Founded in 1978, Rough Trade quickly emerged – almost by accident, really – as one of the post-punk era’s pre-eminent labels.
Signing the likes of Young Marble Giants, The Fall, Scritti Politti and countless others, the label provided a home for bedroom geniuses across the land.
Sadly entering receivership in 1991, Rough Trade was re-born in the late 90s, releasing new material once more from 2001.
This time round, the imprint would help to define a further indie boom, snapping up The Strokes, The Libertines, Arcade Fire (for debut album ‘Funeral’) and more.
Now Rough Trade Shops (a separate entity, commercially speaking) are set to bring you a three disco retrospective which brings together some of the label's finest moments. There is little point in listing the highlights – this is simply an all-killer and no filler compilation which will no doubt act as a fine introduction, if needed, to one of the UK’s most continually thrilling musical forces.
With tracks selected by the label's Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee and Rough Trade Shops' Nigel House, Pete Donne, Sean Forbes and Simon Russell, ‘Recorded At The Laundromat – The Best Of Rough Trade Records’ will be released on March 23rd (note – a single CD and double LP version will also be made available).
Tracklisting:
CD1
1. Metal Urbain – Paris Maquis
2. Cabaret Voltaire – Do The Mussolini (Headkick)
3. Kleenex – Hedi's head
4. File Under Pop – Heathrow
5. Stiff Little Fingers – Rough Trade
6. The Monochrome Set – Eine Symphonie Des Grauens
7. The Feelies – Fa Cé La
8. The Pack – King of Kings
9. The Pop Group – Where There's A Will There's A Way
10. The Prats – Disco Pope
11. James Blood Ulmer – Are You Glad To Be In America?
12. Young Marble Giants – Wurlitzer Jukebox
13. The Raincoats – Shouting out loud
14. Swell Maps – The Helicopter Spies
15. Missing Scientists – Big City Bright Lights
16. Vic Godard & The Subway Sect – Stop That Girl
17. Chris & Cosey – October (love song)
18. Scritti Politti – The "Sweetest Girl"
19. Robert Wyatt – Born Again Cretin
20. Tav Falco's Panther Burns – She's The One That Got It
21. Zounds – More Trouble Coming Every Day
22. The Fall – The Man Whose Head Expanded
CD2
1. Rainy Day – I'll Keep It With Mine
2. The Stars of Heaven – Sacred Heart Hotel
3. The Motorcycle Boy – Big Rock Candy Mountain
4. Arthur Russell – Being It
5. The Smiths – London
6. AR Kane – Baby Milk Snatcher
7. The Sundays – Here's Where The Story Ends
8. Galaxie 500 – Blue Thunder
9. Mazzy Star – Blue Flower
10. The Strokes – The Modern Age
11. The Libertines – Time For Heroes
12. Palma Violets – Best Of Friends
13. Arcade Fire – Crown Of Love
14. Babyshambles – Albion
15. Antony & The Johnsons – I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy
16. Micachu – Golden Phone
17. Warpaint – Undertow
18. Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy, Jr
19. Arthur Russell – That's Us / Wild Combination
20. Jeffrey Lewis – East River
CD3
1. Belle & Sebastian – I'm a Cuckoo
2. Scritti Politti – The Boom Boom Bap
3. Mystery Jets – It's Too Late To Talk
4. British Sea Power – The Great Skua
5. Emiliana Torrini – Autumn Sun
6. Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins – Rise Up With Fists!!
7. Dylan LeBlanc – Emma Hartley
8. Alabama Shakes – Always Alright
9. Pulp – After You
10. 1990s – You Made Me Like It
11. Benjamin Booker – Violent Shiver
12. Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal
13. Life Without Buildings – The Leanover
14. Brakes – What's In It For Me
15. Spring Heel Jack – Lee Perry
16. Pantha du Prince – Stick To My Side
17. Gruff Rhys – Candylion
18. Jarvis – Running The World
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