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01. THE TOY SHOP - Live Wires Kill
02. THE TOY SHOP - Emmanuelle Automatique
03. THE TOY SHOP - Observing Europe
04. THE TOY SHOP - Sympathise with Synthesisers
05. THE TOY SHOP - Exploit My Sexuality
06. THE TOY SHOP - The Maze
07. THE TOY SHOP - China Pearl
08. THE TOY SHOP - I Feel Love
09. THE TOY SHOP - Attack Decade
10. THE TOY SHOP - Never Trust a Stranger
11. THE TOY SHOP - Little Blue Objects
12. THE TOY SHOP - Television Set
13. THE TOY SHOP - Lucy
14. THE TOY SHOP - Hot Wax
15. THE TOY SHOP - Another Time, Some Other Place
16. THE TOY SHOP - Fall in Love With Me
01. THE TOY SHOP - Stereo Vision
02. THE TOY SHOP - The Maze (1983)
03. THE TOY SHOP - Info Nympho
04. THE TOY SHOP - (Give Me) Lip-Lock I Love You
05. THE TOY SHOP - Love Pulse
06. THE TOY SHOP - Fizzy Pop
ARTIST
TITLE
Synth Pop Art
FORMAT
LP + 7"

LABEL
CATALOG #
VOD 138-10LP VOD 138-10LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/21/2015

The Toy Shop was initially a minimal synthpop-based solo project for Leeds-based vocalist, keyboardist, and guitarist Paul Klein. He released the single The Maze in 1981 before moving to Sheffield and teaming up with Oldham-born keyboardist Philip Walsh in 1982. Their first gig together was in the Star/Webster's inaugural Battle of the Bands competition in May of that year; they went on to win the competition and courted attention from major record labels for a while afterward. The guys played a handful of gigs including supporting slots for Dead or Alive, A Flock of Seagulls, Nico, and Dr. Feelgood. After signing to Towerbell Records, they recorded four songs but only two were ever released, as the Attack Decade 7" in 1984. After Towerbell decided not to renew their contract, Klein and Walsh drifted apart, and Klein began to record solo again. He released the Give Me Lip-Lock I Love You single in 1986 before moving on to other projects. At the time of this release, Klein lives in Melbourne, Australia, where he records material for his Psykik Volts project and hopes to work on more Toy Shop songs in the future. Walsh is believed to be living in Sofia, Bulgaria, where his musical exploits are unknown. This LP (with 7") collects tracks from the group's singles and other sources, including both Klein's solo work and the duo tracks.