- 2LP + DL
- Recommended
VARIOUS
In The Beginning There Was Rhythm
Soul Jazz
- Cat No: SJR57LP
- 2024-10-01
アリ・アップの「In The Beginning There Was Rhythm」というシャウトで幕開けるTHE SLITSの名曲からタイトルを取った、〈Soul Jazz Records〉によるブリティシュ・ポスト・パンク期のパンクファンク、ダブロック、ニューウェイヴをダンス的視点でコンパイルした名作。アナログ再発。
Track List
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A1. A CERTAIN RATIO - Shack Up
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A2. 23 SKIDOO - Coup
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A3. GANG OF FOUR - To Hell With Poverty
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B1. THE HUMAN LEAGUE - Being Boiled
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B2. THE SLITS - In The Beginning There Was Rhythm
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B3. THIS HEAT - 24-Track Loop
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C1. THROBBING GRISTLE - 20 Jazz Funk Greats
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C2. A CERTAIN RATIO - Knife Slits Water
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D1. CABARET VOLTAIRE - Sluggin Fer Jesus
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D2. THE POP GROUP - She's Beyond Good And Evil
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D3. 23 SKIDOO - Vegas El Bandito
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"
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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"
マンチェスター、ロンドン、ブリストル。パンク以降のDIYなムーブメントと、レゲエ、アフリカンなどの移民カルチャーが出会ったUKの先鋭、オルタナティヴ音楽をダンス的視点からコンパイルした名作。THROBBING GRISTLE,THIS HEAT、CABARET VOLTAIRE、THE POP GROUP,A CERTAIN RATIO23 AKIDOOなど歴史的な重要グループの名曲がぎっしり。 2LP、sleevenotes、ダウンロードコード付属。