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Various Artists - Rough Trade 7-inch singles boxset
Tracklist:
Augustus Pablo – Pablo Meets Mr Bassie
B-side Mr Bassie Special!
Stiff Little Fingers – Alternative Ulster
B-side 78 Revolutions A Minute (78RPM)
Subway Sect – Ambition
B-side Different Story
Swell Maps – Read About Seymour
B-sides Ripped & Torn and Black Velvet
The Raincoats – Fairytale In The Supermarket
B-sides In Love & Adventures Close To Home
Cabaret Voltaire Nag Nag Nag
B-side Is That Me (Finding Someone At The Door Again?)
The Pop Group – We Are All Prostitutes
B-side Amnesty International Report On British Army Torture Of Irish Prisoners
Young Marble Giants – Final Day
Second track on A side Radio Silents B-side Cakewalking
The first Rough Trade seven-inch singles boxset. This boxset features eight classic singles and B-sides. Rather than a dry definitive history this is a personal and musical history of the label inspired by Rough Trade’s recent 45th anniversary. All the records included have been handpicked by our co-MDs, Jeannette Lee and Geoff Travis, who were key players in the DIY nexus that formed around the first Rough Trade shop in the late 1970s. Reggae, punk, alternative and electronic music surged through the store’s doors and then found an outlet through what became the world’s most influential indie label, Rough Trade Records.
Boxset 1 features music from: Augustus Pablo, Stiff Little Fingers, Subway Sect, Swell Maps, The Raincoats, Cabaret Voltaire, The Pop Group and Young Marble Giants.
In each boxset, the seven-inch singles have been recreated to match the original and each box comes with booklet featuring new sleeve notes, quotes from the artists themselves and notable people who are either fans like Don Letts, or who worked on the recordings as is the case with Elvis Costello. Along with archive photography, sourced in collaboration with many of the era’s greatest photographers, the sleeve notes feature two exclusive longform conversations between Jeannette and Geoff discussing the singles included, the music scene at the time and their experiences creating Rough Trade.
Each boxset is numbered and limited to 1,000 copies each worldwide.
This item will ship on June 20, 2025, however due to supplier delivery delays, this date may change. Items that are ordered together, will ship together.
