Action Shadows & Reflections: Comp Recordings 1964-1968 CD

UK four CD digibook. Sixties Mod band The Action only released six singles in their lifetime - or seven, if you count a pre-Action single by The Boys - but their legend has grown exponentially since their demise in 1968. The 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. Shadows And Reflections 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. The 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 digibook. Includes all previous material issued from the band's BBC sessions and post-Parlophone period, suitably remastered by Alec Palao.

1. Land of One Thousand Dances 2. In My Lonely Room 3. I'll Keep Holding on 4. Hey Sah-Lo-Ney 5. Baby You've Got It 6. Since I Lost My Baby 7. Never Ever 8. Twentyfourth Hour 9. Shadows and Reflections 10. Something Has Hit Me 11. The Harlem Shuffle 12. Wasn't It You 13. The Place 14. The Cissy 15. I Love You (Yeah!) 16. Come on, Come with Me 17. Just Once in My Life (New Mono Mix) 18. Mine Exclusively (BBC Session) 19. Reg King Interview / Baby You've Got It (BBC Session) 20. Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) (BBC Session) 21. I See You (BBC Session) 22. Shadows and Reflections (BBC Session) 23. I'll Keep Holding on 24. The Cissy 25. Never Ever 26. Since I Lost My Baby 27. Shadows and Reflections 28. Hey Sah-Lo-Ney 29. Something Has Hit Me 30. Baby You've Got It 31. I Love You (Yeah!) 32. Wasn't It You 33. The Harlem Shuffle 34. The Place 35. Twentyfourth Hour 36. Come on, Come with Me 37. Just Once in My Life 38. Something Has Hit Me (Rehearsal) 39. I Love You (Yeah) 40. (Backing Track Take 1) 41. Never Ever (Rehearsal) 42. Come on, Come with Me 43. (Backing Track Take 4) 44. Twentyfourth Hour (Alternative Version) 45. The Place (Backing Track Take 2) 46. Just Once in My Life (Take 2) 47. Something Has Hit Me (Alternative Backing Track) 48. Shadows and Reflections (Backing Track) 49. Come Around 50. Something to Say 51. Love Is All 52. Icarus 53. Strange Roads 54. Things You Cannot See 55. Brain (Full Length Version) 56. Look at the View 57. Climbing Up the Wall (See Me) (Full Length Vers.) 58. Really Doesn't Matter (Full Length Version) 59. I'm a Stranger 60. Little Boy (Full Length Version) 61. Follow Me 62. In My Dream (George Martin Orchestrated Version) 63. Only Dreaming 64. Dustbin Full of Rubbish 65. An Understanding Love 66. My Favourite Day 67. A Saying for Today 68. In My Dream (Demo Version) 69. It Ain't Fair - the Boys 70. I Want You - the Boys 71. Fine Looking Girl - the Boys 72. Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) (Decca Audition) 73. In My Lonely Room (Decca Audition) 74. You'll Want Me Back (Decca Audition) 75. I'll Keep Holding on (Live) 76. Land of One Thousand Dances / Uptight (Everything's Alright) (Live) 77. Going to a Go-Go (BBC Session) 78. Never Ever (BBC Session) 79. India (BBC Session) 80. Love Is All (BBC Session) 81. I'll Keep Holding on ("Edsel" Mix) 82. Baby You've Got It ("Edsel" Mix) 83. The Harlem Shuffle ("Edsel" Mix) 84. Just Once in My Life ("Edsel" Mix) 85. Never Ever ("Edsel" Mix) 86. Twentyfourth Hour ("Edsel" Mix) 87. Something Has Hit Me ("Edsel" Mix) 88. Shadows and Reflections ("Edsel" Mix)