TOTO – IV LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK AFRICA ROSANNA

Toto – IV
(CBS Records  1982  85529)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners
Lyric Insert in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Toto is an American rock band formed in 1976 in Los Angeles. The band’s current lineup consists of Joseph Williams (lead vocals), David Paich (keyboards, vocals), Steve Porcaro (keyboards), Steve Lukather (guitars, vocals), plus touring members Lenny Castro (percussion), Warren Ham (saxophone), Shem von Schroeck (bass) and Shannon Forrest (drums). Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard rock, R&B, blues, and jazz.

Paich and Jeff Porcaro had played together as session musicians on several albums and decided to form a band. David Hungate, Lukather, Steve Porcaro and Bobby Kimball were recruited before the first album release. The band enjoyed great commercial success in the late 1970s and 1980s, beginning with the band’s eponymous debut released in 1978. With the release of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Toto IV (1982), Toto became one of the best-selling music groups of their era.

Widely known for the Top 5 hits “Hold the Line”, “Rosanna”, and “Africa”, the makeup of the group continues to evolve. Hungate left in 1982, followed by Kimball in 1984, but who rejoined the band in 1998 until 2008. Jeff Porcaro died in 1992 of a heart attack. Hungate rejoined Toto as a touring musician and later a band member. In 2008, Lukather announced his departure from the band, and the remaining band members later went their separate ways. In the summer of 2010, Toto reformed and went on a short European tour, with a new lineup, to benefit Mike Porcaro, who had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and was no longer an active member of the band. He died in 2015.

The band has released 17 studio albums, and has sold over 40 million records worldwide. The group was honored with several Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009.

Toto IV is the fourth studio album by American pop and rock band Toto released in the spring of 1982 by Columbia Records.

The lead single, “Rosanna”, peaked at number 2 for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, while the album’s third single, “Africa”, topping the Hot 100 chart, became the group’s first and only number 1 hit. Both songs were hits in the UK as well, reaching number 12 and 3, respectively. The fourth single, “I Won’t Hold You Back”, also peaked within the top ten on the Hot 100, at number 10, but atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts for three weeks. It also went into the top 40 in the UK. With the success of “Africa”, the album climbed back into the top 10 in early 1983 on both sides of the Atlantic.

Toto IV received six Grammy Awards in 1983 including Album of the Year, Producer of the Year for the band, and Record of the Year for “Rosanna”. It reached number four on the Billboard 200 album charts in the United States, shortly after its release. It also reached the top ten in other countries, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom, and Japan. It was also the last Toto album to feature their original bassist David Hungate until his return in 2014 (with the release of their 2015 album Toto XIV) when he replaced by Mike Porcaro after the band’s recording of the album, and also the final album to feature original lead vocalist Bobby Kimball until his comeback in 1998 (with the release of the 1999 album Mindfields)^.

Track listing

Personnel

Toto

• Bobby Kimball – lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8-10), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-10)
• Steve Lukather – guitars, lead vocals (tracks 1, 3, 6), backing vocals (tracks 1-4, 6-10), piano (track 4)
• David Paich – keyboards, lead vocals (tracks 7, 10), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5-10), orchestral arrangements (tracks 3, 5-7), horn arrangements (track 1)
• Steve Porcaro – keyboards, lead vocals (track 5)
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Lenny Castro – congas and percussion (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 10)
• Ralph Dyck – synthesizer (track 7)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (track 1)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet and horn arrangements (track 1)
• Jim Horn – saxophone (tracks 1, 7), recorders (track 10)
• James Newton Howard – orchestral arrangements and conductor (tracks 3, 5-7)
• Tom Kelly – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2)
• Roger Linn – synthesizer programming (track 4)
• The Martyn Ford Orchestra – strings (tracks 3, 5-7)
• Marty Paich – orchestral arrangements (track 3)
• Jimmy Pankow – trombone (track 1)
• Joe Porcaro – percussion (tracks 5, 10), xylophone (track 6), tympani (track 7), marimba (track 10)
• Mike Porcaro – cello (tracks 3, 8)
• Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals (tracks 3, 4, 10)
• Tom Scott – saxophone (tracks 1, 7)
• Jon Smith – saxophone (track 2)

Production

• Produced by Toto
• Engineers – Dick Gall, Bruce Heigh, Tom Knox, Greg Ladanyi, David Paich, Steve Porcaro and Al Schmitt
• Tracks recorded by Al Schmitt (1, 3, 4, 5, 7 & 10), Tom Knox (2 & 9) and Greg Ladanyi (6 & 8)
• Strings on tracks # 3, 5, 6 & 7 recorded by John Kurlander
• Additional recording by Niko Bolas, Terry Christian, Jamie Ledner, Lon LeMaster, David Leonard and Peggy McCreary
• Mixed by Greg Ladanyi and Elliot Scheiner
• Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound (New York City)
• Photography – Glen Christiensen, Sam Emerson and Jim Hagopian
• Illustration – Joe Spencer
• Album Package Concept – Steve Porcaro