Sphinx/For You [SEP] performer
Sphinx/For You
"Sphinx"/"For You" is a promotional single by the band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, and was given away free with Flexipop Magazine in late 1981. Both tracks were recorded in the recording sessions for the "Anthem" album and produced by Nick Tauber.
Neither track on the release was issued on "Anthem", though the popularity of "Sphinx" meant it found its way onto the 1984 compilation "Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!". "For You" was eventually included
and his neat and unstudied methods make his entertainment particularly attractive."
Reading the "English Notes" column within The Sphinx, you can track his progress as a magical performer. In the August 1904 issue, we see that he was appearing at "the Grand" as "a very smart Juggler" and had started "introducing a little conjuring in his act." By April 1906 the Irish Independent was applauding Vandy as "The World Renowned Juggler and Trickster" and by June 1906 the French national newspaper La Presse