The CD is now available for pre-order. Amazon's initial price has been set at $9.98:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077FD48L5/?tag=imwan-20

Here's the new song "Alone." Another unsurprisingly great track from these guys.

This is a fairly lame comp "Lea", really?), but it looks like there are three new songs?

Definitely some questionable choices and plenty of omissions, but it should be worth it for the three new tracks. One of them, "Spanish Sea," is based on an old unfinished recording that features Jeff & Mike Porcaro. Here's a little more info about that:


https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-new ... y-9th.html

Guess how many Toto CD comps I already own.

All of them...and several that haven't been compiled yet?

Good guess.

i have a love/hate relationship with TOTO, and an endless parade of compilations is part and parcel of all that. with new tracks, i'll certainly be purchasing it. i would LOVE a tastefully remastered, chronological, and comprehensive anthology on 3 discs. "...and don't f**k it up!"

The only thing I hate about Toto is that more people don't take them seriously as a kick-ass band because of a handful of softer rock songs (that just happen to be awesome). I agree that there should be a thorough, well-chosen compilation on the market. Hasn't Sony done at least a 2-disc collection?

There was a 3 CD one that came out last year or the year before that almost got things right.

As for Toto, years ago I posted they were, in actuality, a Hard Rock band (which Luke himself has said) with Jazz and R&B leanings and occasional Prog Rock moments.

I was flamed by some nutjob who insulted me and trashed me to no end.

That fool was banned though I don't remember who it was.

Having seen Toto live 7 times, owning every album and loads of DVDs...yeah, they rock and they know Hard Rock.

I did my best to spread the word about their awesomeness in a 5-part blog series about their discography in 2015, but I think I was merely preaching to the choir. At least it gave me an excuse to revisit & really dig in to their catalog, which is the main reason for my blog anyway.

What is....all of them?

Yeah, and I stated in another thread that their heaviest song was the title track from the 2006 disc Falling in Between. Absolutely heavy with the usual Toto twist. And with Bobby Kimball on vocals no less.

That song blew me away with the weird drum, bass, and guitar beat. I'm no musician, but even I know that the song would be hard for the average band to play.

That song is a beast and it is very much like Dream Theater.

From Gibson.com:

2018 is shaping up to be a banner year for Toto. A new compilation album – featuring three unreleased songs and one new track – will be released in February, and a 40th anniversary world tour is set to kick off that same month.

“We’re still here, man, and I’m proud of that,” co-founder Steve Lukather recently told Billboard. “We’ve taken every punch known to man … running up a vertical glass mountain with butter on our feet for 40 years, hanging on for dear life. We were never cool; in fact, we were the antithesis of that. We were studio musicians [who] studied our instruments. Since when is being good at what you do a deficit?”

Also in the works is a limited edition boxed set featuring remastered editions of all of Toto’s albums. Previously unreleased material will be included with the set as well.

“The next couple of years could be the hugest in the history of the band,” observes Lukather. “People are looking at us differently now. We're getting some respect for what we've done over the years.”

BIGGEST news is the box set.

Could this be the Sony/Legacy box of all the studio albums I've been begging for for years on here?

Sure sounds like it.

But...I have all the Rock Candy remasters so I hope (and doubt) this includes some rarities discs.

We shall see, but it sounds on track for the 40th Anniversary.

And I see they wisely included Afraid of Love which I think is one of their best rockers and most under-rated tunes. Loved the one-two punch of Afraid of Love and Lovers in the Night to start off side 2 of Toto IV.

I really, really, really hope that the box set won't be vinyl only.

Agreed. I love that song and was thrilled that they played it on the most recent tour!

Legacy doesn't do those.

It will be CDs.

Toto posted "Spanish Sea" on YouTube today. This is a "new" song based on a basic track they recorded during the Isolation sessions, with the rhythm section of Mike & Jeff Porcaro. I like it a lot.