tracks

Black Stations/White Stations
Cooling The Medium
Come Out And Dance
I Start To Stop
Big Trees
In Between Sleep And Reason
Garden In The Sky
Nation Of Followers
Alibi Room
Rhythm Of Life
Xoa Oho
Black Stations/White Stations (Extended Dance Remix)
Black Stations/White Stations (Instrumental Remix)
Cooling The Medium (Dance Remix)
Cooling The Medium (Dub Version)

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Mystery Walk (30th Anniversary Edition)
The 5th Martha and the Muffins album 'Mystery Walk' is being reissued on CD 30 years after its 1984 debut!

In 1983, Martha and the Muffins principals Martha Johnson and Mark Gane returned to the studio for a third time with Daniel Lanois to start recording what would become the ‘Mystery Walk’ album. Originally released in 1984 under the abbreviation ‘M+M’, the first single, ‘Black Stations/White Stations’, with its Brecker Bros. fueled horn riff, became a #2 dance hit in the U.S., attracting a lot of attention for openly challenging mainstream radio stations to break down the playlist formats that divided “black stations” from “white stations”. With other notable tracks like ‘Cooling The Medium’, ‘Come Out And Dance’, ‘Garden In The Sky’ and ‘Nation Of Followers’, the writers of ‘Echo Beach’, ‘Danseparc’ and ‘This Is The Ice Age’ made yet another stylistic change while at the same time attracting a wider audience.

Now, three decades after its initial release, ‘Mystery Walk’ is available on CD, remastered by Peter J. Moore, complete with a 20 page booklet of album notes, lyrics, photos, band and press quotes as well as five bonus tracks from the same recording sessions.

credits

Artwork [Original Artwork] – Martin Soldat
Bass – David Piltch (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11), Tinker Barfield (tracks: 1, 3, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Cello – Rufus Cappadocia (tracks: 4)
Chorus – Brian Patti (tracks: 6, 10), Julie Masi (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15), Sharon Lee Williams (tracks: 2, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15), Shawne Jackson (tracks: 2, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Design [30th Anniversary Edition] – Rod Moore
Design [Original Cover Design] – Mark Gane
Drums – Fred Maher (tracks: 4), Yogi Horton (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Engineer – Bob Doidge, Dan Durbin, Daniel Lanois, Greg Roberts (2), Jason Corsaro, Josh Abbey
Engineer [Additional] – Ian Galloway
Guitar – Mark Gane
Horns – Michael Brecker (tracks: 1, 12, 13), Randy Brecker (tracks: 1, 12, 13), Wayne Mills (2) (tracks: 9)
Keyboards – Mark Gane, Martha Johnson
Musical Assistance – Alyx Skriabow, Brian Nevin, Bruce Lampcov, David Bottrill, Ian Galloway, Roman Zak
Pedal Steel Guitar – Daniel Lanois (tracks: 7)
Percussion – Billy Bryans (tracks: 6), Dick Smith (4) (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15), Henry Declemente (tracks: 3), Mark Gane, Martha Johnson, Martin Deller (tracks: 3), Quammie, (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 12, 13)
Photography By [Original Cover Photos] – Mark Gane
Producer – Daniel Lanois, Mark Gane, Martha Johnson
Remastered By – Peter J. Moore,
Rhythm Guitar – Daniel Lanois (tracks: 3)
Vocals – Mark Gane, Martha Johnson
Written-By – Daniel Lanois (tracks: 3), Mark Gane, Martha Johnson

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA Inc.
Copyright (c) – Muffin Music Ltd.
Licensed Through – Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Published By – Mystery Song
Remastered At – The E Room

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