Toyah: The Blue Meaning, Picture Disc Vinyl LP

• 45th anniversary release of Toyah’s 1980 album ‘The Blue Meaning’.

• Limited-edition picture disc features four stunning colour photographs from the album photography shot at gothic mansion, Wykehurst Place in Sussex.

• In addition to the full colour picture disc, pressed with the 2021 album remaster by Nick Watson, the vinyl come protected in a PVC sleeve and is housed in a special die-cut outer jacket that carries a further rare and unseen images unearthed from the archives.

Produced by Steve James and ‘Toyah’ the band - Joel Bogen, Pete Bush, Toyah Willcox, Steve Bray and Charlie Francis, the album reached number 1 on the UK Independent Album Chart and charted in the main UK Top 40 album chart in June 1980.

The album includes the ultimate fan favourite ‘Ieya’ considered a signature song by the band, which was also released as a single. It also includes ‘Blue Meanings’, ‘Mummies’ and the psychedelic ‘Spaced Walking’ for which Toyah’s vocals were recorded after inhaling helium.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE ONE

1  IEYA

2  SPACED WALKING

3  GHOSTS

4  MUMMIES

5  BLUE MEANINGS

SIDE TWO

6  TIGER! TIGER!

7  VISION

8  INSECTS

9  LOVE ME

10  SHE