In The Beginning There Was Rhythm(Feat. ACR, Cabaret Voltaire, The Pop Group, Gang of Four, etc)

• A Certain Ratio – Shack Up
• 23 Skidoo – Coup
• Gang Of Four – To Hell With Poverty
• The Human League – Being Boiled
• The Slits – In The Beginning There Was Rhythm
• This Heat – 24 Track Loop
• Throbbing Gristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats
• The Pop Group – She Is Beyond Good and Evil
• Cabaret Voltaire – Sluggin For Jesus
• 23 Skidoo – Vegas El Bandito
• A Certain Ratio – Knife Slits Water

• 1. A Certain Ratio – Shack Up
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• 2. 23 Skidoo – Coup
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• 3. Gang Of Four – To Hell With Poverty
• 4. The Human League – Being Boiled
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• 5. The Slits – In The Beginning There Was Rhythm
• 6. This Heat – 24 Track Loop
• 7. Throbbing Gristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats
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• 8. The Pop Group – She Is Beyond Good and Evil
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• 9. Cabaret Voltaire – Sluggin For Jesus
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• 10. 23 Skidoo – Vegas El Bandito
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• 11. A Certain Ratio – Knife Slits Water
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Unavailable for over 20 years, In The Beginning There Was Rhythm was Soul Jazz Records first foray into post-punk and punk-funk in the UK and captures the groundbreaking and seminal groups that crossed the divide of punk and dance music for the first time.

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" In the Beginning is essential missing-link history – and body-rockin' fun" The Guardian

" In the Beginning doesn't have a single limp tune. It'll amaze new listeners and give old ones some hard-to-find tracks. Buy it." Pitchfork

"There's no denying that In the Beginning There Was Rhythm is a great gateway into this expansive, fruitful, trailblazing era." All Music

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First released in 2001, this album is fully remastered, remade and presented once more in its entirety and features A Certain Ratio, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, The Human League, The Pop Group, Gang of Four, The Slits, 23 Skidoo and This Heat.

This album comes as a double black vinyl edition complete with two bespoke inner bags containing extensive sleevenotes and original photography.

As Muzik magazine noted on its initial release 'In The Beginning' is a choice selection from the fertile post-punk period when bands thought nothing of combining politics and philosophy with imported dance rhythms and edgy industrial angst.

The bands featured come (mostly) from the then bleak post-industrial North of England - Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds as well as Bristol and London, and yet all show a fascination with black American rhythms and an experimentation in sound that was completely unique at the time.

The title of the album comes from The Slits track of the same name.

This album is produced with all the original photos and full extensive sleevenotes.

REVIEWS:

Mojo July 2024⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "A connoisseur’s dip into post-punk”

Record Collector June 2024 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This compilation brilliantly captures the anarchic spirit of the time…consummate set”

Shindig Summer 2024⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “When it comes to compilations Soul Jazz is no slouch, but their In The Beginning is up there as one of their very best”

Vinyl Factory 10th May 2024 "Essential UK post-punk compilation"