“They Were A Band Trying To Explore”
RICHARD THOMPSON was a fan and a friend of Mighty Baby and eventually joined their spiritual search.
“I’D SEEN The Action while still at school, 1965 at the Marquee Club. Reg was a good singer and I was always impressed by Roger Powell as a drummer. Then when Fairport Convention started playing the underground scene we were on a few bills together at Middle Earth in 1967. I shared a flat with some Fairports, and somehow an acetate of The Action’s album [Rolled
Gold]
ended up there. I don’t know where it came from, or where it went, but that was a really good pop record.