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Title: Toy Box: The Stiff Years 1978-1983
Artist: Lene Lovich
Label: Cherry Red
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5013929114692
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2023-11-24
Number of Discs: 4
Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT

Four CD set compiling everything Lene Lovich released for Stiff Records between 1978 and 1983. Toy Box is the ultimate compilation of Lene's years with Stiff; her name so synonymous with the label. With a striking appearance and sound to match, Lene Lovich arrived at Stiff Records in the summer of 1978, surfing the new wave and the subsequent 'Be Stiff' UK tour. DISC 1: Stateless (Original Mix) is the debut album released in October 1978. Including 'Lucky Number', 'Say When' and a gloriously retro cover of Tommy James & The Shondells hit, 'I Think We're Alone Now'. Bonus tracks include various versions of 'Lucky Number' in development (early B-Side version, Instrumental and rare US Slavic Dance 12" version), together with a Japanese version of 'I Think We're Alone Now'. DISC 2: Stateless (US/UK Remix) - released in 1979 to accompany a remixed 'Lucky Number' became a surprise Top 3 UK hit and it's subsequent release in the States. Bonus tracks include several live recordings from Lene's UK and USA tours in early 1980. DISC 3: Flex - the eagerly awaited follow up to Stateless released at the dawning of the 80s. Bonus tracks include 1981's dancefloor friendly 'New Toy' penned by keyboard wunderkind Thomas Dolby (playing in Lene's touring band at the time) plus tracks from the US only 'New Toy' mini-album. DISC 4: No Man's Land - Lene's final album for Stiff Records in 1982. Bonus tracks include the original Sanremo Music Festival single version of 'Blue Hotel' and a plethora of UK and US dance remixes of 'It's You, Only You (Mein Schmerz)' and 'Blue Hotel' maintaining Lene's cult status, particularly in the States, both on college radio and an MTV in it's infancy.

Tracks:
1.1 Lucky Number
1.2 Sleeping Beauty
1.3 Home
1.4 Too Tender (To Touch)
1.5 Say When
1.6 Tonight
1.7 Writing on the Wall
1.8 Telepathy
1.9 Momentary Breakdown
1.10 1 in a 1,000,000
1.11 I Think We're Alone Now
1.12 Lucky Number (Early Version)
1.13 I Think We're Alone Now (Japanese Version)
1.14 Monkey Talk (Early Version)
1.15 Be Stiff
1.16 Be Stiff (The Entire Ensemble Recorded Live at Leeds University)
1.17 Lene Lovich Speaks 1
1.18 Lucky Number (Instrumental Version)
1.19 One Lonely Heart
1.20 Big Bird
1.21 Lene Lovich Speaks 2
1.22 Lucky Number (Slavic Dance Version)
2.1 Home
2.2 Sleeping Beauty
2.3 Lucky Number
2.4 Too Tender (To Touch)
2.5 Say When
2.6 Writing on the Wall
2.7 Telepathy
2.8 Momentary Breakdown
2.9 I Think We're Alone Now
2.10 One in a 1,000,000
2.11 Tonight
2.12 Trixi
2.13 The Fly
2.14 The Fall
2.15 Live at the Lyceum, London 03.02.80:
2.16 Monkey Talk
2.17 The Night
2.18 Too Tender (To Touch)
2.19 You Can't Kill Me
2.20 Live at Paradise Theater, Boston 15.03.80:
2.21 Angels
2.22 Lucky Number
2.23 Home
3.1 Bird Song
3.2 What Will I Do Without You
3.3 Angels
3.4 The Night
3.5 You Can't Kill Me
3.6 Egghead
3.7 Wonderful One
3.8 Monkey Talk
3.9 Joan
3.10 The Freeze
3.11 The Night (Us Remix)
3.12 What Will I Do Without You (Single Version)
3.13 Bird Song (Edit)
3.14 Details (Original Version)
3.15 New Toy
3.16 Cats Away
3.17 New Toy (Extended Version)
3.18 Cats Away
3.19 Details
3.20 Never Never Land
4.1 It's You, Only You (Mein Schmerz)
4.2 Blue Hotel
4.3 Faces
4.4 Walking Low
4.5 Special Star
4.6 Sister Video
4.7 Maria
4.8 Savages
4.9 Rocky Road
4.10 Savages
4.11 Special Star
4.12 Blue Hotel (Single Version)
4.13 It's You, Only You (Mein Schmerz) (Remixed Extended Version)
4.14 Blue
4.15 It's You, Only You (Mein Schmerz) (Instrumental Version)
4.16 It's You, Only You (Mein Schmerz) (Us Extended Dance Mix)
4.17 Blue Hotel (Us Dance Mix)
4.18 O Seasons O Castles