- ReleaseProduct
- Rolled Gold
- Artist
- The Action
- Label
- Think Like A Key Music
- Catalogue Number
- TLAK1241
- Release Date
- 26 June 2026
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CD
Pre-order $14.99The "Rolled Gold Standard" CD Edition
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- The definitive remaster of The Action's lost 1967–68 recordings — the finest digital version to date
- Includes the original mono masters, stereo Blackhill sessions, and bonus tracks
- Newly remastered by Prof. Stoned from the best available sources
- Digipak with illustrated 12-page booklet featuring photos and ephemera
Estimated release date: 17 July 2026
George Martin signed them. Five singles on Parlophone. Every one praised, every one a flop. Then they took acid and became a completely different band.
The Action were the kings of London's mod-soul underground — tight harmonies, Motown fire, scooter escorts to the stage door — until the world tilted and they tilted with it. These recordings, cut across London studios in 1967–68 with no label, no producer, and no money, chart the whole transformation: from blue-eyed soul band to Byrds-and-Coltrane-obsessed psychedelic explorers who'd soon become Mighty Baby. Martin Stone arrived like a wizard. Ian Whiteman brought flutes and formal training. Reg King sang like he meant every word, then walked out with the tapes. Long out of print on CD, now newly remastered and sounding better than ever.
They called it gold. They were right.
- 1 Come Around 2:49
- 2 Something To Say 3:16
- 3 Love Is All 3:43
- 4 Icarus 2:55
- 5 Strange Roads 3:40
- 6 Things You Cannot See 2:53
- 7 Brain 3:00
- 8 Look At The View 4:00
- 9 Climbing Up The Wall (See Me) 3:27
- 10 Really Doesn't Matter 3:08