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JOY OF A TOY

JOY OF A TOY

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Personnel includes: Kevin Ayers (vocals); Paul Buckmaster (cello); Paul Minns (oboe); David Bedford (piano); Mike Ratledge (keyboards); Hugh Hopper, Jeff Clyne (bass); Robert Wyatt, Rob Tait (drums); Jean, Mary, Cyrille Ayers, Sean Murphy (background vocals). CD contains 6 bonus tracks. Personnel: Kevin Ayers (vocals, guitar); Robert Wyatt (vocals, drums); Sean Murphy (vocals); Paul Buckmaster (cello); Paul Minns (oboe); David Bedford (piano, keyboards); Mike Ratledge (keyboards); Rob Tait (drums). Audio Mixers: Paschal Byrne; Mark Powell. Audio Remasterer: Peter Mew. Liner Note Authors: Mark Powell; Roger Dopson. Recording information: 09/1969-02/1972. Photographers: Gered Mankowitz; Laurie Asprey. Arranger: David Bedford. Ayers left the Soft Machine for a solo career when his basic pop leanings appeared at odds with the intense jazz/rock of his former colleagues. This album was a cult favourite at the end of the 60s for no reason other than that Ayers was well liked because he was ever so slightly mad. Take a look and listen at the content of this album: 'Song For Insane Times', 'Eleanor's Cake (Which Ate Her)' and 'Stop This Train (Again Doing It)'. Through the haze of quirkiness there is a strong light melodic feel to much of the music, and Ayers did possess a heartbreaker voice that prompted one woman to state, 'he is the sexiest man in the world'.
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