Various - In the Beginning There Was Rhythm - 2 LPs w/ DL

Various
In the Beginning There Was Rhythm
Soul Jazz 550 - re-issue 2 LP set w/ download code 

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. 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. This double vinyl edition with download code comes complete with two bespoke inner bags containing extensive sleeve-notes and original photography.

     The 2 LPs include; 
Shack Up - A Certain Ratio 
Coup - 23 Skidoo 
To Hell with Poverty - Gang of Four 
Being Boiled - The Human League 
In the Beginning, There was Rhythm - The Slits 
24 Track Loop - This Heat 
20 Jazz Funk Greats - Throbbing Gristle 
Knife Slits Water - A Certain Ratio 
Sluggin' For Jesus - Caberet Voltaire 
She is Beyond Good and Evil - The Pop Group 
Begas El Bandito - 23 Skidoo 

NEW SEALED re-issue 2 LP set with download code