Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach

Issued in Canada April 1980 on Virgin / Dindisc 1111.

This group was made up of friends from Thornhill, Ontario: Mark Gane (guitar, synthesizer), his brother Tim Gane (drums), with David Millar, Martha Ladly and Carl Finkle, joined on keyboards and lead vocals by Martha Johnson (ex-Doncasters).

Their first indie single won them a contract with Virgin, and they were whisked away to make "Metro Music" in The Manor studios near Oxford, England, with Mike Howlett producing. "Echo Beach" was their first major label single and first hit. The group toured England extensively in 1979 and 1980 on its strength, playing live on TV and radio, and the record won a Juno award back at home.

In Canada, their record entered the RPM 100 on April 26, 1980 and spent two weeks at #5 in August.

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[Galfadez]

@goats7000 I seriously don't care how old you are mate.

[celebiboy123]

80s was the best decade ever.

[donottawaguitar]

YES

[PowerTheQwerty]

@AngryPostmanSthlm2 future referance, to find your comments click on all comments, then click "Ctrl F" and type your username. Thus should find your comments instantly.

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

Squeeze now that is love

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

2012 works like 2033

watch?v=MTdijghUWm4&feature=r­­elated

waiting for the winds of change to scrape the clouds away

waiting for the rainbows' end to cast it's gold your way

[Owenbowen56]

I agree! I'm 47, and this is way better than the crap thats out there today. M+M were damn cool.

[conkeroonee]

amazing song..i'm 52 and this is better than anything that bands are producing today.

[pgconn]

Love this, for its yearning for escape to the beauty of nature.

And alienation from work.

[dexterxan]

the last two words ....SOME DAY

[AngryPostmanSthlm2]

Hmm got 2 comments but can not even find my own :P

@ Awesome7163 - Sry i didnt mean to be racist (what ever i wrote)

@ MrStupidboy66 - lol, im with you all the way..couldnt say it better my self (how is it possible its even get recorded)

nevertheless..this song still rocks totally ;)

[asia911]

Damn, Canadian totally ROCKS in the 80s!