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Rough Trade Records
@RoughTradeRecs
The twitter home of the record label Rough Trade (NB we never charge for listening to demos)
London and NYC
rtrecs.co/bio
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    Rough Trade Records
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    Apr 14
    Rough Trade Records is set to mark 50 years since its beginnings with a one-off, special series of concerts and events at London’s Southbank Centre, which will take place between 17 and 19 July 2026.   A presale for Southbank Centre Members starts on Wednesday, 15 April at 2pm,
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    Rough Trade Records
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    May 19, 2023
    Godspeed Andy Rourke, and thank you for the music.
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    Sep 19, 2024
    Happy Birthday Jarvis 🎈 📸 Lauren Krohn
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    Dec 12, 2024
    Pulp have signed to Rough Trade Records. The band say “Rough Trade have managed Pulp for over 30 years so it feels great to finally be on the label. We did it!” #pulp
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    Nov 14, 2021
    "There's a five-mile queue outside the disused power station..." We released Babyshambles' Down In Albion on this day in 2005.
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    Feb 20, 2024
    "𝘕𝘰, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘶𝘴..." 40 years ago today we released The Smiths' debut album.
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    May 8, 2024
    He favoured the title of ‘recording engineer’, but Steve Albini always brought an intangible brilliance to the studio, as the records he made for us with Jarvis, Low and black midi attest. Like all music fans, everyone at Rough Trade will miss his sound, his ideas and, most of
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    Dec 17, 2019
    There's a fan campaign to get Jarvis' Running The World up the charts in time for Christmas... Are you listening? #jarvis4xmas
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    Rough Trade Records
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    Jan 28, 2025
    Happy 80th Birthday Robert Wyatt. 📸 Caroline Forbes
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    Oct 10, 2024
    .@GeordieGreep on the cover of @SoYoungMagazine 🎳 Grab a copy - shop.soyoungmagazine.com
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    Rough Trade Records
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    Aug 27, 2021
    "When we was young, oh man, did we have fun..." 20 years ago today we released Is This It by @thestrokes. And that really was fun...
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    Rough Trade Records
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    Feb 24, 2021
    45 years ago today Geoff Travis opened the first Rough Trade shop in Kensington Park Road, London. He went on to found a label (hello!) while the shop moved to Talbot Road where @RoughTrade West are selling records today. Happy birthday to all our friends at Rough Trade West 🎈
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    Rough Trade Records
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    May 9, 2022
    black midi (@bmblackmidi) "Welcome To Hell" video premiere today at 5.30pm BST / 12.30pm EDT youtu.be/Efmq_uXt1Rk
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    Rough Trade Records
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    Jul 19, 2022
    Our van is here @bmblackmidi #blackmidi
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