run Wild, Run Free (Early Version)
16. Castaways (Early Version)
17. Brave New World (Razzmatazz Mix)
18. Street Creature (Razzmatazz Mix)
19. Broken Diamonds (Early Version)
20. Dreamscape (Alternate Version)

Disc Four
Rare

1. New Track #2 (Instrumental Outtake)
2. Eyes (Instrumental Outtake)
3. Problem Child (Chappell Instrumental)
4. Watch Me Sane (Chappell Instrumental)
5. Last Goodbye (Alternate Instrumental)
6. Computers (Chappell Instrumental)
7. It’s A Mystery (TOTP Version)
8. Japan (Instrumental Outtake)
9. Television (Instrumental Outtake) - 2026 Remaster
10. Dropped Earring (Instrumental Outtake)
11. Clapham Junction (Instrumental Outtake)
12. Warnings (Instrumental Home Demo)
13. High Times (Instrumental Home Demo)
14. Frustration (Instrumental Home Demo)
15. Are You Okay (Instrumental Home Demo)
16. Power (Instrumental Home Demo)
17. Harry Music (Instrumental Home Demo)
18. Decorating (Instrumental Home Demo)
19. Moods (Instrumental Home Demo)
20. I Explode (Home Demo)
21. School’s Out (Home Demo)
22. Perfect Day (Home Demo)

Disc Five
Live

1. War Boys
2. Victims Of The Riddle
3. Race Through Space
4. Obsolete
5. Insects
6. Marionette
7. We Are
8. Jungles Of Jupiter
9. Waiting
10. Neon Womb
11. It’s A Mystery
12. Danced
13. I Want To Be Free
14. Indecision (1-14 - Live, Birmingham Odeon 20.05.1981)
15. Voodoo Doll (Live, Dublin RDS 26.11.1981)
16. In The Fairground (Live, Amsterdam Paradiso 11.12.1981)
17. Life In The Trees (Live, Brixton Fairdeal 16.06.1982)
18. Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard) (Live, Lancaster University 10.12.1982)