Toyah: Chapter 3

We left off with my acquisition of "Anthem" and "The Changeling." Shortly after, I found out that Toyah was in a side-project with husband Robert Fripp called Sunday All Over the World. I ordered their only CD "Sunday All Over the World" which can basically be considered a Toyah album since she is the lead-vocalist. In fact, I think the entire backing band is the same that she has on her "Ophelia's Shadow" album, so it is very much like that album. I think I got that CD in the Fall of 1999 or 2000. At that time, I also up-graded my cassette copy of "Ophelia's Shadow" to CD thanks to the good folks at gemm.com. That was it until 2002, when I discovered Phoenix Records in Waterbury, CT. That's where I was able to get Toyah's first album "Sheep Farming in Barnet" on CD. Shortly after that, I had to severely limit my credit-card use, so I wasn't going online as much. And, several of Toyah's albums were still in their "vinyl vaults," meaning that they had come out before the advent of the CD and no record company had cared enough to release them on CD. That changed in 2005 when Edsel records re-released "Love is the Law" and "Minx," which I ordered this year. Toyah had herself gotten the rights to re-release her 1987 album "Prostitute" on her own Vertical Species label. I was able to order that as well. That brings my Toyah collection up to 9 CD's. Only three left to discuss!!! Stay tuned.

Toyah: Chapter Two

Okay, since my first Toyah post, a few people have actually responded and so I don't feel quite as lonely now in my Toyah fan-dom. Here's how the story continues. In 1999, I am able to order Toyah's "Phoenix" album. Of course it didn't come without its share of trouble. The CD took a long time to come, so I wrote to Amazon and inquired about it and they informed me it had to be back-ordered, but they would UPS it to me 2nd-day air as soon as they got it. I must admit, I think I was cranky and a little mean in my message to them. Sorry, people who worked at Amazon's help desk in 1999. There was no excuse for my rudeness!!! Well, "Phoenix" finally came and I loved it so I went ahead and ordered "Anthem" and "The Changeling" by Toyah as those were just re-issued in 1999. Those came right away. And, I loved both of those albums immediately, too. So, my Toyah collection is up to four CD's at this point in the story. Stay tuned for my acquisition of the rest of the 12 CD's I have now come to collect by her.