Action Records (Music)
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Action Records is a music shop and independent record label based in Preston, England, releasing records by bands such as The Boo Radleys
, Dandelion Adventure, Big Red Bus, Genocides, Tompaulin
, Fi-Lo Radio, Monkey Steals The Drum, Ricky Spontane amongst others. Their biggest project so far has been with The Fall and Mark E Smith as a solo performer.
James Walsh
- Starsailor
- 10 March 09
We Are Scientists
- June 8
Willy Mason
- 20 Feb 07
Bromheads Jacket
- 11 Dec 06
The Magic Numbers
- 23rd Oct 06
The Rifles
- 16 Oct 06
Dirty Pretty Things
- 26 April 06
Nine Black Alps
- 12 Aug 05
The Boo Radleys
-Studio albums:-Compilation albums:-Extended plays:-Singles:-External links:* * * * * * by Laurent Orseau * *...
, Dandelion Adventure, Big Red Bus, Genocides, Tompaulin
Tompaulin
Tompaulin were an indie pop band formed in Blackburn, Lancashire, England in 1999, and named after the Irish poet, critic, and lecturer Tom Paulin....
, Fi-Lo Radio, Monkey Steals The Drum, Ricky Spontane amongst others. Their biggest project so far has been with The Fall and Mark E Smith as a solo performer.
Releases
Artists | Title | Date | Format | Catalog Number |
---|---|---|---|---|
Genocides | Is That Alright? | (7", Single) | 1982 | Take1 |
Dandelion Adventure | Puppy Shrine | (LP) | 1989 | Take2 |
The Boo Radleys The Boo Radleys -Studio albums:-Compilation albums:-Extended plays:-Singles:-External links:* * * * * * by Laurent Orseau * *... |
Ichabod And I Ichabod and I Ichabod and I is the debut album by The Boo Radleys, released in 1990 on the indie label Action Records. Steve Hewitt, the drummer for this album, would later join Placebo.-Track listing:... |
(LP, Album) | 1989 | Take4 |
Dandelion Adventure | Jinxs Truck | (12" + Vinyl, MiniAlbum) | 1990 | Take5 |
Big Red Bus | All I Need | (12", EP) | 1991 | Take7 |
Big Red Bus | Make It Real | (12", EP) | 1991 | Take8 |
Ricky Spontane | Dr McCoy | (7", EP) | 1994 | Take9 |
Ideal | Wannabe | (7", EP) | 1994 | Action010 |
Fi-Lo Radio | Magic/Audio/Nano E.P. | (7", EP) | 1999 | Take012 |
Tompaulin Tompaulin Tompaulin were an indie pop band formed in Blackburn, Lancashire, England in 1999, and named after the Irish poet, critic, and lecturer Tom Paulin.... |
Ballad Of The Bootboys | (7") | 1999 | Take013 |
Tompaulin Tompaulin Tompaulin were an indie pop band formed in Blackburn, Lancashire, England in 1999, and named after the Irish poet, critic, and lecturer Tom Paulin.... |
Slender (Car Crash) | (7") | 2000 | Take014 |
Tompaulin Tompaulin Tompaulin were an indie pop band formed in Blackburn, Lancashire, England in 1999, and named after the Irish poet, critic, and lecturer Tom Paulin.... |
Slender (Car Crash) | (Single) | 2000 | Take014CD |
Monkey Steals The Drum | My Chinese Burns | (CD, Single) | 2000 | Take015CD |
Monkey Steals The Drum | My Chinese Burns | (7", Single) | 2000 | Take015 |
Fi-Lo Radio | Pretty Bones | (CD, Single) | 2000 | Take016CD |
Fi-Lo Radio | Pretty Bones | (7", Single) | 2000 | Take016V |
Fi-Lo Radio | Skin Deep Deamons | (CD, Single) | 2000 | Take016CD |
The Fall | 2G+2 | (CD, Comp) 2G+2 2G+2 is an album of mixed live and studio material by British rock band The Fall, released in 2002. It features three new songs recorded in the studio—"New Formation Sermon", "I Wake Up in the City" and "Distilled Mug Art"—and the rest of the album was recorded at performances on the group's United... |
2002 | Take18CD |
Mark E. Smith | Pander! Panda! Panzer! | (CD, Album) | 2002 | Take19CD |
The Fall | Susan Vs Youthclub | (7", Single) | 2002 | Take20 |
The Fall | The Fall Vs 2003 | (CD, Single) | 2002 | Take20CD |
