Daring to re-imagine rock and roll itself by stripping it down to its atavistic remnants and accentuating its primitive percussive violence, Gary Glitter and producer Mike Leander gave birth to Glitterbeat, a monolithic mayhem of double-drumming, hand-claps, chants, screams, grinding guitars and exhortations to hedonistic abandon and teenage lust. The essence of Glitterbeat is captured on Rock And Roll, a compilation which comprises four classic single sides. Gary Glitter’s legendary rock and roll status can never be effaced, his majesty forever preserved in these seminal recordings from 1972. Glitterbeat – a silver platform boot stamping on a hippie’s face forever.