Glory Boys

Glory Boys is the debut album by mod revival band Secret Affair, released in November 1979 by their label I-Spy, which they founded after signing to Arista Records. The album peaked at number 41 on the UK Albums Chart. Background and release After the demise of their previous band New Hearts, Ian Page and David Cairns formed Secret Affair, inspired by the 1960s mod movement. Page said he "started off calling this mod thing ‘Glory Boys’ which took away all the idea of it being a revival, but we lost that battle". He'd invented the Glory Boys concept, as a "reaction to being told that I wasn’t any good and if I am going to be honest the real idea was like a spiv; a black shirt and white tie, clothes being very important." This image was inspired by Page and Cairn's fascination with the 1970 crime drama film Performance, with its main characters having a "very modish look". The band's first single, "Time for Action", was their highest charting single, peaking at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart, and is a retort against the punk elite. The follow-up single, "Let Your Heart Dance" was also successful, peaking at number 32 on the chart. The album was released in the US and Canada by Sire Records on 30 June 1980, with a different sleeve and remixes of some of the tracks. The album also included "My World", which was released in the UK on the band's second album Behind Closed Doors. Page explained that "Sire believed that American ears were different from English ears and wanted different mixes.  They booked me a highly experienced US engineer and he made some very subtle differences".