The Fall | The Real New Fall LP Formerly 'Country On The Click' The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click) The Real New Fall LP is an album by The Fall. It was released on Action Records in the United Kingdom in 2003, and then on Narnack Records in the United States, with a slightly altered tracklisting, in 2004.... |
(LP, Album) | 2003 | Take21 |
The Fall | The Real New Fall LP Formerly 'Country On The Click' The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click) The Real New Fall LP is an album by The Fall. It was released on Action Records in the United Kingdom in 2003, and then on Narnack Records in the United States, with a slightly altered tracklisting, in 2004.... |
(CD, Album) | 2003 | Take21CD |
The Fall | (We Wish You A) Protein Christmas | (2x7", Ltd) | 2003 | Take22 |
The Fall | (We Wish You A) Protein Christmas | (CD, EP) | 2003 | Take22CD |
The Fall | Theme From Sparta F.C. #2 | (7") | 2004 | Take23 |
The Fall | Theme From Sparta F.C. #2 | (CD, Single, Enh) | 2004 | Take23CD |
The Fall | Slippy Floor | (CD, Single, Ltd) | 2009 | ACTOURO1CD |
The Fall | Slippy Floor | (7", Single, Ltd) | 2009 | ACTOURO1V |
Live Bands
Action Records have had a number of live bands perform in their store, these acts include:James Walsh
James Walsh (musician)
James Walsh is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and frontman of the band, Starsailor....
- Starsailor
Starsailor (band)
Starsailor is an English post-britpop band, formed in Leigh, Warrington and Greater Manchester. By 2009, they had four charting albums and ten Top 40 singles in the UK since 2001.-Early history:...
- 10 March 09
We Are Scientists
We Are Scientists
We Are Scientists is a New York-based indie rock band that formed in Berkeley, California in 2000. Originally formed of Keith Murray on drums, Chris Cain playing bass guitar and Scott Lamb providing vocals and guitar, before Michael Tapper became drummer and Keith became vocalist and guitarist...
- June 8
Willy Mason
Willy Mason
Willy Mason is an American singer-songwriter.- Early life :He was born in New York, the son of Jemima James and Michael Mason, both folk singers. When Mason was five, he and his family moved from New York to West Tisbury, Massachusetts on the island of Martha's Vineyard...
- 20 Feb 07
Bromheads Jacket
Bromheads Jacket
Bromheads are a two-piece English garage rock band originating from Sheffield, England-History:Bromheads was formed in Sheffield in 2005, from the ashes of a band called Fixated. Although often compared to other Sheffield bands who found fame around the same time, such as Arctic Monkeys and...
- 11 Dec 06
The Magic Numbers
The Magic Numbers
The Magic Numbers are an English pop rock band comprising two pairs of brothers and sisters from Greenford. The group was formed in 2002, releasing their critically acclaimed debut album titled The Magic Numbers on 13 June 2005...
- 23rd Oct 06
The Rifles
The Rifles
The Rifles is the largest regiment of the British Army. Formed in 2007, it consists of five regular and two territorial battalions, plus a number of companies in other TA battalions, Each battalion of the Rifles was formerly an individual battalion of one of the two large regiments of the Light...
- 16 Oct 06
Dirty Pretty Things
Dirty Pretty Things (band)
Dirty Pretty Things were an English band fronted by Carl Barât, a member of The Libertines. The formation of the band was announced in September 2005, after a dispute between Barât and Pete Doherty led to the breakup of The Libertines in 2004. Barât had worked with Vertigo Records and had...
- 26 April 06
Nine Black Alps
Nine Black Alps
Nine Black Alps are an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester, named after a line in The Couriers by Sylvia Plath and fronted by Sam Forrest.-Career:...
- 12 Aug 05