Remastered and expanded release of Toyah’s 1982 Top 20 album. Originally released as a live
double album in October 1982, ‘Warrior Rock’ was recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London
across the final two nights of the tour.
The album presents 15 songs centred around material from the band’s Top Ten albums
‘Anthem’ and ‘The Changeling’. The album is named after ‘Warrior Rock’, the B-Side of Toyah’s
1982 single ‘Brave New World’. The band’s hit singles ‘It’s A Mystery’, ‘I Want To Be Free’ and
‘Thunder In The Mountains’ all feature on the album alongside fan favourites ‘Ieya’, ‘Danced’
and ‘War Boys’.
This expanded re-issue now documents ‘The Changeling Tour’, Toyah’s highly successful run of 25 UK concert
dates in June/July 1982 in a more comprehensive fashion. The 3CD set was compiled by
Craig Astley
and
Joel
Bogen
and presents 41 remastered tracks from master tapes/archive sources featuring 26 previously unreleased
bonus tracks. A total of 19 different songs feature from 11 different gigs, recorded at nine different locations.
For the first time ever, the 'four sides' of the original live double album are included on CD - unabridged and
uncut.
Nick Watson
/Fluid Mastering has remastered the package from the original master tapes and archive
sources, overseen by
Joel Bogen
.
A wealth of bonus tracks have been unearthed from the archives to provide both a glimpse backstage at concert
preparations, and act as a definitive souvenir of the tour’s journey across the UK
