Rough Trade (pre‐2000)

~ Label

Annotation

Emerged from the Rough Trade Shop in 1978, went bankrupt in 1991, then was run by One Little Indian Records and finally relaunched in 1999/2000.

Don't file any post-2000 release here.

Click here for "new" Rough Trade (2000 - present, LC-11945).

Annotation last modified on 2009-12-10 20:17 UTC.

Releases

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateCatalog#Barcode
Paris maquisMétal Urbain7" Vinyl2
RT 001[none]
Suspect DeviceStiff Little Fingers7" Vinyl2
  • GB1978-02-04
RT 006[none]
The Murder of Liddle TowersAngelic Upstarts7" