Rough Trade Records
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| Rough Trade | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1978 |
| Founder(s) | Geoff Travis |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | London |
| Official Website | http://www.roughtraderecords.com |
Rough Trade Records, now a member of the RIAA[1], began as an independent record label, based in London, England. It grew out of the Rough Trade Shop, founded by Geoff Travis in West London in 1976. The record label was set up in 1978. It became independent from the shop in 1982. It then went bankrupt in 1991, ruining quite a few smaller record labels that they owed money to. Rough Trade was relaunched in 2000.
Rough Trade specialised primarily in European post-punk and other alternative rock of the late 1970s and early 1980s. In the late 1980s Rough Trade branched out by issuing an eponymous album by Lucinda Williams. Other early signings included Young Marble Giants and Scritti Politti (the latter resigned to the label in the mid 2000s). Geoff Travis later launched Blanco y Negro Records in partnership with Warner Bros. Records.
Rough Trade was formerly an independently owned entity — a partnership between Mr. Travis, Jeanette Lee, (a former member of PiL), and minority partners, Sanctuary Records, as a part of the Zomba Music Group until June 11, 2002 when BMG bought out this business.
Since its re-birth, Rough Trade has released albums by high-charting artists such as The Strokes, The Libertines, Babyshambles, and Belle & Sebastian.
A 192-page illustrated history of Rough Trade, written by Rob Young of The Wire, was published in September 2006 by the UK based company Black Dog Publishing.
[edit] Well-known artists
- Aberfeldy
- 1990s
- Albert Hammond, Jr.
- Arcade Fire
- Aztec Camera
- Babyshambles
- Belle & Sebastian
- Bill Drummond
- Brakes
- British Sea Power
- Butthole Surfers
- Cabaret Voltaire
- Colorfinger
- David Kitt
- Cara Dillon
- The Fall
- The Fiery Furnaces
- Galaxie 500
- The Hidden Cameras
- James
- Jarvis Cocker
- The Libertines
- The Long Blondes
- Cerys Matthews
- Miracle Legion
- The Monochrome Set
- The Raincoats
- Scritti Politti
- The Smiths
- Spizz Energi
- Stiff Little Fingers
- The Strokes
- The Sundays
- Super Furry Animals
- Television Personalities
- The Veils
- Young Marble Giants
- Zounds
[edit] See also
- Rough Trade Distribution
- Rough Trade Shop
- List of record labels
- RIAA members
