{"product_id":"various-in-the-beginning-there-was-rhy-cd-502632810550","title":"Various - In The Beginning There Was Rhythm [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnavailable 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShack Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoup\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo Hell with Poverty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeing Boiled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the Beginning There Was Rhythm [Early Version]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Track Loop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20 Jazz Funk Greats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShe Is Beyond Good and Evil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSluggin' Fer Jesus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVegas El Bandito\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKnife Slits Water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"503","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50792588935464,"sku":"502632810550","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/3833\/7576\/files\/4333631-3149426.jpg?v=1763992840","url":"https:\/\/waterloorecords.com\/products\/various-in-the-beginning-there-was-rhy-cd-502632810550","provider":"Waterloo Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}