ROUGH TRADE

This week features a small selection of the many releases on the Rough Trade label.  Possibly the most important independent U.K record label of them all?  The Rough Trade shop opened off Portobello, Notting Hill in 1976,  a distribution network quickly fell into place, though it wasn’t until a couple of years  later, in 1978 that the record label was born. Featuring a wide & eclectic range of artists  from punk/post punk to electronic, avant-garde , poetry and reggae.  Our choice of tracks this week don’t necessarily follow the obvious, the chart crossovers or household names, but rather as is often the case, our favourites, tunes from our collections  or just interesting bits n bobs we picked up along the way.   1 jeffrey lewis helen shriner -systematic death 2 stiff little fingers-alternative ulster 3 the raincoats-life on the line 4 dna-new fast 5 the fiery furnaces-single again 6 doctor mix and the remix-six dreams 7 hope sandoval & the warm inventions-around my smile 8 the swell maps-let’s build a car 9 metal urbain-paris marquis 10 the monochrome set-the monochrome set 11 art & language and the red crayola-an harangue 12 the pop group-we are al  prostitutes 13 the red crayola-a portrait of v.i.lenin in the style of jackson pollock  14 the fall-prone art threat 15 cabaret voltaire-silent command 16 pere ubu-crush this horn 17 wire-our swimmer 18 the gist-far concern 19 jackie mittoo-wall street