 Frith used two backing bands for Gravity , Swedish Rock in Opposition group Samla Mammas Manna and United States progressive rock group The Muffins . He recorded side one of the LP record with Samla Mammas Manna at Norrgården Nyvla in Uppsala , Sweden , with additional recording at Sunrise Studios , Kirchberg , Switzerland in August 1979 . Side two of the LP was recorded with The Muffins at Catch @-@ a @-@ Buzz Studio in Rockville , Maryland , United States in November 1979 , with additional recording at Sunrise Studios in Switzerland in January 1980 . Frith recorded two additional tracks with The Muffins , " Vanity , Vanity " and " Dancing in Sunrise , Switzerland " , but they were omitted from the album due to space constraints . They appeared later on The Muffins 's 1985 album , Open City . 
