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When was the Outfield formed?
Tony Lewis, John Spinks, and drummer Alan Jackman played together in the late 1970s, broke up, and gathered back together in London's East End under the name The Baseball Boys.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
John Spinks adopted the name 'Baseball Boys' from a teen gang called The Baseball Furies in the cult film The Warriors, a movie that he had just seen.
Who lead to The Outfield's commercial success?
The Outfield's debut album, Play Deep, produced by William Wittman, was issued in 1985, and was a success.

Question: When did they sign with them?
Self-contained rewrite: When did The Outfield sign with Columbia/CBS Records?