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Various Beat at Abbey Road 1963-1966 (EMI) Opening shots of the British Invasion, including a killer closer by a young Rod "the Mod" Stewart. 10 (RB) Trans Am The Surveillance (Thrill Jockey) Okay, okay! You're the best boogie 'n' beats, Casio-tone instrumental rock band around. Throw us a frickin' curve next time. 8 (CY) Dolly Dolly (East West France/Warner) Is it just the zeitgeist, or can the French make even grunge sound good these days? 7 (CY) Various Pure Dance 2 (PolyGram) A well-thunk Euro cheese mix. From Nalin & Kane's credible prog to Sash! and, er, an artist named "Souvlaki." Appropriate. 7 (MS) Various Big Dirty Beats (Moonshine) Moonshine tries to initiate a sub-big beat genre and fails. Ouch. 6 (MS) Robbie Robertson Contact From the Underworld of Red Boy (Capitol) Digging deeper into his Native roots--with Howie B, Marius de Vries and DJ Premier. Red Boy goes B-boy. 6 (CY) Lowbrow Self-titled 7" (Bittersweet) A new local label takes a bow, launching this powerpopper at Jailhouse this Friday. 6 (RB) Bossanova Self-titled EP (independent) Hey, this sounds nice. Pretty. Boy this couch is comfy. Think I'll just stretch out and... zzzzzz. 5 (RB)
Fairport Convention Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (Green Linnet/Fusion III) Even Richard Thompson can't save this plodding, ponderous, pseudo-Celtic product. 3 (MT)
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