Synth Pop Art, by The Toy Shop

Synth Pop Art

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1.	Live Wires Kill 02:05	lyrics	buy track
'Live wires kill, a senseless thrill in heaven as unearthed, cross the road, there is no road, there is no world anymore'
2.	Emmanuelle Automatique 03:06	info	buy track
3.	Observing Europe 03:36	info	buy track
4.	Sympathise With Synthesisers 02:47	info	buy track
5.	Exploit My Sexuality 03:05	info	buy track
6.	The Maze (1981) 02:52	info	buy track
7.	China Pearl 04:06	info	buy track
8.	I Feel Love 03:31	info	buy track
9.	Attack Decade 06:25	info	buy track
10.	Never Trust A Stranger 02:45	info	buy track
11.	Little Blue Objects 03:59	info	buy track
12.	TV Tivvy 03:09	info	buy track
13.	New Coat 02:13	info	buy track
14.	Hot Wax 03:34	info	buy track
15.	Love Knows No Bounds 04:39	info	buy track
16.	Aftermath 04:06	info	buy track

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Digital download version of VOD Records' 2015 vinyl album compilation of Toy Shop demos & recordings.

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released September 17, 2019

Album credits -

Paul Klein - Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, synth, ‘female’ vocals, drum programming & drums

Philip Walsh - Synth/keyboards on Attack Decade, Never Trust A Stranger, Little Blue Objects, TV Tivvy, New Coat & Hot Wax. Backing vocals on Little Blue Objects & Hot Wax

Ron Magness - Simmons drums on Attack Decade, backing vocals on Never Trust A Stranger

Amanda - Spoken voice on Live Wires Kill

All songs written by Paul Klein except Little Blue Objects (written by
Philip Walsh), and I Feel Love (written by Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte). All songs recorded between 1981 & 1987 on Teac M144 4 track cassette portastudio except both versions of The Maze, Live Wires Kill, Attack Decade, Never Trust A Stranger & (Give Me) Lip-Lock I Love You (studio recordings).

Produced & mastered by Paul Klein except Attack Decade and Never Trust A Stranger (produced by Ron Magness)

Sleeve design by the most excellent Steve Lippert

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The Toy Shop Noosaville, Australia

The Toy Shop was initially Dewsbury vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Paul Klein. ‘The Maze/Live Wiresl’ 7” came out 1981. Together with keyboardist Phil Walsh in '82 they won Battle of the Bands and got attention from major labels. With Towerbell they released ‘Attack Decade/Never Trust’ (1984). They split in ‘85 and Paul made 7" ‘Give Me Lip-Lock’.
A Toy Shop LP ‘Synth Pop Art’ came out in 2015. ... more

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