Guillotine Theatre: + DVD
The 'Young and Dangerous' compilation was a wonderful surprise for Toys fans, but that, we thought, would probably be it. So thanks to Jungle for giving us the full, first Cuddlys album on cd.
Except in truth, this wasn't QUITE the first album. Back in the late '70s, when Raped changed their name to Cuddly Toys from a conscious decision to try to reverse the hostility heaped upon them from every quarter, they were gigging furiously but had no released output to their name.
A whole heap of demos had been recorded at Kingsway Studios with production by The Spiders from Mars' Woody Woodmansey, and reputedly, backing vocals by him and Ian Gillan. Glam's high profile in Japan, not to mention the wonderfully and incongruously named Japanese drummer; Paddy Phield, meant that 'Guillotine Theatre' got it's first release in that country. Indeed it is the cover for this version that has been used for this cd release. Only available on import at vastly inflated prices, Toys fans never-the-less snapped-up copies when ever they became available. In an effort to bypass the high prices, a bootleg version of the album did circulate for a while, with a cover, which according to singer Sean Purcell, was of such high quality, that it far outshone the official release. ( READ COMPLET REVIEW HERE )
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