Discography

New Hearts – Just Another Teenage Anthem c/w Blood On The Knife. CBS5800 1977 (Picture Sleeve).

New Hearts – Plain Jane c/w My Young Teacher.  CBS6381 1978 (Picture Sleeve).

Secret Affair – Time For Action c/w Soho Strut.  See 1, I Spy Records 1979 (Picture Sleeve).

Squire – Walking Down The Kings Road c/w It’s A Mod Mod World.  See 2, 1979 (Company Sleeve).

Secret Affair – Let Your Heart Dance c/w Sorry Wrong Number.  See 3, 1979 (Picture Sleeve).

Squire – Face Of Youth Today c/w I Know A Girl.  See 4, 1979 (Company Sleeve).

Various – Mods Mayday 79.  Bridge House Records Four 1B 1979 LP.

Side One – Secret Affair; Time For Action, Let Your Heart Dance.  Beggar; Don’t Throw Your Life Away.  Small Hours; Hanging In The Balance.  The Mods; Tonight’s The Night, Let Me Be The One.  Squire; B.A.B.Y. Baby Love.  Small Hours; Midnight To Six.

Side Two – Beggar; Broadway Show, All Night.  The Mods; Love Only Me.  Squire; Walking Down Kings Road, Live Without Her Love.  Secret Affair; I’m Not Free, But I’m Cheap.  Small Hours; End Of The Night.

Secret Affair – Glory Boys. I Spy 1, I Spy Records 1979 LP.

Side One – Glory Boys, Shake & Shout, Going To A Go Go, Time For Action, New Dance.

Side Two – Days Of Change, Don’t Look Down, One Way World, Let Your Heart Dance, I’m Not Free (But I’m Cheap) Two inserts including lyrics & band tour photographs.

In the USA the Glory Boys album was released on the Sire record label with remixed tracks including My World. The Sire record company also released a 12” single which featured the 4 US remixed tracks, Time For Action, Let Your Heart Dance, One Way World and My World.

Secret Affair – My World c/w So Cool.  See 5, I Spy Records 1980 (Company Sleeve).

Laurel Aitkin & Unitone – Rudi Got Married c/w Honey Come Back To Me.  See 6, 1980 (Company Sleeve).

Laurel Aitkin – Big Fat Man c/w It’s Too Late.  See 7, 1980 (Company Sleeve).

Secret Affair – Sound Of Confusion c/w Take It Or Leave It.  See 8, 1980 (Picture Sleeve).

Secret Affair – Behind Closed Doors.  I Spy 2, I Spy Records, 1980 LP.

Side One – What Did You Expect, I Am A Bullet, Only Mad Men Laugh, When The Show Is Over, My World.

Side Two – Sound Of Confusion, Life’s A Move Too, Live For Today, Through My Eyes, Street Life Parade. Inner Sleeve contains lyrics and art work. The Album was also released in the USA on the Sire record label.

Eddie Floyd – The Beat Song c/w London. See 9, 1980 (Company Sleeve).

Anthony Meynell – Hits From 3000 Years Ago. HiLo Records 1980 LP.

Side One – I Don’t Get Satisfaction, Sandy, My Mind Goes Round In Circles, Live Without Her Love, I’ve Got You On My Mind, B-A-B-Y Baby Love, I Put My Arms Around Her.

Side Two – Make Love To You, Noonday Underground, Modern Love, Saturday Shopping, Does Stephanie Know, To Keep  Me Satisfied, The Youth of Today Are Gonna Make It. Features demos’ recorded for the aborted I Spy debut Squire album and 3 live tracks from the 1979/1980 set list at the beginning of side two.

Secret Affair – Do You Know c/w Dance Master.  See 10, 1981 (Company Sleeve).

Secret Affair – Lost In The Night (Mac The Knife) c/w The Big Beat.  See 11, 1982 (Picture Sleeve).

Secret Affair – Business As Usual.  I Spy 3, I Spy Records, 1982 LP.

Side One – Lost In The Night (Mac The Knife), Follow The Leader, Do You Know, Hide & Seek, I Could Be You and Somewhere In The City.

Side Two – She’s On Fire, Three Wise Monkeys, One Voice In The Darkness, Dance Master, The Big Beat and One Day In Your Life.

