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Secret Affair regularly appeared on UK television show Top of the Pops and were cover stars of many UK magazines, including New Musical Express, Sounds and Smash Hits. Likened to Jimmy Pursey, Ian Page was often asked to appear on UK television programmes, although his opinionated views sometimes alienated as many potential fans as they won over.
Ian Page and David Cairns from Secret Affair. Formed after the demise of the CBS Records signed power pop band New Hearts, [2] singer Ian Page and guitarist David Cairns spent the second half of 1978 writing songs that would form the basis of the first two Secret Affair albums.
After the demise of their previous band New Hearts, Ian Page and David Cairns formed Secret Affair, inspired by the 1960s mod movement.Page said he "started off calling this mod thing ‘Glory Boys’ which took away all the idea of it being a revival, but we lost that battle". [5]
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Secret Affair. Ian Page – lead vocals, keyboards, trumpets; David Cairns – guitars, backing vocals; Dennis Smith – bass guitar, backing vocals; Paul Bultitude – drums, percussion; Dave Winthrop – saxophones; Technical. Secret Affair – producer (all tracks except 8 and 11), remixing (8 and 11)
The album saw a change in direction by the band, with Page saying "the first priority was to make it different from the first, to show the wide range of styles and influences there are within the band". [3] Apart from two songs, the songs on this album were written by either Ian Page or David Cairns, unlike their previous album, Glory Boys ...