Toytown Releases 1994

1994

THE AH CLUB Squeeze My Cares Away (TOY 26)

The follow up to their much praised debut. The sound of the sea in a shell, the soundtrack to a broken heart as only The Ah Club can do it. Another winner from the Club.

SIDE A	SIDE B
Smell Fall Afraid Of Love Camelia In My Pocket Here's A Toast To What We Call Love Bonus Boots	Mr Moon Pocket Reprise Shine Immortal One For The Barback
Extra tracks:
Camelia (Remix) Smell Fall (Instrumental)	Shine (Remix) Smell Fall (Remix)

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POT LOBSTER BITCH Bitchin' With... (TOY 27)

From Canberra comes this off-key electro-odyssey straight from difficult listening hour. PLB are brought to you by the people responsible for the Growling Porcupine label of the 1980s and bands such as Lucy Looser, The Obnoxious Noise Makers and the Moon Family. If anyone knows the whereabouts of Jeremy please get in touch with me, I've lost contact. Pot Lobster Bitch is not for the timid.

SIDE A	SIDE B
You've Been bad To-day Afterbirth 2005 Reach Out For Me Oh Bottom Crawly Bumsuck Lost In Sex	If I Knew Then (What I Know Now) Big Pulsating Rectum Flesh Cake Groin Destiny (Waltz)

THEY MAKE JEWELS AT HOME Ricky Wears Prize Space Helmet (TOY 28)

From Seattle USA, imagine Severed Heads meets Stinky Fire Engine, meets your parents record collection. Out of control samples creating incredible soundtracks that just go! Their first release on Slabco was so impressive I begged them to record for TOYTOWN and guess what? They did!
The songs have no titles

FLYWHEEL The Duck Tape (TOY 29)

Flywheel are from Sydney and as of recently feature one Stephen (The Cannanes) O'Neil. Expect big things from Flywheel, CD out now on Spit And A Half.

SIDE A	SIDE B
Super Roadie I'd Rather Look 50 168 Bars Love Train	Rod Stewart It's Been A While Fridge Clarence G Wizzzzzz

STINKY FIRE ENGINE If It's Tuesday This Must Be Melbourne (TOY 30)

The idea behind this tape was to project a Stinky dose of metropolitan pride for their own fair city. Most of the songs refer to the splendours and miseries releated to urban pride and loss. As the advertising line goes, the whole shebang then "processed through the moog, set to a rhumba and lit through coloured cellophane". Ah yes.

SIDE A	SIDE B
Bulldozer Capri Flebus Mazda Globes Penthouse Club Tiny Sparks	Please Rain Fall Weekend Party Dafel Beauty Lodge Mary

LAND OF THE LOOPS Percival (TOY 31)

Loops, samples and all manner or sound finely crafted into great pop songs. Another visitor courtesy of Slabco (look for their great LP on Up Records).

SIDE A	SIDE B
Intro Last Night I Dreamt I Had Insomnia Rotate Cover Land Fill Overflow Not All That I Hate To Go To Be At Night & I Hate To Get Up In The Morning	Multi Family Garage Sale Burning Clutch I Confess Wild Vanilla Good Clean Unit Nevermore Peanut Shells & Funeral Bells Don't Even Think Goodbye

VARIOUS Yummy! (TOY 32)

Fancy a nibble? On a diet, not ready for a full bite? Yummy! was a lower price TOYTOWN sampler that was only available for the run of catalogue #6. All tracks on this tape had previously been released on various TOYTOWN cassettes except for the track by The Cat's Miaow (Right Back Where We Started From). The original plan was to have the bands introducing themselves and their songs, by this idea proved universally unpopular so it was abandoned. They're very shy these bands you know.
Yummy? With a spoon!

SIDE A	SIDE B
Fields Of Promise - THE AH CLUB R-U-B-ng Served - BLAIR MAILER Right Back Where We Started From - THE CAT'S MIAOW Tender Flank - CRABSTICK I'd Rather Look 50 - FLYWHEEL As Seen Through A Tambourine - THE HANSHALF TRIO	Rotate - LAND OF THE LOOPSGroin - POT LOBSTER BITCH Brat King - MESMO Please Rain Fall - STINKY FIRE ENGINE Billy Epstein Rides Like The Wind - SUKPATCH Untitled - THEY MAKE JEWELS AT HOME

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