{"id":2144,"date":"2020-01-24T11:05:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T16:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/?p=2144"},"modified":"2020-02-11T12:19:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T17:19:24","slug":"martha-and-the-muffins-insect-love-b-w-cheesies-and-gum-din-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/2020\/01\/24\/martha-and-the-muffins-insect-love-b-w-cheesies-and-gum-din-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Martha and the Muffins \u2013 “Insect Love” b\/w “Cheesies and Gum” (DIN 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Insect Love” b\/w “Cheesies and Gum”<\/strong>
\nDinDisc Records DIN 4 (UK)<\/strong>
\nReleased on November 3, 1979<\/strong>
\nProduced by Mike Howlett<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once more, with feeling: Martha and the Muffins re-recorded “Insect Love” for their first release on DinDisc Records<\/a>, a boutique label established by Carol Wilson under the Virgin UK umbrella. What a difference a producer makes! Mike Howlett, not a commercially proven record producer at this time, separates the instruments quite distinctly and draws out the attack of a well-rehearsed group. The a-side opens with the sound of a buzzing fly, possibly made by Andy Haas on sax.\u00a0 The organ now takes its place of prominence in the sound of the classic Martha and the Muffins lineup; Ladly’s wurlitzer has a reedy quality that rises above the trebly mix and is held back from the general accompaniment duties it had on the demo version.<\/p>\n