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Matt Dangerfield talks The Boys On Safari boxset, producing Toyah, and the punk scene

Legendary punk band The Boys have just released a 71-track 5xCD clamshell box set covering their period with Safari Records between 1979-81.

Featuring in the box set is the band’s third studio album To Hell With The Boys which reached No.4 in the Independent Chart in early 1980 and features the Indie Chart hit singles ‘Kamikaze’ (No.9) and ‘Terminal Love’ (No.32).

Also featured is 1981’s Boys Only album which features the singles ‘You’d Better Move On’ and ‘Weekend’.

Disc 3 is a 22 track Rarities round-up containing eight previously unreleased studio demos alongside non LP B-sides and rare mixes.

The fourth disc is the X rated Christmas Album issued under the name The Yobs, which now has three added bonus tracks. Long out of print on vinyl or CD and currently an expensive collector’s item.

The final disc is an In Concert recording for the BBC in 1980.

I spoke with original vocalist Matt Dangerfield via Zoom to talk about the box set, which contains a 28-page booklet featuring his detailed track notes, plus lots of clippings, memorabilia and pictures of all the relevant record sleeves.

Early in February 1980, Dangerfield produced labelmate Toyah’s ‘Bird in Flight’ single, just a year before they broke the mainstream with the Four From Toyah E.P. This extended play release featured ‘It’s A Mystery’, which became the breakthrough hit for the band, fronted by singer-songwriter Toyah Willcox.

The reason I was brought in to produce that single was to get her airplay. She was having lots of publicity and everybody was interested in her, but the music wasn’t very radio-friendly.

‘Bird in Flight’ wasn’t featured on an album release at the time, although it was added to the 2002 reissue of Toyah’s debut album Sheep Farming In Barnet, and was also included on the 2005 compilation The Safari Singles Collection Part 1: 1979-1981.

Toyah Sheep Farming In Barnet 2020 Reissue

Cherry Red Records will be releasing the remastered and expanded deluxe edition of Sheep Farming In Barnet, which kickstarts a reissue programme of Toyah’s entire Safari Records catalogue.

Included on the Sheep Farming In Barnet reissue will be a previously unreleased version of ‘Love Me’, a track recorded in the Dangerfield Session. A different version, produced by Steve James, was later released officially on The Blue Meaning album in 1980.

Watch my interview with Matt Dangerfield below, and don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel for more content.

⚪️ The Boys On Safari box set is out now

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The author Phil Marriott

Phil Marriott is a London-based broadcaster, DJ, editor, digital content creator and writer. Phil has worked as a presenter on Gaydio – the world’s biggest LGBT dance radio station – where he was also Head of Music. He is currently a host of Boys On Film and a resident DJ at popular London venues Eagle and Royal Vauxhall Tavern. He is also the Podcast Editor & Audio Engineer at Plant Based News and writer at Departures, an American digital lifestyle magazine.

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