Artist	Song
The Action	Land of 1000 Dances
The Action	I Love You (Yeah!)
The Action	I'll Keep On Holding On
The Action	Hey Sah-Lo-Ney
The Action	Never Ever
The Action	Twenty Fourth Hour
The Action	The Place
The Action	Come On, Come With Me
The Action	Shadows & Reflections
The Action	Come Around
The Action	Something To Say
The Action	Strange Roads
The Action	Brain
The Action	Look At The View
The Action	Climbing Up The Wall
The Action	Really Doesn't Matter
The Action	Only Dreaming
The Action	Dustbin Full Of Rubbish
Mighty Baby	Egyptian Tomb
Mighty Baby	A Friend You Know But Never See
Mighty Baby	I've Been Down So Long
Mighty Baby	Same Way From The Sun (edit)
Mighty Baby	House Without Windows

Comment:

Most likely relegated to the "best bands you've never heard" category, The Action were one of the coolest (but most overlooked) bands arising out of the 60's British Invasion. Their (brief) career basically breaks down into three parts, each represented here roughly evenly. They started out as a nifty mod outfit, produced by George Martin of Beatles fame, with an efficient if unimaginative Motown sound. Mostly covers, a few originals, and hard not to like. The Curtis Mayfield vibe makes it clear why Paul Weller found 'em so influential. They then moved beyond their early sound with a more psychedelic, freakbeat sound, but still pretty poppy. Alas, the album they tried to put together circa '67 was never officially released, but the rough mixes eventually showed up on the amazing Rolled Gold cd a few years back. Some great stuff, somewhere between mid-period Pretty Things & Badfinger, loads of memorable hooks and guitar lines. The sound quality is a bit rough, but overcome by amazing material... like, say, peak Guided By Voices, but 30 years earlier. At that point their vocalist quit and another member stepped to the mic. They renamed themselves Mighty Baby (pretty lame name), and completely revamped their sound as a more psychedelic/prog-oriented outfit, with long, hard-hitting jams that veered from Cream to Traffic to Buffalo Springfield. Their self-titled album from around '69 is one of the great lost classics of UK psychedelia.

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