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Action - Action 1972

The story of this German group from Zweibruecken begins in 1966, when it was formed by four amateur musicians, Otto Nunold on organ/vocals, Peter Schneider on guitar, Hartmut Nagel on drums and Gerhard Braun on bass.Developing their equipment and sound, they soon became quite known around the area, playing in festivals and bars.In 1968 Braun was replaced by The Revengers' Harald Schindler and the following year Charly Fottner replaced Schneider.Despite their good live activity Action fell apart for the first time in 1971.A year later Nunold revived the group along with Fottner, Schindler, new drummer Ernest Cadet and singer Wolfgang Benki.They came to the closest ever to record an album, as two tracks were recorded at the studios of the Kerston label, but again Action disbanded in 1973, when Fottner left.In 1997 Ernest Cadet sent the tapes from the old Action recordings to Thomas Eicken and eventually what was supposed to be Action's sole release saw the light on Very Good Records in vinyl format.The two-part ''Miscarriage of human thinking'' takes up the whole opening side, showing the group performing an organ-driven Heavy/Psychedelic Rock with lots of bluesy colors, heavily influenced by the music of DEEP PURPLE, with Benki almost plagiarazing Ian Gillan's vocals to the point it becomes annoying.Musically though the band was quite solid with psychedelic grooves smashed by guitar-oriented moves, while all 17 minutes are delivered with passion and energy.''Hell Track'' clocks at 12 minutes, the music remains fairly rooted in a DEEP PURPLE-like organ-based Heavy/Psych style with parts of it sounding a lot like ''Child in time'', although a personal identity eventually appears here.The stretched guitar jams and the symphonic-oriented Hammond organ by the middle are welcome introductions for a band still searching for its own style.The closing track ''You are the lady'' comes from a 1972 live performance of the group and, while the sound is pretty mediocre and the style unoriginal, you can only admire the pure power of this live performance.Psych/Blues Rock with dominant electric guitars, nice vocal lines and deep organ washes all over the place for another piece closer to the styles of British Rock.In 2008 a short reunion of Action took place in their hometown for a couple of live performances, featuring four original members and young singer Dirk Bill.They performed all three tracks of their vinyl issue and these live pieces are enclosed in the CD package of Garden of Delights, issued the following year.

Line-up / Musicians

Wolfgang Benki/vocals
Otto Nunold/organ
Harald Schindler/bass
Ernest Cadet/drums
Charly Fottner/guitar

Discography(Album)

Action 1972