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ROUGH TRADE APPRECIATION (RIDE OR DIE R)

edith headedith head 5,106 Posts
edited September 2008 in Strut Central
has this been done on the strut? probably, i don't rememberb,121b,121img src="http://www.cheaphotelmusic.com/roughtrade.jpg"1b,121b,121not speaking on the new school... strictly 80s smart ass artfag agitprop hogwash. such as:b,121b,121b,121The Batsb,121LiLiput/Kleenexb,121The Pop Groupb,121Raincoatsb,121The Fallb,121The Cleanb,121Feeliesb,121Pere Ubub,121The Red Crayolab,121Swell fusking Mapsb,121This Heatb,121Smiths (slipped that one in shamefully)b,121Young Marble Giantsb,121b,121unfuskwitable roster, i think. Rough Trade is the only label i find myself still obsessed with and consumer/object fetishist hungry for after all these years. Recordwise, as it were. b,121b,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beerbang.gif" alt="" 21

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  • onetetonetet 1,754 Posts
    they knew what they were doing, for sure. I came across a sampler of their singles recently, and damn if every band on it wasn't a band that other bands are trying to sound like today.
  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    YES
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    My favorite PUNK RECORD EVAR is on RT:b,121b,121 img src="http://www.fototime.com/14B59AB80CF8DF9/standard.jpg"1
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,955 Posts
    The Fall-ah (As Mark E Smith would say).b,121b,121The rest I encountered at the time and IIRC was so much pffftz0rs.b,121b,121Actually The Fall were patchy but I feel sorry for him with that Brix/Vivaldi affair (chucked him out of a nightclub-R)
  • CosmophonicCosmophonic 1,172 Posts
    DELTA 5b,121DELTA 5b,121DELTA 5b,121DELTA 5b,121DELTA 5b,121b,121b,121On a related tip, I've been loving Cherry Red as of late.
  • finelikewinefinelikewine "ONCE UPON A TIME, I HAD A VINYL." http://www.discogs.com/user/permabulker 1,416 Posts
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    b,121...lumpenproletariat...
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121I'm 85% sure that you don't know what that word means. Somehow it seems totally out of place. img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/155.gif" alt="" 21
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    It goes without saying that the SLF album and singles were a highpoint of 'keeping it real' in those dull post-punk days of '79 (notwithstanding Jake Burns later becoming a radio producer - always thought he was a tad suspect).b,121b,121Delta 5's track 'You' was a big sound BITD for about 2 weeks, especially on the John Peel show. My groovy History teacher at the time was a big fan.b,121b,121I need to rep my favourite post-punk band here too, the mighty and much under-successful Zounds.b,121Two of their very best (and therefore GOAT top 20 IMHO) were released on Rough Trade: 'More Trouble Coming Everyday' and 'Demystification'. Anarcho pop subversiveness.b,121b,121Robert Wyatt's 'Shipbuilding' needs to get mentioned too.b,121b,121Why 'shamefully' add the Smiths? For a while back then they were the only game in town. Marr is still a yardstick of energy and cool. They deserve a large andb,121 chunky helping of respect.b,121b,121As for the shop itself, I went in there many times in the late 70s and 80s and I can't front, it was a dismal and scummy experience.
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    b,121Why 'shamefully' add the Smiths? For a while back then they were the only game in town. Marr is still a yardstick of energy and cool. They deserve a large and
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  • drbrownscelraydrbrownscelray 648 Posts
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    b,121Young Marble Giants
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121I find myself coming back to this record over and over. It's just one of those things where the "whole is more than the sum of the parts" or whatever. On paper the idea of YMG should be corny or contrived, but instead it's beautiful and weird and more affecting than affected. I wish they had put out more music. Alison Statton's voice totally f-ucking slays me.
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Wow. Tom Jones last week, YMG this.b,121b,121Wales stand upb,121b,121 img src="http://www.cc4g.net/cms/downloads/Image/MIH/welshdragon.gif"1
  • SnagglepusSnagglepus 1,756 Posts
    This is worth picking up:b,121b,121img src="http://warpmart.com/images/content/releases/large/RTBOOK01.jpg"121b,121b,121I actually just bought a copy as a gift for my band's (very small) label owner's birthday. Sort of a "Happy Birthday ... now let's step things up a bit".
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    I love me some Rough Trade, although I'm not up on the entire catalog. You'd think music based on deconstructing the tenets of musical composition would be better in theory than in practice (and it often was), but some of the post-punk records are incredible.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
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    b,121The Pop Group
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121as well as b,121b,121Galaxie 500b,121and a handful of reggae releases, including Augustus Pablo Meets Mr Bassie!
  • edith headedith head 5,106 Posts
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    b,121I'm 85% sure that you don't know what that word means.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Fusk! i know what it means, but i had, um, some smoke and a clouded mind, couldn't think of the more appropriate word at the time. not lumpen, something along the lines of anarchist is what i meant. it seemed fitting for bands like The Pop Group, especially with songs like "Rob a Bank" and "We Are All Prostitutes"
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    b,121My favorite PUNK RECORD EVAR is on RT:
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Pointless sidenote...I have the same accountant as Ali.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
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    b,121I'm 85% sure that you don't know what that word means.
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    b,121it seemed fitting for bands like The Pop Group, especially with songs like "Rob a Bank" and "We Are All Prostitutes"
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121I think it works.
  • edith headedith head 5,106 Posts
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    b,121Young Marble Giants1
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    b,121I find myself coming back to this record over and over. It's just one of those things where the "whole is more than the sum of the parts" or whatever. On paper the idea of YMG should be corny or contrived, but instead it's beautiful and weird and more affecting than affected. I wish they had put out more music. Alison Statton's voice totally f-ucking slays me.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121I agree! YMG is something I put on often when I'm about to go to sleep. That's not a diss...it's hard to find a solid album for that.
  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    Young Marble Giants RULE.b,121b,121There is apparently a YMG CD box set. I thought that was funny.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Love this record, lonesome bullfrogs and all...b,121b,121img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417JQXB9XSL._SL500_AA240_.jpg"1
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    this was released around the same time as the record Harvey posted, and suffered a similar fate, basically disappearing, because Rough Trade went under very shortly after releaseb,121img src="http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/nova_mob1.jpg"1b,121b,121Love this record and still wear the T-shirt
  • pabloscooterpabloscooter 370 Posts
    Side on- Magicb,121b,121not typical rough trade fare but I think that makes it even cooler..
  • neil_somethingneil_something 993 Posts
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    b,121Wow. Tom Jones last week, YMG this.
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  • SoulhawkSoulhawk 3,197 Posts
    the Butthole Surfers is not exactly the first thing that jumps to mind when one thinks 'Rough Trade'b,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/pasue23is.gif" alt="" 21
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