Toyah will reissue her 1980 album ‘The Blue Meaning’ as a limited-edition coloured vinyl edition and an expanded 2-CD and DVD edition on May 28th. The remastered vinyl edition will feature the original album tracklisting and packaging which will include rare and previously unseen imagery, while the CD & DVD package will include a 24-page booklet and 27 bonus audio tracks (20 of which are previously unreleased) including demos, live tracks and alternative versions, plus the DVD will include new interviews, a new three-song live session and rare TV performances filmed for the BBC’s Friday Night, Saturday Morning TV show in November 1980.
‘The Blue Meaning’ is available to PRE-ORDER NOW.
TRACKLISTING
CD ONE
• Ieya
• Spaced Walking
• Ghosts
• Mummies
• Blue Meanings
• Tiger! Tiger!
• Vision
• Insects
• Love Me
• She
• Silence Won’t Do*
• Jack & Jill*
• Cotton Vest
• The Merchant & The Nubile
• Danced (Session Version)
• Last Goodbye (Session Version)*
• Love Me (Session Version)*
• Ieya (Single Version)
• Helium Song (Spaced Walking)
CD TWO
Live at ICA, London: Sept 1980
• Love Me (Live At ICA London)*
• Waiting (Live At ICA London)*
• Ieya (Live At ICA London)*
Park Gates Studios: March 1980
• Blue Meanings (Alternate Vocal)*
• She (Alternate Vocal)*
• Spaced Walking (Helium Acapella)*
• Ghosts (Instrumental)*
• Mummies (Instrumental)*
• Vision (Instrumental)*
Park Gates Studios: July 1980
• Silence Won’t Do (Alternate Vocal)*
• Jack & Jill (Alternate Vocal)*
• The Merchant & The Nubile (Alternate Vocal)*
Blood Donor Featuring Toyah Willcox
• It’s A Mystery (Original Version)
Eel Pie Studios: November 1980
• Angels & Demons (Demo)*
• You’re My Hero (Demo)
• Sphinx (Instrumental Demo)*
• Walkie Talkie (Instrumental Demo)*
• Anthem (Instrumental Demo)*
DVD
• The Story Behind The Album: Toyah Interview 2020
• Track By Track Album Commentary: Toyah Interview 2020
• Ghosts: Acoustic Session 2020
• Blue Meanings: Acoustic Session 2020
• Ieya: Acoustic Session 2020
• Danced: Friday Night, Saturday Morning 28/11/1980
• Mummies: Friday Night, Saturday Morning 28/11/1980
* Previously unreleased