{"product_id":"soul-jazz-records-presents-in-the-beginning-there-was-rhythm-2024-edition-feat-acr-cabaret-voltaire-the-pop-group-gang-of-four-etc","title":"Soul Jazz Records Presents In The Beginning There Was  Rhythm (2024 Edition, Feat. ACR, Cabaret Voltaire, The Pop Group, Gang of Four, etc)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: 2xLP + Download Code\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: SJRLP550C\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 5026328005508\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 10 May 2024\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Indie\/Alt\/Dance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\" In the Beginning is essential missing-link history – and body-rockin' fun\" The Guardian\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\" 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\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"There's no denying that In the Beginning There Was Rhythm is a great gateway into this expansive, fruitful, trailblazing era.\" All Music\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFirst 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis album comes as a limited-edition one-off pressing double coloured vinyl (red and blue) complete with two bespoke inner bags containing extensive sleevenotes and original photography.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe title of the album comes from The Slits track of the same name. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis album is produced with all the original photos and full extensive sleevenotes..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklisting\u003cbr\u003e1 A Certain Ratio – Shack Up\u003cbr\u003e2 23 Skidoo – Coup\u003cbr\u003e3 Gang Of Four – To Hell With Poverty\u003cbr\u003e4 The Human League – Being Boiled\u003cbr\u003e5 The Slits – In The Beginning There Was Rhythm\u003cbr\u003e6 This Heat – 24 Track Loop\u003cbr\u003e7 Throbbing Gristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats\u003cbr\u003e8 The Pop Group – She Is Beyond Good and Evil\u003cbr\u003e9 Cabaret Voltaire – Sluggin For Jesus\u003cbr\u003e10 23 Skidoo – Vegas El Bandito\u003cbr\u003e11 A Certain Ratio – Knife Slits Water\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soul Jazz Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43288122785948,"sku":"SJRLP550C","price":34.18,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/unnamed_1_8ec7b6ac-b475-4fe1-87aa-b8a4a180ef78.jpg?v=1711556874","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/soul-jazz-records-presents-in-the-beginning-there-was-rhythm-2024-edition-feat-acr-cabaret-voltaire-the-pop-group-gang-of-four-etc","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}