A Box of Toys

A Box of Toys – July 15, 2025

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A Box of Toys is a radio program dedicated to the mystery of obscure music. The sheer volume of new and original artists is utterly overwhelming and A Box of Toys endeavors to pluck these voices out of their dusty basements and onto the airwaves for your listening pleasure. It is the culmination of a quarter-century curation effort that brings attention to lost, forgotten, eclectic and unknown music the world needs to hear. Come dig around and revel in what we’ve found.

Playlist

Artist Song Album Label
Tom Waits Singapore Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years Island Records
Ceramic Dog Pennsylvania 6 6666 Pennsylvania 6 6666 Northern Spy Records
Ceramic Dog Orthodoxy (feat. Marc Ribot) YRU Still Here? (feat. Marc Ribot) Northern Spy Records
Tony Levin Chasms - Remastered 2023 World Diary Canyon International
Tony Levin The Train - Remastered 2023 World Diary Canyon International
Tony Levin We Stand In Sapphire Silence - Remastered 2023 World Diary Aviator-Entertainment
Tom Waits Clap Hands Rain Dogs Island Records
John Lurie The Beast Painting with John (Music from the Original TV Series) Strange and Beautiful
John Lurie Big Trouble African Swim and Manny & Lo - Two Film Scores By John Lurie Strange and Beautiful
Riccardo Muti Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: I. Ouverture. Maestoso - Allegro - Adagio e staccato - II. Allegro - Andante - Allegro Handel: Water Music Warner Classics
Kraftwerk Antenna - 2009 Remaster Radio-Activity (2009 Remaster) PLG UK Frontline
Bobby Previte The Ministry Of Truth The Coalition Of The Willing Ropeadope
Bobby Previte The Ministry Of Love The Coalition Of The Willing Ropeadope
Tom Waits Jockey Full Of Bourbon January Blues Island Records
Chris Spedding Guitar Jamboree The Albums 1970-1980 Parlophone UK
Marc Ribot Never Better Party Intellectuals Yellowbird Records
Carney, Hild & Kramer These Foolish Things Black Power Shimmy-Disc
Ahmad Jamal Trio Dolphin Dance The Awakening UMG Recordings, Inc.