Editing The Action (section)

== Legacy and reunion ==
In 1980, ''The Ultimate Action'', a compilation album of the Action's Parlophone tracks was released, with sleeve notes written by [[Paul Weller]] ("The Action had it in their soul"). It did much for the creditability of the band and their profile. Weller: "I reckon Reggie King stands as one of the best of the white soul singers. In some ways his rich, smooth voice sounds a lot more natural than [Steve] Marriott's."<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=The Action – The Ultimate Action |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/65639-The-Action-The-Ultimate-Action |access-date=May 1, 2024 |website=Discogs}}</ref> The Action's Reg King was the singer for whom the term "blue-eyed soul" could have been invented—and he made the term a capability rather than a limitation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Action: Forgotten Mods |url=https://www.furious.com/perfect/action.html |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www.furious.com}}</ref> The term [[blue-eyed soul]] was originally coined for [[The Righteous Brothers]] by black DJs, and it became a general term for all white singers who sang what was then considered "black music".<ref>Bill Medley (April 24, 2014). ''The Time of My Life: A Righteous Brother's Memoir''. Da Capo Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0306823169.</ref> According to King himself, the Action never played any songs by white artists.<ref name=":1" />

The ''Rolled Gold'' album of demos were hailed by critics as lost classics, when they were reissued in the 1990s (formally released in 2002).<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Action: Rolled Gold |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/31-rolled-gold/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Long |first=Pat |date=2010-11-07 |title=Reg King obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/nov/07/reg-king-obituary |access-date=2024-05-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In 1998, the original line-up of the Action reformed for a concert in the [[Isle of Wight]]. They headlined and played two shows at the Ryde Theatre for the New Untouchables [[August Bank Holiday]] Mod Rally.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hildred |first=Pat |date=1998 |title=New Untouchables Mod Rally, Isle of Wight 1998 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6remxlBH48 |access-date=May 1, 2024 |website=YouTube |via=October 9, 2016}}</ref> They also played at the [[Tufnell Park]] Dome<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |year=2000 |title=The Action – In The Lap Of The Mods |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2429755-The-Action-In-The-Lap-Of-The-Mods |access-date=May 1, 2024 |website=Discogs}}</ref> and Boston Arms in London, 1998 (''Uptight and Outasight'').<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Action – Uptight And Outasight |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1449018-The-Action-Uptight-And-Outasight |access-date=May 1, 2024 |website=Discogs}}</ref>

They are one of the favourite bands of [[Phil Collins]], who performed with the reunited band at the [[100 Club]] in June 2000.<ref>{{cite book|author=Phil Collins|author-link=Phil Collins|title=Not Dead Yet|date=2 March 2024 |publisher=Century Books|location=London, England|isbn=978-1-78089-513-0|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/notdeadyetautobi0000coll}}</ref> "For me it was like playing with [[the Beatles]]", he later commented on the experience in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2002/nov/15/artsfeatures6 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |first=Will |last=Hodgkinson |title=Home entertainment: Phil Collins |date=15 November 2002}}</ref> Collins financed the documentary film ''In The Lap Of The Mods'' (2000), which contained footage from both reunion gigs, 100 Club and Tufnell Park Dome, as well as some archive material.<ref name=":0" /> In 2012, a biographical book titled ''The Action: In The Lap Of The Mods'' by Ian Hebditch and Jane Shepard, was released and forwarded by Sir George Martin.<ref>Raison, Mark (November 22, 2012). THE ACTION – IN THE LAP OF THE MODS by IAN HEBDITCH and JANE SHEPHERD (2012) BOOK LAUNCH & REVIEW. ''Monkey Picks''. Retrieved May 5, 2024.</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=The Action – Home |url=http://www.theactionbook.com/Home.html |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=www.theactionbook.com}}</ref>

Since their reunion in 1998, the Action played semi-regularly over the next six years. They made their final appearance at Modstock 2004,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-11-10 |title=Reg King: Soulful lead singer with the underrated but influential mod |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/reg-king-soulful-lead-singer-with-the-underrated-but-influential-mod-band-the-action-2129487.html |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> a three-day event organized by the New Untouchables to commemorate 40 years of Mod Subculture, on May 30, 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Modstock 2004 |url=http://www.actionmightybaby.co.uk/modstock_2004_advert.htm |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=www.actionmightybaby.co.uk}}</ref>

During an interview in September 1986, [[Steve Marriott]] regarded the Action as a "legitimate band" and compared them to the likes of the [[Small Faces]], in terms of street origins and authenticity in the 1960s Mod scene.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sandrew Metronome Music |date=September 1986 |title=Steve Marriott – Steve Marriott Interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y2gNvYo1kE |website=YouTube |via=November 24, 2016}}</ref> Marriott: "We all tried our hand at getting that [Motown] sound you know&nbsp;...&nbsp;all the bands in the mid '60s. The best ones at it were the Action&nbsp;...&nbsp;They were an amazing band."<ref name=":12" />