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Various – In The Beginning There Was Rhythm (Soul Jazz Records, SJR LP550). A definitive survey of UK post‑punk’s dance impulse—fully remastered and restored—bringing together scene‑defining sides from The Slits, A Certain Ratio, This Heat, 23 Skidoo, Gang of Four, Cabaret Voltaire, The Human League and more. Across these cuts you hear punk ideology collide with dub, funk, and DIY electronics: scratchy guitars over deep bass, tape experiments turned floor‑motion, drum‑circle repetition reimagined as club hypnosis. Packaged as a double LP with extensive sleevenotes and archival photos, it’s both history lesson and DJ resource, charting the exact moment British underground music learned to move bodies as furiously as it moved minds.