David Bowie Toy (toy:box) – box Set- (The Legendary Unreleased Album Boxset) (release 2022)
Toy (toy:box) -box Set- CD | 3 disks
Recorded: 2000–2001
Release-datum: 7 januari 2022
Label: Parlophone
Barcode: 0190296773372
TOY:BOX is a special 3CD edition of the previously unreleased TOY album by David Bowie.
The ‘capture the moment’ approach of the recording sessions are extended to the sleeve artwork designed by Bowie featuring a photo of him as a baby with a contemporary face. The package also contains a 16-page book featuring previously unseen photographs by Frank Ockenfels 3.
Recorded following David’s triumphant Glastonbury 2000 performance, Bowie entered the studio with his band, Mark Plati, Sterling Campbell, Gail Ann Dorsey, Earl Slick, Mike Garson, Holly Palmer and Emm Gryner, to record new interpretations of songs he’d first recorded between 1964-1971. David planned to record the album ‘old school’ with the band playing live, choose the best takes and then release it as soon as possible. The label said, ’No.’
Included in TOY:BOX is a second CD of alternative mixes and versions including proposed B-Sides, later mixes by Tony Visconti and the ‘Tibet Version’ of Silly Boy Blue featuring Philip Glass on piano and Moby on guitar. The third CD features ‘Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric’ mixes of thirteen TOY tracks.
CD 1: Toy
01: I dig everything
02: You’ve got a habit of leaving
03: The london boys
04: Karma man
05: Conversation piece
06: Shadow man
07: Let me sleep beside you
08: Hole in the ground
09: Baby loves that way
10: Can’t help thinking about me
11: Silly boy blue
12: Toy (your turn to drive)
CD 2: Alternatives & Extras
01: Liza jane
02: You’ve got a habit of leaving (alternative mix)
03: Baby loves that way (alternative mix)
04: Can’t help thinking about me (alternative mix)
05: I dig everything (alternative mix)
06: The london boys (alternative version)
07: Silly boy blue (tibet version)
08: Let me sleep beside you (alternative mix)
09: In the heat of the morning
10: Conversation piece (alternative mix)
11: Hole in the ground (alternative mix)
12: Shadow man (alternative mix)
13: Toy (your turn to drive) (alternative mix)
CD 3: Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric
01: In the heat of the morning (unplugged & somewhat slightly el
02: I dig everything (unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix
03: You’ve got a habit of leaving (unplugged & somewhat slightly
04: The london boys (unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix)
05: Karma man (unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix)
06: Conversation piece (unplugged & somewhat slightly electric m
07: Shadow man (unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix)
08: Let me sleep beside you (unplugged & somewhat slightly elect
09: Hole in the ground (unplugged & somewhat slightly electric m
10: Baby loves that way (unplugged & somewhat slightly electric
11: Can’t help thinking about me (unplugged & somewhat slightly
12: Silly boy blue (unplugged & somewhat slightly electric mix)
13: Toy (your turn to drive) (unplugged & somewhat slightly elec
Musicians
David Bowie: vocals, keyboards, stylophone, mandolin
Earl Slick, Gerry Leonard: guitar
Mark Plati: guitar, bass guitar
Gail Ann Dorsey: bass guitar
Mike Garson: keyboards
Sterling Campbell: drums
Lisa Germano: violin, recorder, mandolin, accordion
Cuong Vu: trumpet
Holly Palmer, Emm Gryner: backing vocals
Tony Visconti: string arrangement
