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Joy of a Toy (song)

Index Joy of a Toy (song)

"Joy of a Toy" was the first USA single by the psychedelic rock band Soft Machine. [1]

17 relations: A-side and B-side, Canterbury scene, Chas Chandler, Joy of a Toy, Kevin Ayers, Love Makes Sweet Music, Mike Ratledge, New York City, Ornette Coleman, Probe Records, Psychedelic rock, Record Plant, Robert Wyatt, Single (music), Soft Machine, The Soft Machine (Soft Machine album), Tom Wilson (record producer).

A-side and B-side

The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78, 45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, or cassettes, whether singles, extended plays (EPs), or long-playing (LP) records.

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Canterbury scene

The Canterbury scene (or Canterbury Sound) is a subgenre of, or sibling to, progressive rock.

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Chas Chandler

Bryan James "Chas" Chandler (18 December 1938 – 17 July 1996) was an English musician, record producer and manager, best known as the original bassist in The Animals.

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Joy of a Toy

Joy of a Toy is the debut solo album of Kevin Ayers, a founding member of Soft Machine.

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Kevin Ayers

Kevin Ayers (16 August 1944 – 18 February 2013) was an English singer-songwriter who was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement.

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Love Makes Sweet Music

"Love Makes Sweet Music" was the first single released by the psychedelic rock group Soft Machine.

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Mike Ratledge

Michael Roland "Mike" Ratledge (born 6 May 1943) is a British musician.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Ornette Coleman

Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer.

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Probe Records

Probe Records was a sub-label of ABC Records.

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Psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock is a diverse style of rock music inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelic culture, which is centred around perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs.

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Record Plant

The Record Plant was a series of three famous recording studios which were founded by Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone, beginning in New York City in 1968.

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Robert Wyatt

Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945) is an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, with a long and distinguished solo career.

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Single (music)

In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record.

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Soft Machine

Soft Machine are an English rock and jazz band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs.

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The Soft Machine (Soft Machine album)

The Soft Machine (also titled "Volume One" as a reissue) is the debut album by the British psychedelic rock band Soft Machine, released in 1968.

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Tom Wilson (record producer)

Thomas Blanchard "Tom" Wilson Jr. (March 25, 1931 – September 6, 1978) was an American record producer best known for his work in the 1960s with Bob Dylan, the Mothers of Invention, Simon and Garfunkel, the Velvet Underground, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Eddie Harris, Nico, Eric Burdon & the Animals, the Blues Project, the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, and others.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_of_a_Toy_(song)

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