Secret Affair So Cool: The Very Best Of Secret Affair (140 Gram)

Release Date: 09/02/2022
Format: LP
Label: Demon Records
Release type: 140 Gram Black Vinyl LP Pressing

Bands emerging from the late Seventies Mod revival can be divided into two camps – the ‘Punks in Parkas’, who would grow their fringes out, buy a synthesizer and hop aboard the next bandwagon twelve months later, and those who wanted to emulate the soulful craft and passion of the trailblazers from the previous decade. Secret Affair were definitely in the second category. In 1978 singer Ian Page and guitarist Dave Cairns crawled from the wreckage of the New Hearts (their only singles ‘Just Another Teenage Anthem’ and ‘Plain Jane’ now collectable and desirable 45s), channelled their rejection and cynicism into something more positive and set about writing the songs that would later become Secret Affair standards. Released in August ’79, their debut single ‘Time For Action’ (the first of three UK Top 40 hits) was a statement of intent and a call to arms for a passionate following they called The Glory Boys. Each subsequent release was a mini-manifesto – titles like ‘Let Your Heart Dance’, ‘My World’, ‘Sound Of Confusion’, ‘Soho Dreams’ and ‘All The Rage’ were full of energy and excitement. Curated by founding member, guitarist and songwriter Dave Cairns.

1. Glory Boys
2. Sound of Confusion
3. My World
4. Don’t Look Down
5. So Cool
6. Time for Action
7. Lost in the Night (Mack the Knife)
8. Let Your Heart Dance
9. Do You Know?
10. I’m a Bullet
11. Soho Strut
12. All the Rage
13. Soho Dreams
14. When the Show’s Over