Various
In The Beginning There Was Rhythm
- Soul Jazz Records SJR LP57
- 2LP
- UK
- 2001
- New Wave, Industrial, Punk, Synth-pop, Experimental, Jazz-Funk, Post-Punk
Condition
- NM
- NM
- A1 A Certain Ratio– Shack Up
- A2 23 Skidoo– Coup
- A3 Gang Of Four– To Hell With Poverty
- B1 The Human League– Being Boiled
- B2 The Slits– In The Beginning There Was Rhythm
- B3 This Heat– 24-Track Loop
- C1 Throbbing Gristle– 20 Jazz Funk Greats
- C2 A Certain Ratio– Knife Slits Water
- D1 Cabaret Voltaire– Sluggin Fer Jesus
- D2 The Pop Group– She's Beyond Good And Evil
- D3 23 Skidoo– Vegas El Bandito
A1 A Certain Ratio– Shack Up
A2 23 Skidoo– Coup
A3 Gang Of Four– To Hell With Poverty
B1 The Human League– Being Boiled
B2 The Slits– In The Beginning There Was Rhythm
B3 This Heat– 24-Track Loop
C1 Throbbing Gristle– 20 Jazz Funk Greats
C2 A Certain Ratio– Knife Slits Water
D1 Cabaret Voltaire– Sluggin Fer Jesus
D2 The Pop Group– She's Beyond Good And Evil
D3 23 Skidoo– Vegas El Bandito
This definitive compilation, assembled by the prestigious Soul Jazz Records in 2001, re-examines the innovativeness of UK post-punk from the perspective of "rhythm." It features mavericks like A Certain Ratio, 23 Skidoo, Gang Of Four, The Slits, This Heat, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, and The Pop Group, who boldly absorbed funk, dub, disco, and industrial sounds after punk.
With tracks like A Certain Ratio's "Shack Up," Gang Of Four's "To Hell With Poverty," and The Slits' "In The Beginning There Was Rhythm," the compilation presents a continuous string of powerful rhythmic sensibilities that directly led to subsequent dance music. This is one of Soul Jazz's finest compilations, re-presenting post-punk not as part of rock history, but as a prehistory to club music.