The Sweet – Action "The Ultimate Story” (2 CDs - 2015)

Deluxe Edtion - Compilation

The nucleus of The Sweet came together in 1966, when drummer Michael Thomas Tucker (b. 17 July 1947, Harlesden, London, England) and vocalist Brian Francis Connolly (b. 5 October 1945, Hamilton, Scotland) played together in Wainwright's Gentlemen, a band whose repertoire comprised a mixture of Motown, R&B and psychedelia. The pair broke away to form Sweetshop, later shortened to just Sweet, with Steve Norman Priest (b. 23 February 1950, Hayes, Middlesex) on bass and Frank Torpey (2) on guitar. After releasing four unsuccessful singles on Fontana and EMI, Torpey was replaced by first Mick Stewart, and then Mick by Andrew David Scott (b. 30 June 1949, Wrexham, Wales) and the new line-up signed to RCA. The band were introduced to the writing partnership of Chinn and Chapman, who were to provide the band with a string of hit singles. However, the band were writing their own hard-rock numbers on the b-sides of these hits. The group's determinedly effete, glam-rock image was reinforced by a succession of Top 10 hits.

Tracks:

Action	3:18
		Turn It Down	3:30
		Lost Angels	3:59
		Wig Wam Bam	3:01
		Little Willy	3:15
		Peppermint Twist	3:27
		The Ballroom Blitz	4:04
		New York Groove	3:54
		Natural	4:53
		Call Me	2:54
		Reach Out I'll Be There	5:10
		Defender	4:00
		The Six Teens	3:59
		Into The Night	4:23
		Yesterdays Rain	5:16
		Do As I Say	4:54
		Laura Lee	4:16
		Love Is Like Oxygen	3:43
		Fox On The Run	3:24
		(silence)	1:00
		Unlisted Track	5:26
		Teenage Rampage	3:32
		Burn On The Flame	3:37
		Set Me Free	3:57
		Cockroach	4:51
		Hell Raiser	3:16
		Blockbuster	3:12
		Windy City	7:27
		Sweet F.A.	6:11
		Stairway To The Stars	3:04
		4th Of July	4:24
		Everything	4:31
		Sixties Man	3:50
		Do It All Over Again	4:26
		Lady Starlight	3:09
		Poppa Joe	3:06
		Co-Co	3:09
		Funny Funny	2:45
		Fever Of Love	3:59
		The Lies In Your Eyes	3:48
		Still Got The Rock	4:35

New, not sealed in plastic. Never used. State of the CD: Mint.

Without tracking

Ohne Sendungsverfolgung für Deutschland

NOTE: If you live outside Europe, please send me a message to talk about the shipping costs. Ebay is wrong to set the automatic shipping costs for non-European countries. Thanks for understanding.