{"title":"The Action","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"in-my-lonely-room","title":"In My Lonely Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e4 previously unreleased tracks on either 10\" or cd from one of Britain's finest Mod bands. The excellent book on the Action In The Lap Of The Mods, published in 2012, shed light on a previously rarely documented aspect of the Action's recording career, specifically their audition for the Decca record company in May 1965. Indeed some copies of the book included a limited edition vinyl 45 extracted from an acetate recently discovered from that audition, which was a supreme version of the Temptations 'Why You Wanna Make Me Blue'. That recording, taped six months before their EMI debut, makes a welcome re-appearance here and also emerges on CD for the first time. Unbelievably since the book came out another acetate from that Decca session has surfaced, one side of which features a wonderful interpretation of one of many people's favourite Action tracks 'In My Lonely Room', which incredibly surpasses the later recording for Parlophone and has a real 'live' feel to it. Coupled with 'In My Lonely Room' was a fine rendition of the Impressions' 'You'll Want Me back', which finds the Action in a more mellow blue eyed soul groove and showcases perhaps the most Reggie King's leap in vocal prowess in the comparative short space of time since the band's recordings for Pye as the Boys barely six months previous.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"10\"","offer_id":50451497582923,"sku":"382754","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/71fd5f26-250e-4f69-a968-16c27143c254_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727127398"},{"product_id":"shadows-and-reflections-the-complete-recordings-1964-1968","title":"Shadows And Reflections - The Complete Recordings 1964 - 1968","description":"\u003cp\u003eSixties Mod band \u003cstrong\u003eThe Action\u003c\/strong\u003e only released six singles in their lifetime – or seven, if you count a pre-Action single by \u003cem\u003eThe Boys\u003c\/em\u003e – but their legend has grown exponentially since their demise in 1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Action was the first band signed by Beatles producer George Martin after he left EMI to set up his own company AIR Productions. In due course, he produced the band’s five singles issued on Parlophone between 1965 and 1967 as well as tracks intended for a never-released album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShadows And Reflections\u003c\/em\u003e is far and away the most comprehensive tribute to The Action so far assembled, boasting all their known recordings in the studio and live on radio \/ TV. Many of the original Parlophone single mixes have never been reissued in their original form on compact disc - until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe fresh discovery of multi-tracks and rehearsal tapes has led to a whole disc’s worth of previously unheard mixes and performances. The box set includes numerous photos of The Action in their heyday, with 16,000 words of sleeve-notes by David Wells and a 36-page booklet within a handsome 4-CD ‘digibook’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes all previous material issued from the band’s BBC sessions and post-Parlophone period, suitably remastered by Alec Palao.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grapefruit","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50507036721483,"sku":"1039679","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/02db3797-fb43-4aae-8e0b-b9f21ade5f4f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727837547"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/the-action.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}