Secret Affair – City Of Dreams.  Glory Boy Records, Mail Order LP (only 1000 ever pressed.  Secret Affair’s live performance from Mods Mayday 79, includes New Dance).

Ian Page and Bop

Too Young To Know.  EMI Label, 1984 (Picture Sleeve).

Unity Street.  EMI Label, 1984 (Picture Sleeve).

Secret Affair – The Peel Sessions EP. UK Strange Fruit 1988

Ian Page and The Affair – Prove It c/w I’m A Man.  Detour Records, 2003.

Ian Page and The Affair – Hold On To Your Mojo c/w Its Growing, Tracks Of My Tears . Detour Records, 2006.

New Hearts- The Peel Session Revolution What Revolution, Here Come The Ordinaries, Only A Fool, Just Another Teenage Anthem

Compact Discs

Various – Mods Mayday 79. Dojo 1993.

See Album Listing but with bonus tracks by the Merton Parkas – Tears Of A Clown and Tell Me What I’d Say.

Secret Affair – Glory Boys Behind Closed Doors. Arista July 1995.

Various Artists – On Target, 20 direct hits from the Mod Revival.  MCI 1997.

Secret Affair – Time For Action, The Very Best Of Secret Affair.  Camden May 1997.

Time For Action, Glory Boys, My World, Sound Of Confusion, Dance Master, Soho Strut, The Big Beat, Hide & Seek, So Cool, Do You Know, On Way World, Let Your Heart Dance, Street Life Parade, Through My Eyes, Days Of Change, Going To A Go Go, Lost In The Night (Mac The Knife), Shake & Shout, New Dance and I’m Not Free But I’m Cheap.

Secret Affair – Live At The Bridge.  Receiver October 1997.

(Their live performance from Mods Mayday 79 with additional songs recorded especially for this release).

Days Of Change, Glory Boys, Shake & Shout, Get Ready, My World, Sorry Wrong Number, Going To A Go Go, Don’t Look Down, Time For Action, Let Your Heart Dance, I’m Not Free But I’m Cheap, When The Show Is Over, Road Runner, Dancing In The Street, Soho Strut, Land Of Hope, Soul Foundation, Time For Action, Let Your Hear Dance (encores).

Secret Affair – Glory Boys.  Jurasicpunk 1999. (French import with band history insert in French)

Secret Affair – Glory Boys.  Captain Mod, Modska13 2001.

Bonus Tracks – Soho Strut and Sorry Wrong Number.

Secret Affair – Behind Closed Doors.  Captain Mod, Modska14 2001.

Bonus Tracks – So Cool and Take It Or Leave It.

Secret Affair – Business As Usual.  Captain Mod, Modska15 2001.

Various Artists – Rude Boy Revival, The Very Best Of Mod, Ska, Skin And Two Tone.  Telstar 2002

Includes – My World and Time For Action

Various Artists – Mods Mayday ’79.  Sanctuary Records, 2003.

All 39 surviving recordings by the six bands who appeared on the bill that night.

Various Artists – The Mod Revival Generation, Time For Action.  Sanctuary Records, 2003.

Includes Time For Action and Let Your Heart Dance – Live Mods Mayday 79.

Secret Affair – Time For Action Anthology.  Sanctuary Records, 2003.

Disk One – Just Another Teenage Anthem, Plain Jane, Love’s Just A Word (demo), Blood On The Knife, Only A Fool (demo), Seen That Movie Too (demo), Don’t Look Down (demo), Only Madmen Laugh (demo), Sunday Girls (demo), Glory Boys (demo), New Dance (live Mods Mayday 79), I’m Not Free (But I’m Cheap) (BBC Session), Going To A Go Go (BBC session), Time For Action (US Remix), Soho Strut, Get Ready (BBC Session), Let Your Heart Dance (US Remix), Sorry Wrong Number, One Way World (US Remix), Trendsetters Ball (demo), Five By Five (demo) and Through My Eyes (demo).

