Iconic label releases comprehensive compilation
Rough Trade Shops is set to release a comprehensive compilation called Recorded at the Automat: The Best of Rough Trade Records. Formats will include a 20 track single CD, a 60 track deluxe triple CD, a 20 track double LP and a 60 track digital album. It will be released 23 March.
Geoff Travis opened the first Rough Trade shop on Kensington Park Road, West London in 1976, and he started the label with Jeannette Lee two years later. Recorded at the Automat has been compiled be Travis and Lee as well as Rough Trade Shops’ Nigel House, Pete Donne, Sean Forbes and Simon Russell. The tracklisting includes the likes of Robert Wyatt, The Raincoats, Cabaret Voltaire, Arthur Russell, The Libertines, Belle & Sebastien, Parquet Courts and so many more. You can read the tracklistings below. (via NME)
Triple CD
CD1
Metal Urbain – Paris Maquis
Cabaret Voltaire – Do The Mussolini (Headkick)
Kleenex – Hedi’s head
File Under Pop – Heathrow
Stiff Little Fingers – Rough Trade
The Monochrome Set – Eine Symphonie Des Grauens
The Feelies – Fa Cé La
The Pack – King of Kings
The Pop Group – Where There’s A Will There’s A Way
The Prats – Disco Pope
James Blood Ulmer – Are You Glad To Be In America?
Young Marble Giants – Wurlitzer Jukebox
The Raincoats – Shouting out loud
Swell Maps – The Helicopter Spies
Missing Scientists – Big City Bright Lights
Vic Godard & The Subway Sect – Stop That Girl
Chris & Cosey – October (love song)
Scritti Politti – The “Sweetest Girl
Robert Wyatt – Born Again Cretin
Tav Falco’s Panther Burns – She’s The One That Got It
Zounds – More Trouble Coming Every Day
The Fall – The Man Whose Head Expanded
CD2
Rainy Day – I’ll Keep It With Mine
The Stars of Heaven – Sacred Heart Hotel
The Motorcycle Boy – Big Rock Candy Mountain
Arthur Russell – Being It
The Smiths – London
AR Kane – Baby Milk Snatcher
The Sundays – Here’s Where The Story Ends
Galaxie 500 – Blue Thunder
Mazzy Star – Blue Flower
The Strokes – The Modern Age
The Libertines – Time For Heroes
Palma Violets – Best Of Friends
Arcade Fire – Crown Of Love
Babyshambles – Albion
Antony & The Johnsons – I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy
Micachu – Golden Phone
Warpaint – Undertow
Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy, Jr
Arthur Russell – That’s Us / Wild Combination
Jeffrey Lewis – East River
CD3
Belle & Sebastian – I’m a Cuckoo
Scritti Politti – The Boom Boom Bap
Mystery Jets – It’s Too Late To Talk
British Sea Power – The Great Skua
Emiliana Torrini – Autumn Sun
Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins – Rise Up With Fists!!
Dylan LeBlanc – Emma Hartley
Alabama Shakes – Always Alright
Pulp – After You
1990s – You Made Me Like It
Benjamin Booker – Violent Shiver
Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal
Life Without Buildings – The Leanover
Brakes – What’s In It For Me
Spring Heel Jack – Lee Perry
Pantha du Prince – Stick To My Side
Gruff Rhys – Candylion
Jarvis – Running The World
Single CD
Metal Urbain – Paris Maquis
Kleenex – Hedi’s head
Stiff Little Fingers – Rough Trade
Young Marble Giants – Wurlitzer Jukebox
The Raincoats – Shouting out loud
Swell Maps – The Helicopter Spies
Scritti Politti – ‘The “Sweetest Girl”‘
The Fall – The Man Whose Head Expanded
Arthur Russell – Being It
The Smiths – London
The Strokes – The Modern Age
The Libertines – Time For Heroes
Palma Violets – Best Of Friends
British Sea Power – Remember Me
Arcade Fire – Crown Of Love
Babyshambles – Albion
Antony & The Johnsons – I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy
Micachu – Golden Phone
Warpaint – Undertow
Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy, Jr
Double LP
Side 1
Metal Urbain – Paris Maquis
Stiff Little Fingers – Rough Trade
The Prats – Disco Pope
The Raincoats – Shouting out loud
Swell Maps – The Helicopter Spies
Side 2
Scritti Politti – ‘The “Sweetest Girl”‘
The Fall – The Man Whose Head Expanded
Rainy Day – I’ll Keep It With Mine
Arthur Russell – Being It
The Smiths – London
Side 3
The Strokes – The Modern Age
The Libertines – Time For Heroes
Palma Violets – Best Of Friends
British Sea Power – Remember Me
Arcade Fire – Crown Of Love
Side 4
Babyshambles – Albion
Antony & The Johnsons – I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy
Micachu – Golden Phone
Warpaint – Undertow
Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy, Jr
Download album
Metal Urbain – Paris Maquis
Cabaret Voltaire – Do The Mussolini (Headkick)
Kleenex – Hedi’s head
File Under Pop – Heathrow
Stiff Little Fingers – Rough Trade
The Monochrome Set – Eine Symphonie Des Grauens
The Feelies – Fa Cé La
The Pack – King of Kings
The Pop Group – Where There’s A Will There’s A Way
The Prats – Disco Pope
James Blood Ulmer – Are You Glad To Be In America?
Young Marble Giants – Wurlitzer Jukebox
The Raincoats – Shouting out loud
Swell Maps – The Helicopter Spies
Missing Scientists – Big City Bright Lights
Vic Godard & The Subway Sect – Stop That Girl
Chris & Cosey – October (love song)
Scritti Politti – ‘The “Sweetest Girl”‘
Robert Wyatt – Born Again Cretin
Tav Falco’s Panther Burns – She’s The One That Got It
Zounds – More Trouble Coming Every Day
The Fall – The Man Whose Head Expanded
Rainy Day – I’ll Keep It With Mine
The Stars of Heaven – Sacred Heart Hotel
The Motorcycle Boy – Big Rock Candy Mountain
Arthur Russell – Being It
The Smiths – London
AR Kane – Baby Milk Snatcher
The Sundays – Here’s Where The Story Ends
Galaxie 500 – Blue Thunder
Mazzy Star – Blue Flower
The Strokes – The Modern Age
The Libertines – Time For Heroes
Palma Violets – Best Of Friends
Arcade Fire – Crown Of Love
Babyshambles – Albion
Antony & The Johnsons – I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy
Micachu – Golden Phone
Warpaint – Undertow
Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy, Jr
Arthur Russell – That’s Us / Wild Combination
Jeffrey Lewis – East River
Belle & Sebastian – I’m a Cuckoo
Scritti Politti – The Boom Boom Bap
Mystery Jets – It’s Too Late To Talk
British Sea Power – The Great Skua
Emiliana Torrini – Autumn Sun
Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins – Rise Up With Fists!!
Dylan LeBlanc – Emma Hartley
Alabama Shakes – Always Alright
Pulp – After You
1990s – You Made Me Like It
Benjamin Booker – Violent Shiver
Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal
Life Without Buildings – The Leanover
Brakes – What’s In It For Me
Spring Heel Jack – Lee Perry
Pantha du Prince – Stick To My Side
Gruff Rhys – Candylion
Jarvis – Running The World
