Color: Clear with Black Smoke. Limited to 200 copies. UPC: 5052571220412 In the beginning there was rhythm. And that is the driving force of the third epic edition of the Bristol Post Punk Explosion, a vinyl volume that focuses even more on the groove as well as a cutting edge. This Explosion has a blend of local notables and lesser lights, with stories linking the likes of Stiff Records, Smith and Mighty, John Peel, Massive Attack, mega producer Nellee Hooper, Pigbag, The Pop Group, Roni Size, Vice Squad and even the owner of Bristol Archive Records! To get some rhythm you need some sweat and it is Sweat that set the scene. Their never previously released track 'Crufter' is an outlier for the later work of much acclaimed and influential Smith & Mighty. Third in an opening trio salvo of hit those skins and pull those strings, the post departure of later mega producer Paul 'Nellee' Hooper version of Mouth, powered by eventual Roni Size drummer Rob Merrill, fizz and trumpet their way through a short and sweet 'Take Your Coat Off'. Between these tracks the artier Stiff Records signings Electric Guitars had their own take on skewed, contorted danceability of percussive power mixed with big, fat choruses. 'Genghis Khan' rampages its way into the ears taking no prisoners, with Andy Saunders' giddy-up guitar driving progress forward. Cold had a less common sight in the Bristol terrain at the time being fronted by a female singer/guitarist, Lucy Ray. 'Sectarian Killing' is a no holds barred, punchy assault on events in Northern Ireland and elsewhere. Vice Squad's drummer Shane Baldwin featured with the band as Lucy's song writing partner Tim Clench had been in an early version of the Squad with Shane and Dave Bateman. Animal Magic add further to the gender balance through trumpeter Gill's notable contributions to the slip and slide of 'Get it Right,' one of several tracks recorded for John Peel's BBC Radio One programme. The R...