{"id":2292,"date":"2020-02-02T11:59:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T16:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/?p=2292"},"modified":"2020-02-11T12:14:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T17:14:30","slug":"martha-and-the-muffins-swimming-b-w-little-sounds-excerpts-vs-1136","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/musicalurbanism\/2020\/02\/02\/martha-and-the-muffins-swimming-b-w-little-sounds-excerpts-vs-1136\/","title":{"rendered":"Martha and the Muffins \u2013 “Swimming” b\/w “Little Sounds (Excerpts)” (VS 1136)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Swimming” b\/w “Little Sounds (Excerpts)”<\/strong>
\nVirgin Records VS 1136 (Canada)<\/strong>
\nReleased probably in January 1982<\/strong>
\nProduced by Martha and the Muffins and Daniel Lanois<\/strong><\/p>\n

The DinDisc imprimatur is gone: Virgin’s boutique indie label<\/a> had folded by this time, and all its artists under contract were transferred to the parent company. Meanwhile, Canada’s Polygram division was working This Is The Ice Age<\/i> better than any other of Virgin’s international distributors, giving Martha and the Muffins crucial momentum in their home country. There was still unfinished business to be conducted, both commercially and within the band.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n