Minny Pops - Secret Stories

January 2003 sees the first ever CD releases by cult Dutch electro pioneers Minny Pops who released four albums & a string of singles on Factory & Plurex between 1979 & 1985. Formed by mainman Wally van Middendorp in 1978 the band released several left-field singles & an album on Dutch label Plurex before joining Factory Records in 1980. After acclaimed singles such as Dolphin's Spurt Secret Story & Time & becoming the first Dutch group to record a Peel Session the group released keynote album Sparks In a Dark Room in 1982. Two further albums followed before the band split in 1985, though in 2012 Minny Pops reformed for a string of anniversary shows to coincide with archive live CD/DVD package Standstill To Motion.