Toyah 'Dreamchild' - Rare White Label Mix

This is one for fellow Toyah nerds! In 1994 Toyah released her 'Dreamchild' album, a dance collaboration with XL recordings, written largely by Mike Bennett.

A little while after I came across a white label pre-release cassette (1993 Cryptic Records), which on the face of it like most promos, was no different to the final release other than a slightly re-ordered track listing.

However one other difference on this, was that the title track 'Dreamchild' was in a different mix to that of the final release, replacing the bass heavy drum track with a continuous poppier beat. Those who know the track well will hear the difference. It also falls shorter than the final release at just under 6 mins. This version was never released in any other form to my knowledge.

Dreamchild was later re-released under the name of 'Phoenix' on CD and in 2010 has been re-released in a special edition with rare bonus tracks.

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• Tayce

[GWM4GWM]

I prefer the album version but this is not bad.

In my opinion Toyah hasn't recorded anything truly interesting since 'Dreamchild'.

[Rickyscul]

wow

[toyno1]

Yeah thanks for posting this!

I love it!

[Scooty1966]

Cheeers for that not heard this version before be proud Paul