Action - Shadows And Reflections: The Complete Recordings 1964-1968 (CD)

Sealed. 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.Disc 11 Land of One Thousand Dances2 In My Lonely Room3 I'll Keep Holding on4 Hey Sah-Lo-Ney5 Baby You've Got It6 Since I Lost My Baby7 Never Ever8 Twentyfourth Hour9 Shadows and Reflections10 Something Has Hit Me11 The Harlem Shuffle12 Wasn't It You13 The Place14 The Cissy15 I Love You (Yeah!)16 Come on, Come with Me17 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)Disc 21 I'll Keep Holding on2 The Cissy3 Never Ever4 Since I Lost My Baby5 Shadows and Reflections6 Hey Sah-Lo-Ney7 Something Has Hit Me8 Baby You've Got It9 I Love You (Yeah!)10 Wasn't It You11 The Harlem Shuffle12 The Place13 Twentyfourth Hour14 Come on, Come with Me15 Just Once in My Life16 Something Has Hit Me (Rehearsal)17 I Love You (Yeah)18 (Backing Track Take 1)19 Never Ever (Rehearsal)20 Come on, Come with Me21 (Backing Track Take 4)22 Twentyfourth Hour (Alternative Version)23 The Place (Backing Track Take 2)24 Just Once in My Life (Take 2)25 Something Has Hit Me (Alternative Backing Track)26 Shadows and Reflections (Backing Track)Disc 31 Come Around2 Something to Say3 Love Is All4 Icarus5 Strange Roads6 Things You Cannot See7 Brain (Full Length Version)8 Look at the View9 Climbing Up the Wall (See Me) (Full Length Vers.)10 Really Doesn't Matter (Full Length Version)11 I'm a Stranger12 Little Boy (Full Length Version)13 Follow Me14 In My Dream (George Martin Orchestrated Version)15 Only Dreaming16 Dustbin Full of Rubbish17 An Understanding Love18 My Favourite Day19 A Saying for Today20 In My Dream (Demo Version)Disc 41 It Ain't Fair - the Boys2 I Want You - the Boys3 Fine Looking Girl - the Boys4 Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) (Decca Audition)5 In My Lonely Room (Decca Audition)6 You'll Want Me Back (Decca Audition)7 I'll Keep Holding on (Live)8 Land of One Thousand Dances / Uptight (Everything's Alright) (Live)9 Going to a Go-Go (BBC Session)10 Never Ever (BBC Session)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)