''Toomorrow'' is the soundtrack from the 1970 film, featuring the band Toomorrow with

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n singer

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(her first major release album). The film was a sci-fi musical mix directed by

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and was Newton-John's second movie. It was

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's less successful follow up to his work with

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. Band members of the band Toomorrow were

(vocals), Karl Chambers (drums), Ben Thomas (guitar, vocals) and Vic Cooper (organ, piano, saxophone, guitar, recorder). "You're My Baby Now" was released as a 7" single with picture sleeve on

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, with "Goin' Back" on the B side. According to Newton-John's biographer Tim Ewbank,

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tried to rescue this album by bringing in new, but well established British songwriters, to reconstruct a mk2 version of this album. Due to the knock on effect this would have had on the film version, requiring substantial and costly re-filming this idea was shelved. A non-album follow up single by Toomorrow, "I Could Never Live Without Your Love", was released on Decca Records, produced by Welch.

Songs

All songs written by

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and

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, except "Spaceport", composed by

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"You're My Baby Now" (3:00)
"Taking Our Own Sweet Time" (3:04)
"Toomorrow" (instrumental) (2:07)
"Let's Move On" (2:20)
"Walkin' on Air" (instrumental) (2:13)
"If You Can't Be Hurt" (2:59)
"Toomorrow" (2:01)
"Walkin' on Air" (2:55)
"Spaceport" (2:44)
"Happiness Valley" (2:35)
"Let's Move On" (instrumental) (0:56)
"Goin' Back" (2:54)

2014 release on compact disc

''Toomorrow'' was released on

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in 2014 by Ohio-based label Real Gone Music.

References

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