Toy World

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Toy World cover]]
Studio album by Cardiacs
Released 1981
Recorded June 1980/March 1981
Genre Pronk
Label Private release
Producer Cardiacs
Cardiacs chronology
The Obvious Identity
(1980)		 Toy World
(1981)		 The Seaside
(1984)

Toy World is the first album released by Cardiacs, although they had already released The Obvious Identity cassette album under the name Cardiac Arrest.

The cassette is actually a mixture of older Cardiac Arrest and newer Cardiacs songs, and being recorded on a low budget, the sound quality is quite flat. It was available only on cassette at concerts and from the fan club. It is one of Cardiacs' rarest items.

"Is This The Life?" and "Nurses Whispering Verses" were re-recorded on later albums and appear here in their earliest incarnations. The uncredited track "Verses" is actually part of "Nurses Whispering Verses" played backwards. Many of the tracks have been recorded live and appear on The Special Garage Concerts Vol I and Vol II. "Over and Over and Over and Over", "Big Noise In A Toy World" and "A Time For Rejoicing" will never be re-released as the master containing the tracks is no longer available.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

  1. "Aukamacic"
  2. "Over (outtake)" (not credited on sleeve)
  3. "Icky Qualms"
  4. "Over + Over + Over + Over"
  5. "Dead Mouse"
  6. "A BIG NOISE In A Toy World"
  7. "TRADEMARK"

[edit] Side two

  1. "SCRATCHING CRAWLING SCRAWLING"
  2. "AS COLD AS CAN BE IN AN ENGLISH SEA"
  3. "Verses" (not credited on sleeve)
  4. "Is This The Life?"
  5. "Nurses Whispering Verses"
  6. "A Time For Rejoicing"

[edit] Lineup

Peter "Zip" Boker (Michael Pugh) - vocals
Philip Pilf (Tim Smith) - guitar, synth and vocals
Patty Pilf (Jim Smith) - bass guitar
Duncan Doilet (Colvin Mayers) - vocals and synth
Little Bobby Shattocks (Mark Cawthra) - drums