{"title":"The Tokens","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-lion-sleeps-tonight","title":"The Lion Sleeps Tonight","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Tokens name is of course synonymous with their biggest hit, the chart-topping, multi-million selling \u003ci\u003eThe Lion Sleeps Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e, a song which has continually reinvented itself over the decades.The Brooklyn DooWoppers had cut their first 45 five years earlier, whilst still at school, but broke up shortly afterwards (Neil Sedaka was, famously, a founder-member and he both wrote and sang on their first record). After re-emerging in 1959 as the short-lived Darrell and The Oxfords, they reverted to their original name and in early 1961, cut their first million-seller, \u003ci\u003eTonight I Fell In Love\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDuring 1961 and 1962 they also charted with \u003ci\u003eSincerely\u003c\/i\u003e, 'B'Wa Nina' and 'La Bomba', and the albums \u003ci\u003eThe Lion Sleeps Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe Sing Folk\u003c\/i\u003e. This collection presents all The Tokens (together with their satellite identities) 45s issued between 1956-1962, plus the strongest sides from their first two LPs. This is the first time that this body of work has been thus compiled; many of these sides are surprisingly difficult to find elsewhere, while a couple of the real collectors' rarities have never previously appeared on CD.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jasmine","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50402034876747,"sku":"1125257","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0fe8d6cd-675d-4e1d-a98c-fb5c0b0540e7_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726529440"},{"product_id":"intercourse","title":"Intercourse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecorded mostly in 1968 as a concept album about life, the album was rejected by Warners, which led to the band putting it out themselves. Musically, it sits in similar hallowed space to the Beach Boys’ \u003cem\u003eSmiley Smile \u003c\/em\u003e(1967), with dashes of the Millennium’s \u003cem\u003eBegin\u003c\/em\u003e (1968) and the Four Seasons’ \u003cem\u003eThe Genuine Imitation Life Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e (1969) in its adventurous vocal harmonies and arrangements.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally released in 1971 on their own B.T. Puppy label, legend has it 100 copies of The Tokens’ “Intercourse” were pressed. The handful of original copies that have surfaced have fetched four-figure sums.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAce have licensed the album directly from B.T. Puppy and have used the correct, band-approved running order. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHoused in a replica of the original “Intercourse” sleeve, the album comes with an inner sleeve with liner notes by Bob Stanley. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis lion no longer sleeps – buy a copy and bathe in the sound of a lost classic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ace Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":57170527748427,"sku":"R3564-9437","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot2026-05-01at09.29.27.png?v=1777624226"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/the-tokens.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}