I SPY
RECORDS
Independent label: I-Spy Records was started by Ian Page of Mod
group Secret Affair, in 1979. Secret Affair took the label into the Top 75
five times during 1979-81, but when the group disbanded, In 1982, I-Spy expired
with it. Both injection-moulded and paper labels were used; some singles
can be found in both forms. Manufacture and distribution were by Arista /
Polygram, and catalogue numbers, which were in a SEE-0 series, reached
SEE-11. Secret Affair are a mod revival band, formed in 1978 and disbanded
in 1982. They reformed to perform and record in the 2000s. Formed by singer Ian
Page and guitarist David Cairns. After spending January 1979 demoing songs, Page
and Cairns enlisted the services of bassist Dennis Smith from the power pop band
Advertising and Young Bucks drummer Seb Shelton. Saxophone player Dave Winthrop.
Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
79
Secret Affair
Time For
Action
I SPY
SEE
1
79
Squire
Walking Down The Kin'S Road
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2
79
Secret Affair
Let Your Heart Dance
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3
79
Squire
Face Of Youth Today
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4
80
Secret Affair
My World
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5
80
Aitken Laurel
Rudi Got Married
I-SPY
SEE
6
80
Aitken Laurel
Big Fat
Man
I-SPY
SEE
7
80
Secret Affair
Sound Of Confusion
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8
80
Floyd Eddie
Beat Song
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9
81
Secret Affair
Do You Know
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10
82
Secret Affair
Lost In The Night
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11