Joy of a Toy
Douban
overblik
Joy of a Toy is the debut solo album of Kevin Ayers, a founding member of Soft Machine. Its whimsical and singular vision provides hints of how Soft Machine might have progressed had Ayers remained in the band. He is accompanied on the LP by pianist and arranger David Bedford as well as his erstwhile Soft Machine colleagues Robert Wyatt and Mike Ratledge, and his eventual replacement Hugh Hopper, who had previously worked with him in the semi-pro band Wilde Flowers. Among the session musicians are cellist and arranger Paul Buckmaster, jazz bassist Jeff Clyne, oboist Paul Minns (of Third Ear Band) and drummer Rob Tait (formerly of Pete Brown and His Battered Ornaments before going on to join Vinegar Joe).
Tracks
1 1 Joy Of A Toy Continued (2003 Digital Remaster)
1 2 Town Feeling (2003 Digital Remaster)
1 3 The Clarietta Rag (2003 Digital Remaster)
1 4 Girl On A Swing (2003 Digital Remaster)
1 5 Song For Insane Times (2003 Digital Remaster)
1 6 Stop This Train (Again Doing It) (2003 Digital Remaster)
1 7 Eleanors Cake (Which Ate Her) (2003 Digital Remaster)
1 8 The Lady Rachel (2003 Digital Remaster)
1 9 Oleh Oleh Bandu Bandong (2003 Digital Remaster)
1 10 All This Crazy Gift Of Time (2003 Digital Remaster)
1 11 Religious Experience (Singing A Song In The Morning)
1 12 The Lady Rachel (Extended First Mix)
1 13 Soon Soon Soon (2003 Digital Remaster)
1 14 Religious Experience (Singing A Song In The Morning) (Take 103)
1 15 The Lady Rachel (Single Edit 1972) (2003 Digital Remaster)
1 16 Singing A Song In The Morning (2003 Digital Remaster)