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Blanket of Secrecy
Origin England, Flag of England England
Genre(s) rock
Years active 1982
Label(s) Warner Bros. Records
Members
Pete Marsh
Roger Bechirian
Andy Howell

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History

There were many theories about the identity of the musicians. Some thought the album was by the Attractions (Elvis Costello's band) whom they superficially resembled. Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry Others noted the "direction" credit to well-known producer (and Costello associate) Roger Bechirian and assumed all songs and instruments must be by Bechirian. Some reviews at the time mentioned the name Pete Marsh as the possible main-man of the band – Marsh was originally a member of Easy Street, a mellow acoustic act of the '70s whose ranks also included Richard James Burgess, who went on to produce plenty of synthpop in the '80s. Richard James Burgess is a studio drummer music-computer programmer recording artist record producer composer published author manager marketer and inventor Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument Marsh later appeared on Nick Lowe's The Abominable Showman album. Nick Lowe (born Nicholas Drain Lowe, March 24 1949, Walton-on-Thames) is an English Singer-songwriter, Musician

Extensive research by Blanket of Secrecy fan Gary L. Maher eventually identified the participants definitively as:

Additionally, the single "Say You Will" writing credit says Tinker/Spy, and ASCAP has identified "Spy" as Phil McWalter. Roger A Bechirian (born 1954 is an English Record producer, best known for his work with Elvis Costello, The Undertones and Squeeze The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers ( ASCAP) is a non-profit Performance rights organization that protects its The song "Yo Yo" was credited to Tinker/Sailor, and Maher has identified "Sailor" as artist Ron Chadwick. The song "Lovers" was co-written by Jack Hues of Wang Chung. Jack Hues (born Jeremy Allan Ryder on December 10, 1954) is an English musician who is best known for forming the popular 1980s British Wang Chung are a British New Wave Musical group. The group found their greatest success in the United States with five Top 40 hits including

Peter Marsh's musical career goes back at least to 1974, when he released a record with brother-in-law Ken Nicol under the name Nicol and Marsh (a/k/a Nicol & Marsh's Easy Street). They then changed their name to Easy Street and put out two records in 1976 and 1977. Their last record together was a 1978 release called simply Nicol & Marsh. Marsh's next project was Twist, which put out one record called This is Your Life (1979). Between then and BoS, he also worked with Vangelis and Manfred Mann's Earth Band, and released a solo single. Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Born March 29, 1943 in Volos, Greece) ( Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου Manfred Mann's Earth Band are a jazz/rock group formed by Manfred Mann, in 1971.

Roger Bechirian is a noted producer, having worked with Elvis Costello, Squeeze, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Carlene Carter, and Trash Can Sinatras. Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry Squeeze are an English band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the New Wave period of the late 1970s and continued recording successfully Nick Lowe (born Nicholas Drain Lowe, March 24 1949, Walton-on-Thames) is an English Singer-songwriter, Musician Dave Edmunds (born 15 April, 1944 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh Singer, Guitarist and Record producer Carlene Carter (born Rebecca Carlene Smith; September 26, 1955) is an American country Singer and Songwriter The Trash Can Sinatras, now generally known as Trashcan Sinatras, are a Scottish band that was formed in Irvine Scotland in 1986

Andrew Howell is best known for having co-written The Monkees' reunion single "Heart and Soul", from Pool It! He co-wrote and played a lot of the instruments on Simon Byrne's album Dream Crazy. For the group's self-titled album see The Monkees (album. For the TV series see The Monkees (TV series. Pool It!, issued 1987 by Rhino Records, is a pop/rock album (the tenth studio release by The Monkees. Simon Byrne (1806 &ndash 2 June 1833 nicknamed "The Emerald Gem" was an Irish bare-knuckle He also played bass on Robert Ellis Orrall's Contain Yourself. Robert Ellis Orrall (born May 4 1955 in Winthrop Massachusetts) is an American singer songwriter and record producer Pre BoS Andrew was also the bass player in South London punk band The Red Lights. All three BoS members had a hand in Carlene Carter's C'est C Bon record. C'est C Bon is an album by Carlene Carter. Track listing All tracks composed by Carlene Carter and James Eller except where indicated They made most of the music and co-wrote two of the songs.

At the time Ears Have Walls was recorded, BoS also reportedly recorded an entire second album, which has yet to see the light of day. Unfortunately, the band broke up before the record could be released. One of the unreleased songs is "Cool Reaction," which has been covered by Nick Lowe and Carlene Carter. Ears Have Walls is also still waiting for a CD re-issue.

Discography

Album credits

Side One:

  1. Say You Will (4:03) (Tinker/Spy) Intersong Music ASCAP
  2. Young Heart (3:42)
  3. Love Me Too (2:46)
  4. Remember Me and You (3:24)
  5. Long Cool Glass (3:35)
  6. Photograph (4:46)

Side Two:

  1. Yo Yo (3:19) (Tinker/Sailor) Intersong Music ASCAP
  2. Close To Me (4:16) (Tinker) Intersong Music ASCAP
  3. Something I Don't Need (3:02)
  4. Tell Me Baby (3:29)
  5. Lovers (4:52) (Hues/De Stig) WB Music Corp. ASCAP
  6. B. O. S. Theme (3:24) (Tinker/Tailor/Soldier)

All songs written by Tinker/Tailor except as indicated
All songs published by Intersong Music/Plangent Visions Music, Inc. ASCAP except as indicated
Copyright 1982 Warner Bros. Records, Inc.

Produced by Blanket of Secrecy
Directed by Roger Bechirian
Recorded at Ampro Studios and Rockfield Studios
Mixed at Rockfield
Engineered by Rob Keyloch at Ampro and Paul Cobbold at Rockfield
Additional musicians:
Hogg - saxophone
Jack Hues - arrangements on "Lovers"
Originally mastered by Aaron Chakraverty at The Master Room
Front cover Heeps Willard
Back cover Brian Griffin

External links

Jack Hues (born Jeremy Allan Ryder on December 10, 1954) is an English musician who is best known for forming the popular 1980s British
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