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V/A – DISCO 75

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Following on from the success of Captain Oi’s previous Toy Dolls box set – ‘THE ALBUMS 1983- 87’ (AHOY BX 350) – a further five CDs make up the extensive second volume, ‘THE ALBUMS 1989-93’. Housed in a sturdy clam shell box, the set features four studio albums and one live set totalling 83 tracks over five discs.

Disc One is ‘Ten Years Of Toys’, a re-recorded “Best Of” the band’s first decade, featuring classics like ‘Deidre’s A Slag’, ‘Tommy Kowey’s Car’ and ‘My Girlfriend’s Dad’s A Vicar’. The second disc is the 1989 studio album ‘Wakey Wakey With The Toy Dolls’ which features the wonderful ‘Cloughy Is A Bootboy’ and ‘Lester Fiddled The Tax Man’.

Disc Three is the band’s first ever live LP, ‘Twenty Tunes Live From Tokyo’ recorded on their 1989 world tour and featuring the UK Top Three hit ‘Nellie The Elephant’. This set now comes with two bonus tracks from that Japanese show. The fourth disc is the ‘Fat Bob’s Feet’ album from 1991 which is now joined by the ‘Turtle Crazy’ single as a bonus. And, the fifth and final disc is ‘Absurd-Ditties’, an album that’s long been rated as the best Toy Dolls album of them all. ‘Ernie Had A Hernia’, ‘My Wife’s A Psychopath’, ‘Dez The Demon Decorator’… all absolute classics! The booklet contains detailed notes plus pictures from all the related sleeves.

Tracklist

CD1

1. Shirley (and Company) Shame, Shame, Shame
2. Moses Dillard & the Lovejoy Orchestra – Theme From Lovejoy
3. Herbie Mann – Hi-Jack
4. Doris Duke – a Little Bit of Lovin’
5. Black Stash – Mighty Love Man Pt 1
6. Genya Ravan – Feel the Need In Me
7. The Kay-Gees – Get Down
8. Armada Orchestra – Cochise
9. Average White Band – Pick Up the Pieces
10. Harold Melvin & Bluenotes – Bad Luck
11. Gene Page – Satin Soul
12. Jesus Alvarez – Queen Bee
13. Seldon Powell and Co – Mor Shame Pt 1
14. Major Lance – Don’t You Know I Love You
15. Frankie Valli – Swearin’ To God
16. Dionne Warwicke – Take It From Me
17. Rhythm Makers – Zone

CD2

1. Seeds of the Earth – Planting Seeds
2. De-Lite-Ful – Forget That Girl
3. Chuck Jackson – Love Lights
4. Calendar – Hypertension
5. Retta Young – (Sending Out an) S.O.S.
6. Bataan – the Bottle (La Botella)
7. Derek Martin – Beautiful Woman
8. Sylvia – Pussy Cat
9. The Jackson Five – Forever Came Today
10. Crown Heights Affair – Dreaming a Dream
11. Brother To Brother – Let Your Mind Be Free (Vocal)
12. Brother To Brother – Let Your Mind Be Free (Inst)
13. The Reflections – Three Steps From True Love
14. The Rimshots -7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle)
15. Moments and Whatnauts – Girls (French Version)
16. Pat Lundi – Party Music
17. Mfsb – Sexy
18. Peoples Choice – Do It Any Way You Wanna
19. Esther Phillips – What a Difference a Day Makes
20. Banzai – Chinese Kung Fu
21. The Glitter Band – Makes You Blind

CD3

1. Al Matthews – Fool
2. Universal Mind – Reach Out For Me
3. Ultrafunk – Sting Your Jaws – Part 1
4. Kc & the Sunshine Band – That’s the Way I Like It
5. Armada Orchestra – Feel the Need In Me
6. Johnny Otis – Jaws
7. Disco Tex & the Sexolettes – Get Dancin’
8. Oscar Toney Jar – Chicken Heads
9. The O’Jays – I Love Music
10. The Soul Train Gang – Soul Train “75”
11. Jimmy James & the Vagabonds – I Am Somebody
12. The Whispers – In Love Forever
13. Benny Troy – I Wanna Give You Tomorrow
14. The Salsoul Orchestra – Chicago Bus Stop
15. Juggy Murray Jones – Inside America
16. Archie Bell & the Drells – Let’s Groove
17. Dooley Silverspoon – Let Me Be the Number 1(Love of Your Life)

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