NW Metalworx Music

Brand new remastered reissue of the Idaho heavy metal band CHILDZPLAY's 1986 debut album - FIRST TOY - from Heaven & Hell Records from 2025.

CD FEATURES:
• First time on CD
• Fully remastered
• 16-page booklet
• Complete lyrics
• Band photos
• Band history essay
• Limited to 500 copies worldwide

TRACKS:
1. The Learning
2.Feel It
3. One Step
4. Everywhere
5. Scotch on the Rocks
6. Rock Time
7. You Got Me Goin'
8. Thinking of You
9. I'm Leaving
10. Rip

BIO: CHILDZPLAY was formed in 1983 by founder/guitarist Mitch Hoitt in Boise, Idaho. Hoitt was introduced to bassist Ray Van Cour through a mutual friend. Hoitt then recruited schoolmates, drummer Troy Nickell and singer Curt Caldwell. Soon after, second guitarist Jefferey Fultz would join, completing the original line-up. In 1984/85, CHILDZPLAY met the band's would-be producer and lifelong friend, Kevin Mitchell. Kevin would take CHILDZPLAY into The Music Source studio in Seattle, Washington, to record what was, at the time, supposed to be a demo. Dave Raynor recorded, mixed, and mastered the tracks. That same year, 'First Toy' was released under the band's imprint, Playmate Records. The band would press only 500 copies of the record. Upon release, 'First Toy' quickly received consistent local radio support. Band members would also do numerous radio interviews while traveling for shows in and around Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Hoitt and Caldwell left the band within the next three years to pursue other opportunities. Now needing a replacement vocalist, the band looked towards a singer named Michael Bell.

ChildzPlay is:
Ray Van Cour - bass & vocals
Troy Nickell - drums & vocals
Jeffery Fultz - guitar & vocals
Mitch Hoitt - guitar & vocals
Curtis P. Caldwell - vocals

CREDITS:
Produced by Kevin Jason Mitchell
Engineer by Dave Raynor

2025 executive producers J. Golden & G. Shafer
Digitized by Tom Hall
Remastered by James Lancaster at Gemini Studios in Boise, ID
Layout design by Chris Ferguson

(PRE-ORDER: ESTIMATED SHIPPING MAY, 2025)