TOY LOVE S/T 2 x LP VINYL NZ PUNK KBD yellow / red 140g colour vinyl RARE MINT

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TOY LOVE S/T 2 x LP RARE SPLIT 140g YELLOW / RED VINYL  & gatefold cover with 24 page booklet VERY LIMITED Brand new, mint and unplayed. still in shrink wrap but carefully slit open on 1 edge only to check vinyl colour  (this release was also issued on black vinyl so I had to make sure of the colour) (Most of the photos are of my own opened copy, but the winning bidder will receive a shrink wrapped, unplayed copy with just one edge of the shrink carefully slit open to check this is indeed the limited red / yellow vinyl 2 LP version)
vinyl : mint and unplayed - heavy 140 gram vinyl, limited yellow / red split version
cover : mint - sturdy gatefold
inner sleeves : mint
24 page booklet : sealed in stamped envelope - mint

I have included 2 new plastic inner sleeves to protect the vinyl

This limited edition double, vinyl-only reissue includes 28 tracks made up of singles, demos and a live track, The Second to Last Song Toy Love Ever Wrote, recorded at Auckland's Gluepot the month they split up. Of special note - especially because vinyl geeks love this sort of thing - is the fact the vinyl comes in the Toy Love colours of red and yellow.

A 24 page booklet accompanies the release with photos, ephemera and commentary from Toy Love.

A full colour gatefold jacket and inner sleeves replicating single artwork houses the records.

The back cover features a sketched cartoon of a very early Toy Love flyer and was drawn by Chris Knox.

All tracks have been licensed from Flying Nun for this release.

The thing with Toy Love is that much of their recorded output was lacking the grunt and energy of their live show. And after checking out YouTube footage of the band in concert back in the day, it's not hard to see why it was so difficult to capture their live sound. They were intense, creative, and dangerous all rolled into one tight unit.

The good news is that this album - remastered for vinyl straight from the original analogue tapes - goes a long way to reinforcing the uniqueness and intensity of the band.

So Bride of Frankenstein - the band's third single, recorded during the ill-fated Sydney album sessions - sounds a little lightweight, but its thigh-slapping country punk essence is still as catchy as ever. But wait for the rush you get from the rough and ready, almost Buzzcocks-style punk of Sheep, with its sing-along chorus, "I don't know where I'm going to" and Jane Walker's loopy keyboard offerings; the band's first single, Squeeze, with its melodic mix of post-punk rumbling and sprightly new wave energy, is one of the best Kiwi songs ever.

Elsewhere you can hear the influence some of the noisier Flying Nun bands of the future - Skeptics, Snapper, and even Straitjacket Fits - took from a song likePhotographs of Naked Ladies, with its serrated, caustic riffs and tribal drumming. Then there's the gnashing and frantic Lust, the punky dirge of Wanna Die With You, and the pure strumming pop of Don't Ask Me with Knox's whiney holler over the top.

Best, and wildest of all, are two distinctly different tracks near the end of the album. The short, abrasive Pull Down the Shades is still a riot-starter 30 years on, and then comes the sprawling, noisy and volatile psychedelia of Frogs which, 30 seconds in, has an arcing, agitating guitar riff that transports you back to the dangerous days of early 1979. It's classic stuff, so get this record while you still can.

TRACKLISTING:

SIDE ONE - The Singles
1. Squeeze
2. Rebel
3. Don't Ask Me
4. Sheep
5. Bride Of Frankenstein
6. Amputee Song
7. Good Old Joe

SIDE TWO - 1979 Demos
1. Squeeze
2. Sheep
3. I Don't Mind
4. Swimming Pool
5. Death Rehearsal
6. Unscrewed Up
7. Toy Love Song

SIDE THREE - 1979 Demos
1. Photographs Of Naked Ladies
2. Lust
3. I'm Not Bored
4. 1978
5. 15
6. Cold Meat
7. The Crunch

SIDE FOUR - 1979 Demos / Jingle / Live
1. Wanna Die With You
2. Don't Catch Fire
3. Green Walls
4. Pull Down The Shades
5. Frogs
6. Fast Ostrich
7. Jingle
8. The Second To Last Song Toy Love Ever Wrote (with Ad lib lyrics)

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