Ian Page & The Bop - Too Young To Know
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2009
- Ian Page (born Ian Paine in 1960) is a British singer and author, achieving notoriety as singer in the band Secret Affair in the late 1970s.
Teaming up with guitarist Dave Cairns while at school, Ian Page formed power pop/punk band New Hearts and signed to CBS Records in 1977, releasing two singles and touring with The Jam before the demise of the New Hearts in 1978.
Continuing to work with Cairns and forming Secret Affair, the two songwriters spent the second half of 1978 writing songs that would form the basis of the first two Secret Affair albums. In a period of a little over two years, the band posted five releases in the UK Singles Chart, and released three albums. The debut single "Time For Action" sold 198,000 copies[1] and reached number 13 in the UK pop chart in 1979, putting them at the forefront of the mod revival movement. More chart success followed with "Let Your Heart Dance", "My World" and "Sound Of Confusion".
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 and was viewed as an articulate spokesman for his generation, although his opinionated views sometimes alienated as many potential fans as they won over.
After the split of Secret Affair in 1982, Page released two solo singles - "Too Young" and "Unity Street" - under the name of Ian Page and Bop before leaving music. In his lyrics he had often railed against the music industry and his decision to quit the business was borne out of the same frustration.
By the mid 1980s, he turned fantasy author and wrote a series of spin-off books in the Lone Wolf universe.
In 1999 he returned to the live stage, touring with his band Ian Page and The Affair, performing a mixture of his own hits, soul covers and new material. With this band he released a series of singles, including "Prove It". He parted company with this band in 2007, having recorded the largest part of an as yet unreleased album.
In 2002 he once again teamed up with Dave Cairns to reform Secret Affair, initially for three gigs in the UK, including a performance at London's Shepherds Bush Empire. They returned in June the following year, playing at The Scala in London to promote the release of Time For Action: The Anthology (Sanctuary), a major CD retrospective of hits, rarities and previously unreleased tracks. The concert was filmed and released on DVD.
In 2005 Page and Cairns attempted to mend their sometimes fractious relationship and started work on a fourth Secret Affair album, recording five new songs. The album remains unfinished and unreleased as of September 2008. However, Ian Page & Dave Cairns appeared once again as Secret Affair at The Isle of Wight Scooter Rally, August 22nd & The London Astoria 2, Sept 13th 2008.
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Genre: Rock, Funky
Style: Synth-pop
Label: Parlophone
Catalog #: 12 PAGE 1
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM
I love Ian Page's music. Both of the Bop singles are treasured parts of my collection.
I have both of the Bop singles and love them! I've ripped them to MP3 and can upload them if anyone wants to hear them. I always love when they pop up on my ipod. It always makes me sad, though, that such a great band never had a LP. Unity Street is a straight-up hit to my ears.
@northdayhome
Dear Mr. Page (or may I call you simply Ian?),
it's a great pleasure to have your posted message. Please let me thank you VERY much for this song which I loved since it was issued, you don't hear music of this beauty today...
I hope life is treating you well and I wish to meet you in person in a near future.
Greetings from Rome,
- Enrico Borsetti
I love everything Ian does. I saw him last month, and will see him again in July. I can't wait. He's a legend!
Karen Le Breton Please give him my best regards.
I will do.
@northdayhome Yu should be proud. It i awesome & unity street too!
This is so mod.