FLYING NUN & CAPTURED TRACKS TOY LOVE 2xLP

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This 28-track double LP compilation collects all the A & B sides of the three Toy Love singles, plus the best demos from 1979, a live track and even a radio jingle - all mastered for vinyl, straight from the original analogue tapes.

Housed in a gatefold jacket, a 24 page booklet accompanies the release with photos, ephemera and commentary from Toy Love. While, the back cover features a sketched cartoon of an early Toy Love flyer drawn by .

Evolving from band, The Enemy, Toy Love had a brief but bright existence between January 1979 and September 1980. Invoking the ghost of punk and the melody and creativity of 60-70s pop, they were peerless at SIDE ONE - The Singles a time when New Zealand music was still struggling to imprint itself on the 1. Squeeze 5. Bride Of Frankenstein national consciousness. They became a model for local musicians around 2. Rebel 6. Amputee Song the country and inspired the birth of – a label which 3. Don’t Ask Me 7. Good Old Joe 4. Sheep many from the band went on to work with, including Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate with the and Paul Kean with The Bats. Then, in 2005 SIDE TWO - 1979 Demos Flying Nun released Cuts, a double CD anthology of Toy Love material. 1. Squeeze 5. Death Rehearsal 2. Sheep 6. Unscrewed Up Electrifying and unmissable, Toy Love made an impact on all who saw then, 3. I Don’t Mind 7. Toy Love Song and continue to do so around the world today. 4. Swimming Pool TOY LOVE: SIDE THREE - 1979 Demos Chris Knox (vocals) 1. Photographs Of Naked Ladies 5. 15 2. Lust 6. Cold Meat Alec Bathgate (guitar) 3. I’m Not Bored 7. The Crunch Paul Kean (bass) 4. 1978 Jane Walker (keyboard) Mike Dooley (drums) SIDE FOUR - 1979 Demos / Jingle / Live 1. Wanna Die With You 4. Pull Down The Shades 2. Don’t Catch Fire 5. Frogs 3. Green Walls 6. Fast Ostrich 7. Jingle 8. The Second To Last Song Toy Love Ever Wrote (with Ad lib lyrics)

LP UPC: 817949017330 FNCT001LP LP LIST: $27.98 LP WHOLESALE: $18.00 LP FORMAT: 12” 2XLP + MP3s LP BOXLOT: 25

Captured Tracks Flying Nun Records 67 West Street Unit#221, Brooklyn, NY 11222 Press Contact: Graeme Flegenheimer [email protected] www.flyingnun.co.nz www.capturedtracks.com | phone: 347.384.2702 Sales Label Contact: Josh Burgess [email protected]