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| Joy of a Toy | ||||
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| Released | November 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 17 June – 11 September 1969 | |||
| Studio | Abbey Road Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock[1] | |||
| Length | 41:38 | |||
| Label | Harvest | |||
| Producer | Kevin Ayers & Peter Jenner | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| Rolling Stone | [2] |
| The Times | [3] |
Joy of a Toy is the debut solo album of Kevin Ayers, a founding member of Soft Machine. He is accompanied on the LP by pianist and arranger David Bedford as well as his erstwhile Soft Machine colleagues Robert Wyatt and Mike Ratledge, and his eventual replacement Hugh Hopper, who had previously worked with him in the semi-pro band Wilde Flowers. Among the session musicians are cellist and arranger Paul Buckmaster, jazz bassist Jeff Clyne, oboist Paul Minns (of Third Ear Band) and drummer Rob Tait (formerly of Pete Brown and His Battered Ornaments before going on to join Vinegar Joe).
- ^ a b "Kevin Ayers - Joy of a Toy Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Kevin Ayers: Joy of a Toy : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 1 June 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.