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In The Beginning There Was Rhythm (limited 2xLP + MP3 download code)
Soul Jazz
Cat: SJRLP 550. Rel: 13 May 24
Post Rock/Experimental
| Side 1 - Track 1. A Certain Ratio - Shack Up |
| Side 1 - Track 2. 23 Skidoo - Coup |
| Side 1 - Track 3. Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty |
| Side 2 - Track 1. The Human League - Being Boiled |
| Side 2 - Track 2. The Slits - In The Beginning There Was Rhythm |
| Side 2 - Track 3. This Heat - 24-Track Loop |
| Side 3 - Track 1. Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats |
| Side 3 - Track 2. A Certain Ratio - Knife Slits Water |
| Side 4 - Track 1. Cabaret Voltaire - Sluggin For Jesus |
| Side 4 - Track 2. The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good And Evil |
| Side 4 - Track 3. 23 Skidoo - Vegas El Bandito |
You could probably buy every Soul Jazz compilation known to humankind and come out on top of most other people's record collections. As a label, the crew's ability to track down, rediscover, unearth, and reappraise archive music, and package things up as part of a spellbinding collection of like sounds, is remarkable, and the imprint must be up there with the best curated on the planet. The output is so good, in fact, that here we are pushing a reissue of the 2002 compilation, In The Beginning There Was Rhythm. Pieced together by Stuart Baker and Adrian Self, it's a wonderful trip into the deceptively varied world of UK post punk during its nascent, formative years. Informed by dub, psychedelia, punk, synth, samples and more, it's a celebration of a genre that proves you could spend all day listening and not really hear the same type of tune twice.