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Post by oh oooh on Jan 26, 2021 21:11:12 GMT
After watching the pretty decent Teenage Superstars doc on the Glasgow music scene, I had a look at the discographies of some of the UK's most well-known indie labels. After a wee bit of a shaky start, I think Rough Trade might have the most interesting discography. Certainly the closest to my own tastes.
I've selected A-sides from late '78 to late '79 only, and it's a pretty impressive and diverse catalogue. If there's anything missing that you like or I've chosen the wrong version or something like that then start your own fucking thread.
Choose three.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2021 21:22:15 GMT
It's probably my least favourite indie label of that era - a bit too earnest; they made me think of dungarees and student squats.
But maybe you have to be from London to get that from them.
I'll talk about the records tomorrow!
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Post by oh oooh on Jan 26, 2021 21:32:07 GMT
BLOODY HELL G
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2021 21:34:31 GMT
What?
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Post by jeffk on Jan 27, 2021 2:11:46 GMT
Suspect Device, Ambition and Mind Your Own Business but I like them all.
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Post by bungo the mungo on Jan 27, 2021 5:40:46 GMT
I'll talk about the records tomorrow! i've added it to your 'to do' list. will be interested to know why you think they're 'earnest'! some great singles there. i went for: suspect device, nag nag nag and read about seymour. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2021 9:35:56 GMT
I'll talk about the records tomorrow! i've added it to your 'to do' list. will be interested to know why you think they're 'earnest'! They were seen as being quite 'right on' at the time. Do you not remember that? |
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Post by bungo the mungo on Jan 27, 2021 9:38:43 GMT
i've added it to your 'to do' list. will be interested to know why you think they're 'earnest'! They were seen as being quite 'right on' at the time. Do you not remember that? maybe i miss understood you, i thought you meant the bands rather than the label? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2021 9:47:25 GMT
I was talking about the label.They were a bit serious and hippy with bands like This Heat and Red Krayola.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2021 9:50:34 GMT
Surprised Suspect Device is winning.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2021 9:51:29 GMT
Nag nag NAG is my favourite. I pretty much liked them all back in the day. It was a good label.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2021 9:55:03 GMT
I voted for Ambition ( the best thing there by a mile), Nag Nag Nag and Kirk.
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Post by oh oooh on Jan 27, 2021 9:55:21 GMT
Surprised Suspect Device is winning. Yes, me too. It's moronic |
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Post by DarknessFish on Jan 27, 2021 10:48:41 GMT
Fairytale in the Supermarket is the best there, followed by He's Frank and Mind Your Own Business. All of the tracks are pretty good though, other than the TVP thing.
Is the shop still related to the label? I was really disappointed in the store just off Portobello Road when I was last in That London.
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Post by rayge on Jan 27, 2021 11:04:26 GMT
Is the shop still related to the label? I was really disappointed in the store just off Portobello Road when I was last in That London. Not since the early 1980s. The full-time staff in the shop – Judy, Pete and Nigel – bought out Geoff Travis and he got out of retailing altogether, after being instrumental in setting up the Cartel, the wholesalers who organised distribution of records on all the big independent labels, and some of the sillier little ones, set up after punk.
I haven't been to either of the RT stores (or indeed to any record shop) for more than a decade, but certainly by the early part of this century, the one in Neal Street was a bit disappointing, not so much because of the selection, but because of the prices of the vinyl. In the early 1980s, though, the one in Portobello was definitely the place to shop - helped by the fact that a lot of punk bands and minor and major players – Lydon and Strummer for example, later Nick Cave and various others - lived or lurked in the area, while Sarm studios, where FGTH and otherTrevor Horn/ZTT acts recorded was/is literally just around the corner. Tony Thorne, of linguistic reknown, had a basement flat directly opposite the studios, where much Raygist lurking took place.
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