Disk Two – My World (US Remix), So Cool, Sound Of Confusion, Take It Or Leave It, What Did You Expect, When The Show Is Over, Streetlife Parade, Do You Know?, Follow The Leader (demo), Lost In The Night, Hide & Seek (demo), Three Wise Monkeys (demo) One Day In Your Life, Dance Master (demo), Big Beat (demo), I Could Be You (BBC Session), Somewhere In The City (demo), Land Of Hope and Soul Foundation.

Ian Page and The Affair.  Detour Records, 2003.

Prove It, I Am A Man and Wasted Words.

Ian Page and The Affair. Detour Records, 2006.

         Hold On To Your Mojo, Its Growing,  Tracks Of My Tears.

VHS Videos / DVDs

Mods ‘n’ Sods Volumes1, 2, and 4  VHS  DVD 2006

A compilation of various television clips recorded to video by Cool Cat. Includes clips of Secret Affair. The picture and sound quality varies greatly so be warned. Now also available on DVD however the quality has not improved.

Secret Affair – Live For Action 79 VHS 1993 DVD 2006

BBC’s Sight & Sound programme recorded at Bristol University in 1979.

Features: Glory Boys, Shake & Shout, Road Runner, Going To A Go Go, Don’t Look Down, When The Show Is Over, New Dance, Let Your Heart Dance, One Way World, Time For Action, I’m Not Free, But I’m Cheap.

Additional Tracks on the DVD include: Time For Action and Ian Page Interview from the Wolfgang Buld documentary. Do You Know and Lost In The Night appearances from BBC Swap Shop.

Again, a Cool Cat production, so quality poor.

The Spirit of Mod 79 A Mods ‘n’ Sods Best of….. VHS 2002 DVD 2006

News of the World -  The Jam, TOTPS, On My Radio -  The Selecter, TOTPS, Maybe Tommorrow -  The Chords, TOTPS, Do You Know -  Secret Affair, KIDS TV, Lost in the Night -  Secret Affair, SWAP SHOP, Poison Ivy -  The Lambrettas, TOTPS, David Watts -  The Jam, TOTPS, Eleven Plus Eleven -  Nine Below Zero, YOUNG ONES, Confusion Hits Us Every Time - The Truth, PROMO, Exception Of Love -  The Truth, THE TUBE, My World -  Secret Affair, TOTPS, Millions Like Us -  Purple Hearts, Reachin My Head -  Prisoners THE TUBE, Free Yourself -  The Untouchables, PROMO, Looking For Some Action -  Q Tips, OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST, Time For Action -  Secret Affair TOTPS, Eton Rifles -  The Jam, TOTPS, The Prince -  Madness TOTPS, London Calling/ Page 3/ Beat Boys In The Jet Age -  The Lambrettas, BBC LIVE CONCERT, Here Is My Number – Makin Time, PROMO, Hanging Around – Mood Six, PROMO, Now Its Gone/Maybe Tomorrow – The Chords LWT, Millions Like Us – Purple Hearts, LWT, Absolute Beginners – The Jam, SWAP SHOP, Glory Boys – Secret Affair, BBC SIGHT & SOUND, IOW Documentary.

A Cool Cat production.

Secret Affair Live @ The Scala DVD Secret Films

Ian Page, Dave Carins, Dennis Smith, Dave Winthrop, and Paul Bultitude, filmed 18^th June 2003.

Glory Boys, Shake & Shout, Going To A Go Go, Get Ready, Don’t Look Down, One Way World, Only Madmen Laugh, One Day In Your Life, New Dance, Lifes A Movie Too, Sound Of Confusion, Three Wise Monkeys, Soho Strut, Lost In The Night, Somewhere In The City, I Could Be You, Dance Master, Let Your Heart Dance, My World, I’m Not Free But I’m Cheap, Time For Action, The Big Beat.

Excellent quality, with special features; Ian Page and Dave Cairns interview, Band History, and Sound Check.

Teenage Kicks DVD Sanctuary Records 2005

Secret Affair – Time For Action PROMO Other various artists include The Jam, The Undertones, Blondie, The Buzzcocks, Madness, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Vapers and Jo Boxers.

Punk In England: Documentary by Wolfgang Buld DVD Odeon Entertainment

Secret Affair – Time For Action live and an interview with Ian Page. Other Artists also featured; The Jam, The Clash, The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, Ian Dury & the Blockheads, The Pretenders.

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