A Secret History

Track list

Disc 1

1. My Mine - Hypnotic Tango (Instrumental)

   Studio version

2. Alexander Robotnick - Problèmes D'Amour

   Studio version

3. Temporary Secretary

   Written by Paul McCartney

   3:15 • Studio version • A

   Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Mixing engineer, Producer, Recording engineer, Sequencer, Synthesizers, Vocals Eddie Klein : Mixing assistant

   Session Recording: June - July 1979 • Studio Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK

   Session Recording: June - July 1979 • Studio Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

   Session Mixing: September 1979 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

   Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon

4. Visage - Frequency 7 (Dance Mix)

   Studio version

5. Liaisons Dangereuses - Peut Pas...Pas

   Studio version

6. Material - Secret Life

   Studio version

7. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Riot In Lagos

   Studio version

8. Telex - Brainwash

   Studio version

9. Klein & M.B.O. - Wonderful (Disco Dub Mix)

   Studio version

10. Throbbing Gristle - Hot On The Heels Of Love

    Studio version

11. Gaznevada - I.C. Love Affair (Italian Version)

    Studio version

From clone.nl:

New Religion presents a secret history with some of the best classic 80’s electronic dance, the origins of electronic dancemusic. Tracks: Liaisons Dangereuses – Peut etre.. pas, Alexander Robotnick – Problemes d’amour, Visage – Frequency 7(dance mix), Paul Mc Cartney – Temporary Secretary, Telex – Brainwash, My Mine – Hypnotic Tango (Instrumental), Klein & M.B.O. – Wonderful (Disco dub mix), Gaz Nevada – I.C. Love affair, Material – Secret Life.

From The Beatles Rarity:

[…] To help promote A Secret History, Paul McCartney authorized remix master and deejay Matt Edwards, better known by his monikers Rekid or, in this case, Radio Slave, to create an extended dance mix of “Temporary Secretary” for release as a promotional-only 12-inch single in December 2003. The one-sided single sports the classic black Parlophone label and is the only release of Radio Slave’s nearly seven and a half minute mix of the song. Only 500 copies of the disc were made and all of them were numbered (though I hear some counterfeits exist) and distributed mainly to key radio stations in Europe. […]