VA - In the Beginning There Was Rhythm (2001/2024)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 327 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 120 MB
51:45 | Electronic, Rock, Industrial, Synth-pop, Experimental, Post-Punk | Label: Soul Jazz Records
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 327 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 120 MB
51:45 | Electronic, Rock, Industrial, Synth-pop, Experimental, Post-Punk | Label: Soul Jazz Records
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 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 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. // The CD format of the album comes with 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.
Tracklist
1 A Certain Ratio - Shack Up (3.17)
2 23 Skidoo - Coup (4.11)
3 Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty (4.58)
4 The Human League - Being Boiled (3.51)
5 The Slits - In The Beginning There Was Rhythm (5.53)
6 This Heat - 24 Track Loop (5.57)
7 Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats (2.44)
8 A Certain Ratio - Knife Slits Water (9.41)
9 Cabaret Voltaire - Sluggin' Fer Jesus (5.01)
10 The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good and Evil (3.22)
11 23 Skidoo - Vegas El Bandito (2.56)
X Lossless Decoder version 20250302 (157.2)
XLD extraction logfile from 2025-10-10 12:02:19 -0700
Various Artists / In The Beginning There Was Rhythm
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XLD extraction logfile from 2025-10-10 12:02:19 -0700
Various Artists / In The Beginning There Was Rhythm
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Media type : Pressed CD
Ripper mode : XLD Secure Ripper
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Read offset correction : 6
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Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 00:00:00 | 03:16:39 | 0 | 14738
2 | 03:16:39 | 04:10:43 | 14739 | 33531
3 | 07:27:07 | 04:57:65 | 33532 | 55871
4 | 12:24:72 | 03:49:19 | 55872 | 73065
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