Toyah announces 45th anniversary reissue of EP 'Four From Toyah'
It will be released on digital/streaming platforms
Toyah Willcox is still releasing music, with her greatest hits album 'Chameleon: The Very Best Of Toyah' arriving in 2025, with a huge tour planned for 2026, but she started releasing music more than four decades ago. The singer was known, along with her band, for songs like 'It's a Mystery', and it has now been announced that Toyah is set to re-release the EP 'Four From Toyah' to celebrate it's 45th anniversary.
Announcing the news on social media, Toyah's official account shared several images, including an original press release promoting the EP, along with photos of Toyah from the early 80s.
The caption read: '45 years ago this week, on 30 January 1981, the EP ‘Four From Toyah’ came into the world. As the name made clear, it contained four songs from the band Toyah, with a new line-up (Toyah, Joel@Bogen, Phil Spaulding, Adrian Lee & Nigel Glockler) & a new producer in Nick Tauber.
'To mark the anniversary, this Friday (30 January), the same date Four From Toyah was first released on 7” vinyl, the four-track EP is released on digital/streaming platforms with its original artwork. The expanded 8-track EP released in 2021 (to celebrate its then Fortieth Anniversary) will also appear on digital platforms. @cherryredrecords
'Which is your favourite track of the four?'
Since the announcement, fans of the singer have been leaving excited messages. One wrote: 'I still have my original vinyl, love this EP ❤️❤️❤️', with another saying: 'I would say angels and demons was the one that captured me. The lyrics and tune mesmerised me. 🙏❤️🐇🐇'.
When it was originally released, 'Four From Toyah' went to Number 4 in the UK, with the lead single 'It's a Mystery' also going to Number 4 in the UK. Released on 30th January 1981, the EP featured four songs, as the name suggests, however in 2021 it was re-released on 12 inch vinyl, along with some extra tracks, making the EP an eight-track release.
When will 'Four From Toyah' be re-released?
It will be re-released on 30th January 2026.
What will feature on the EP?
This EP will feature the four original tracks.
- 'It's a Mystery'
- 'Revelations'
- 'War Boys'
- 'Angels & Demons'
What format will the EP be available on?
This latest release will be available digitally to download and stream, along with the original artwork.
What else will be released?
The announcement also revealed that 'The expanded 8-track EP released in 2021 (to celebrate its then Fortieth Anniversary) will also appear on digital platforms', meaning fans will also have the chance to get their hands on then version originally released on vinyl, digitally.
Last year, Toyah chatted to Kate Thornton about her 'Chameleon: The Very Best Of Toyah' album, and revealed how she finalised which tracks would be on the album.
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