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 Post subject: [2014-12-01] The Action "In My Lonely Room" CD EP of 1965 Decca audition tracks (Top Sounds UK)
PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:40 pm 
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This is being sold by the label directly through their Amazon UK storefront:

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One of Britain's premier mod bands of the 1960s, the ACTION recorded 5 classic singles for EMI from late 1965 to mid 1967. However the band unsuccessfully auditioned for Decca in May 1965 and until recently no music from this session was thought to survive. IN MY LONELY ROOM brings together for the first time on CD three excellent performances from this audition, with the title track unbelievably better than the EMI single version! 'Fine Looking Girl' is also a previously unknown track, recorded by the band some months earlier when they were known as THE BOYS. The CD comes with a 12 page booklet and may well be the last release of 'new' vintage Action music. Your chance to catch unbelievably - THE ACTION!

1. In My Lonely Room
2. You'll Want Me Back
3. Why You Wanna Make Me Blue
4. Fine Looking Girl

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 Post subject: [2014-12-01] The Action "In My Lonely Room" CD EP of 1965 Decca audition tracks (Top Sounds UK)
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Wow, just an amazing unearthing. Of the above recordings, only "Why You Wanna Make Me Blue" has previously surfaced. It appeared a few years ago on a bonus vinyl acetate which accompanied a limited edition biography of the group. (That book is now out of print and unavailable.) The track is a slightly retitled version of The Temptations' "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue?)", superbly rearranged by The Action as were all their covers:


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 Post subject: [2014-12-01] The Action "In My Lonely Room" CD EP of 1965 Decca audition tracks (Top Sounds UK)
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Since there's a previously unreleased Boys track included on the EP, let me also throw this into the thread for Action completists. The two sides of the sole commercially-released 45 by pre-Action group The Boys, "It Ain't Fair" and "I Want You", were released on CD several years ago in the fifth volume of Castle/Sanctuary's out of print compilation series Beat Beat Beat. Here's what the A-side of that single sounded like (it's an original composition by frontman Reggie King):



And here's the 2CD set on which it appeared along with its B-side:

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 Post subject: [2014-12-01] The Action "In My Lonely Room" CD EP of 1965 Decca audition tracks (Top Sounds UK)
PostPosted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 2:30 pm 
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Received the new In My Lonely Room EP today. It's in a standard jewel case with this as the back insert:

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It includes a nice enough booklet, and since this is The Action's 1965 Decca audition recordings, the CD's label mimics the Decca design of that era. Very pleased.

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