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Document And Eyewitness: An Intimate History of Rough Trade: The Rough Trade Story

Document And Eyewitness: An Intimate History of Rough Trade: The Rough Trade Story

by NeilTaylor (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

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Synopsis

Rough Trade is practically a byword for the history of independent music over the last thirty years. The Rough Trade Story: Document and Eyewitness tells the story from the inside of a phenomenally influential record label, through the voices of Geoff Travis, Jarvis Cocker, Robert Wyatt, Green Gartside and many many more. From the early records of Cabaret Voltaire, Kleenex and the Swell Maps, through to groundbreaking releases by The Fall, The Smiths and Scritti Pollitti, on through the collapse of the independent collective and the rebirth of Rough Trade at the turn of the century, this will be the definitive, essential account for any serious music fan.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 432
 Publisher: Orion
Published: 22 Jul 2010
ISBN 10: 0752853589
ISBN 13: 9780752853581
Book Overview: Rough Trade is arguably Britain's best record shop Rough Trade (the record label and music publishing company) has been phenomenally influential in the last twenty-five years of British music Geoff Travis (RT founder) was responsible for releasing early, key records by The Smiths, The Fall, Horace Andy, Robert Wyatt, The Jesus & Mary Chain & The Strokes, and hundreds of other punk/dub/rock/UK, US & worldwide acts over the last 25 years From Geoff Travis, to John Peel, to Patti Smith, to Jarvis Cocker, to Andrew Loog Oldham, anyone who's anyone in the music industry will co-operate with the book Over 40,000 Rough Trade customers recently bought a 20 double-cd celebrating 25 years of the shop Another cd is planned to tie-in with this book & 25 years of the record company in 2003 Rough Trade customers are book buyers Rough Trade have a database of thousands of customers worldwide; 11,000 subscribe to their weekly e-mail service detailing new record releases; Rough Trade themselves will take a substantial number of books

Media Reviews
'Document and Eyewitness is an essential purchase for anyone who was involved in or influenced by the punk maelstrom of 1976, a riveting evocation of a period in musical history that becomes more important the further we get away from it... Taylor's book is a joy... If you read one music book this summer, make it this one.' -- Dylan Jones INDEPENDENT DOCUMENT AND EYEWITNESS's treatment of its main players is affectionate-going-hagiographical, but the implication of that end-point is inescapable. The journey from the mid-70s to now denotes the arrival of an altogether duller world: music that tends to be reverential rather than iconoclastic.' GUARDIAN 'Taylor knows his stuff, painting a picture of a chaotic organisation with a good heart... a story that's fascinating and entertaining in equal measure.' BIG ISSUE 'The Fall and the Smiths - even if these were the only bands Rough Trade had signed it would be worth a 400-plus page book like this.' MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS 'The journey from the mid-70s to now denotes the arrival of an altogether duller world: music that tends to be reverential rather than iconoclastic.' GUARDIAN 'Long overdue... The type of reader who buys rock biographies will crave the detailed information that spans the late 70s to 1991 - and they will not be disappointed ****. RECORD COLLECTOR
Author Bio
Neil Taylor worked for the NME during the mid-1980s and has more recently worked in publishing. He is a dedicated regionalist.