[1] However, they were eventually revealed to be Peter Marsh (Tinker, the lead singer), Andy Howell (Tailor), Roger Bechirian (Soldier) and Phil McWalter (Spy).
Released in 1982, the album and single received significant airplay on both sides of the Atlantic, featuring in the Tipperade in the Netherlands[4] for four weeks.
Extensive research by Blanket of Secrecy fan Gary L. Maher[6] eventually identified the participants definitively as: Jack Hues of Wang Chung also confirmed the identity of Peter Marsh in an interview by Russell A. Trunk for Exclusive Magazine.
The Attractions connection trumpeted by some was proven to have been entirely incorrect, as no involvement by any of the Attractions in the Blanket of Secrecy project has ever come to light, although Pete Thomas played drums on two songs recorded for the second, never-released album - and Elvis Costello had performed as a backing vocalist on the track "Ads", released as a single several years earlier by Peter Marsh's former band, Twist.
Bechirian also produced Nick Lowe's 1983 album The Abominable Showman, which featured backing vocals from Marsh and a Marsh–Howell song called "Cool Reaction".