The band (originally known as ‘The Boys’) were signed by George Martin after he left EMI in the mid-sixties and the ‘fifth Beatle’ produced the five singles issued on Parlophone between 1965-1967 as well as tracks for a never-released album.
Shadows and Reflections (issued by Cherry Red imprint Grapefruit) is said to be “the most comprehensive tribute” to The Action thus far, with many of the original single mixes getting their debut on CD as part of this set and newly found multi-tracks and rehearsal tapes allowing for a whole disc’s worth of previously unheard mixes and performances.
This deluxe set comes as a bookset and includes a 16,000 words of notes by David Wells in a 36-page booklet.
Disc One - Essential Action: The Parlophone Masters (01:03:35)
Disc Two - The Action At Abbey Road: Stereo Mixes And Outtakers (01:13:48)
Disc Three - Rolled Gold Plus: The Lost 1967-1968 Recordings (01:10:50)
Disc Four - Extra Action (00:55:44)
Disc One - Essential Action: The Parlophone Masters (01:03:35)
01. Land Of One Thousand Dances
02. In My Lonely Room
03. I’ll Keep Holding On
04. Hey Sah-Lo-Ney
05. Baby You've Got It
06. Since I Lost My Baby
07. Never Ever
08. Twentyfourth Hour
09. 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
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)
Disc Two - The Action At Abbey Road: Stereo Mixes And Outtakers (01:13:48)
01. I’ll Keep Holding On
02. The Cissy
03. Never Ever
04. Since I Lost My Baby
05. Shadows And Reflections
06. Hey Sah-Lo-Ney
07. Something Has Hit Me
08. Baby You’ve Got It
09. I Love You (Yeah!)
10. Wasn’t It You
11. The Harlem Shuffle
12. The Place
13. Twentyfourth Hour
14. Come On, Come With Me
15. Just Once In My Life
16. Something Has Hit Me (Rehearsal)
17. I Love You (Yeah!) (Backing Track Take 1)
18. Never Ever (Rehearsal)
19. Come On, Come With Me (Backing Track Take 4)
20. Twentyfourth Hour (Alternative Version)
21. The Place (Backing Track Take 2)
22. Just Once In My Life (Take 2)
23. Something Has Hit Me (Alternative Backing Track)
24. Shadows And Reflections (Backing Track)
Disc Three - Rolled Gold Plus: The Lost 1967-1968 Recordings (01:10:50)
01. Come Around
02. Something To Say
03. Love Is All
04. Icarus
05. Strange Roads
06. Things You Cannot See
07. Brain (Full Length Version)
08. Look At The View
09. Climbing Up The Wall (See Me)
10. Really Doesn’t Matter (Full Length Version)
11. I’m A Stranger
12. Little Boy
13. Follow Me
14. In My Dream (George Martin Orchestrated Version)
15. Only Dreaming
16. Dustbin Full Of Rubbish
17. An Understanding Love
18. My Favourite Day
19. A Saying For Today
20. In My Dream (Demo Version)
Disc Four - Extra Action (00:55:44)
01. It Ain’t Fair / The Boys
02. I Want You / The Boys
03. Fine Looking Girl (Demo) / The Boys
04. Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) (Decca Audition)
05. In My Lonely Room (Decca Audition)
06. You’ll Want Me Back (Decca Audition)
07. I’ll Keep Holding On (Ready, Steady, Go! Live)
08. Land Of One Thousand Dances / Uptight (Everything’s Alright) (Ready, Steady, Go! Live)
09. Going To A Go-Go (BBC Live)
10. Never Ever (BBC Live)
11. India (BBC Session)
12. Love Is All (BBC Session)
13. I’ll Keep Holding On (’Edsel’ Mix)
14. Baby You’ve Got It (’Edsel’ Mix)
15. The Harlem Shuffle (’Edsel’ Mix)
16. Just Once In My Life (’Edsel’ Mix)
17. Never Ever (’Edsel’ Mix)
18. Twentyfourth Hour (’Edsel’ Mix)
19. Something Has Hit Me (’Edsel’ Mix)
20. Shadows And Reflections (’Edsel’ Mix)
