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Here is a NEAR MINT MINUS! copy of the LP from THE ACTION titled THE ULTIMATE ACTION. It is an UK pressing on the DEMON label, with the catalog #ED 101 in MONO sound. This IMPORT LP was originally released in 1990.  The LIMITED EDITION YELLOW! vinyl is in NEAR MINT MINUS! condition and should have excellent playback. The original cardboard cover is in NEAR MINT MINUS! condition with some light wear to corners and edges. It is a NEAR MINT MINUS! copy of this LP from THE ACTION for you to own. It is an opportunity to purchase this LP in this condition. It’s a true gem for the BRITISH INVASION / BRITISH PSYCHEDELIA ROCK collector! Email me with any questions and be sure to look at the pic’s. I DO NOT ACCEPT BIDS FROM OR MAIL TO SOUTH AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY & OTHER COUNTRIES. IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE USA CONTACT ME BEFORE BIDDING! International bidders can email me for shipping rates. Thanks for Looking & Good Luck!

Music Review from AllMusic.com by Bruce Eder

This collection is a slightly expanded version of an LP that first appeared in 1984. There are no notes -- an unthinkable oversight today -- but otherwise, this is one of the best pieces of British beat-style R&B available, a match for the best tracks off , and any of the best R&B-style numbers by the early . The material isn't in chronological order, although that's not a huge problem for listeners, but it's heavily scrambled. The stuff stands on its own, in any case -- "Harlem Shuffle," "Since I Lost My Baby," and "In My Lonely Room" are among the finest English R&B covers of the period, and even originals like "Never Ever" (written by , , and and the group-composed "Twenty Fourth Hour" are fine pieces of songwriting, with attractive hooks and choruses, and good soulful performances. One fascinating discovery unearthed on this CD, amid hits that never were (like their cover of ' "I'll Keep on Holding On" and the brooding, modish "Wasn't It You,") is the group's cover of the -- classic "Just Once in My Life." In contrast to ' Wall of Sound approach, the five-piece band does it by themselves with no overdubbed help, and and company are good enough singers to pull it off, despite a few awkward moments on the fade. The attempts at experimental, quasi-psychedelic material ("Shadows and Reflections") are nicely played and sung, but they lack the depth and urgency of the group's earlier material, and it's easy to understand EMI's misgivings over the direction the group was going in, based on this evidence. As an added attraction, the production by is also among the best work of his career in rock & roll, second only to his work with .