Friday, July 19, 2013

Secrets* - Self Titled

Boy oh boy ... talk about a secret.  This band has certainly excelled in being one of the most secretive bands of all time.  Is that a new form of self promotion?  Either way - what we have here is an absolute classic.  The name is a bit weird.  No 'The' at the beginning and they tacked on an asterix (*) at the end.  That's an even more over the top attempt at obscurity.  But don't let this fool you - many pundits place this US release in their all time top 20 list of pop releases ... you will probably do the same *.


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Like this, have a listen to The Secrets 'Success Without College'. They're not the same band (I thought they were at first) - equally as good.  Must be something about the band name.

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  1. daratSeptember 14, 2015 at 3:44 PM

    You're saving me a lot of time here, Mr. W&W. I think I paid $2:00 for my copy of this...and played the damn thing to death! And here it is! They apparently had a second release called "Success Without College", sadly I do not have that one.

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  3. MarioSeptember 26, 2015 at 8:03 AM

    Sorry to correct you. This is a Kansas City power pop band known as ... Secrets* and this is their only LP from 1982. Band members were: Brent Hoad (vcls, gtrs, kbds), Pat Tomek (drums), Norman Dahlor (bass, vcls), Steve Davis (gtrs, vcls). The other similarly named band (The Secrets) was a garage punk band from Toronto, CN who released "Success Without College" in 1980. They are not related.

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    1. daratSeptember 26, 2015 at 8:16 AM

      Ah. Oddly enough though, the one song I've heard from the Toronto group is a remake of "Pretty Woman", and doesn't sound markedly different. The album I found that on is a Bomb Records comp, which is indeed Canadian and has very small pictures of the album covers. But thanks for the correction. Don't want to be putting misinformation out there!

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