Guitar Beat
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| name = Guitar Beat
| type = studio
| artist = The Raybeats
| cover = Guitar Beat cover.jpeg
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| released = 1981
| recorded = April 1981, Woodcottage, Goring-On-Thames
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| genre = Surf rock, avant-garde
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| label = PVC/Passport
| producer = Martin Rushent
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| next_title = It's Only a Movie!
| next_year = 1983
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Guitar Beat is the debut album by the neo-surf band the Raybeats. It was released in 1981 and produced by Martin Rushent. The album features ten original instrumentals, plus a Jan and Dean cover.
In tongue-in-cheek fashion, the original LP sleeve characterized the first side as the "listless, spotty & wasteful side" and the second as the "brave, clean & reverent side". The record sleeve also featured on the front a hand-colored photo of the band by photographer Laura Levine.
Reception
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| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/guitar-beat-mw0000098798 |title=Guitar Beat – Raybeats
| rev2 = Trouser Press
| rev2score = favourable{{cite web |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=raybeats |title=TrouserPress.com :: Raybeats |last1=Young |first1=Jon |last2=Robbins |first2=Ira |website=TrouserPress.com |accessdate=May 13, 2016}}
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AllMusic called it "a magnificent, echo-drenched set of concise and atmospheric riff-driven tunes that in a better world would have turned up as the soundtrack for a James Bond movie directed by David Lynch."
Track listing
All compositions by Pat Irwin, Jody Harris, Don Christensen and George Scott III except as indicated.
=Side one=
- "Tight Turn"
- "Big Black Sneakers"
- "Tone Zone"
- "The Backstroke" (Irwin, Harris, Christensen)
- "B-Gas Rickshaw" (Jan Berry)
- "International Operator"
=Side two=
- "Searching"
- "The Calhoun Surf" (Danny Amis)
- "Piranha Salad"
- "Cocktails" (Irwin, Harris, Christensen)
- "Guitar Beat" (Irwin, Harris, Scott, Amis)
Personnel
- Jody Harris - electric guitar
- Danny Amis - bass, guitar
- Pat Irwin - alto saxophone, organ, guitar
- Don Christensen - drums
References
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Category:Albums produced by Martin Rushent
Category:Passport Records albums
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