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Title: GLITTER MOCK
Review: WHAM, BAM, THANK-YOU GLAM!-VARIOUS ARTISTS: A nifty title for that rompin' stompin' dumb-fun 70s phenom known as glitter rock...but this disc hardly justifies the era, spotlighting many acts connected by only the thinnest of threads. Any glam-fest should at least give due to two of its grandest practitioners, Brit bands Slade and Sweet; even David Bowie, whose SUFFRAGETTE CITY this disc nicks its very name from, is nowhere to be heard here (his services don't come cheap). Gary Glitters' primitive arena thumper ROCK AND ROLL PART 2 (the "HEY" song to you sports fans) is possibly the only artist here that fits the category well. Iggy Pop, ex- New York Dolls screecher David Johansen, and Patti Smith are punk rock pioneers, while Kiss, Starz, and Edgar Winter represent garden variety hard rock. That leaves Blondie (new wave), one hit wonder David Essex (HUH?????), and the exquisitely uncatergorizable Mott the Hoople. So...Wham, Bam, Where's the GLAM?RATING: TWO PLATFORM BOOTS
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