Soul Jazz Records Presents - In The Beginning There Was Rhythm [CD]
Soul Jazz Records Presents - In The Beginning There Was Rhythm [CD]
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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 ground-breaking and seminal groups that crossed the divide of punk and dance music for the first time. // "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 // First released in 2001, this album is fully remastered, remade and presented once more in it's 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. // The CD format of the album comes with extensive sleevenotes and original photography. // As Muzik magazine noted on it's 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.
Tracklist:
- Shack Up
- Coup
- To Hell with Poverty
- Being Boiled
- In the Beginning There Was Rhythm [Early Version]
- 24 Track Loop
- 20 Jazz Funk Greats
- She Is Beyond Good and Evil
- Sluggin' Fer Jesus
- Vegas El Bandito
- Knife Slits Water
UPC: 5026328105505
Label: Soul Jazz
Release Date: 6.7.24
Format: CD
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