David Bowie - Toy (Toy:Box) (2022) (Hi-Res)

Parlophone Records/ISO Records are proud to announce TOY:BOX. The previously unreleased TOY album will be released on 7th January 2022, the day before David Bowie’s birthday. Available in 3CD, TOY:BOX is a special edition of the TOY album. 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 full-colour book featuring previously unseen photographs by Frank Ockenfels 3.

TOY was 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 from 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 humanly possible in a remarkably prescient manner. Unfortunately, in 2001 the concept of the ‘surprise drop’ album release and the technology to support it were still quite a few years off, making it impossible to release TOY, as the album was now named, out to fans as instantly as David wanted. In the interim, David did what he did best; he moved on to something new, which began with a handful of new songs from the same sessions and ultimately became the album HEATHEN, released in 2002 and now acknowledged as one of his finest moments.

Included in TOY:BOX is a second CD/set of 10”s of alternative mixes and versions including proposed B-Sides (versions of David’s debut single ‘Liza Jane’ and 1967’s ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’), later mixes by Tony Visconti and the ‘Tibet Version’ of ‘Silly Boy Blue’ recorded at The Looking Glass Studio time at the of the 2001 Tibet House show in New York featuring Philip Glass on piano and Moby on guitar. The third CD/set of 10”s features 'Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric’ mixes of thirteen TOY tracks.

CD1 - Toy
01. I Dig Everything (5:04)
02. You've Got a Habit of Leaving (4:49)
03. The London Boys (3:47)
04. Karma Man (3:47)
05. Conversation Piece (3:53)
06. Shadow Man (4:40)
07. Let Me Sleep Beside You (3:14)
08. Hole in the Ground (3:33)
09. Baby Loves That Way (4:37)
10. Can't Help Thinking About Me (3:25)
11. Silly Boy Blue (5:35)
12. Toy (Your Turn to Drive) (4:16)

CD2 - Alternatives & Extras
01. Liza Jane (4:47)
02. You've Got a Habit of Leaving (Alternative Version) (4:49)
03. Baby Loves That Way (Alternative Version) (4:44)
04. Can't Help Thinking About Me (Alternative Version) (3:26)
05. I Dig Everything (Alternative Version) (5:05)
06. The London Boys (Alternative Version) (3:49)
07. Silly Boy Blue (Tibet Version) (5:12)
08. Let Me Sleep Beside You (Alternative Version) (3:15)
09. In the Heat of the Morning (3:53)
10. Conversation Piece (Alternative Version) (3:52)
11. Hole in the Ground (Alternative Version) (3:55)
12. Shadow Man (Alternative Version) (4:50)
13. Toy (Your Turn to Drive) (Alternative Version) (4:52)

CD3 - Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric
01. In the Heat of the Morning (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Version) (3:52)
02. I Dig Everything (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Version) (4:59)
03. You've Got a Habit of Leaving (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Version) (3:45)
04. The London Boys (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Version) (3:45)
05. Karma Man (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Version) (3:44)
06. Conversation Piece (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Version) (3:51)
07. Shadow Man (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Version) (4:19)
08. Let Me Sleep Beside You (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Version) (3:05)
09. Hole in the Ground (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Version) (3:18)
10. Baby Loves That Way (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Version) (4:34)
11. Can't Help Thinking About Me (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Version) (3:30)
12. Silly Boy Blue (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Version) (5:29)
13. Toy (Your Turn to Drive) (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Version) (3:53)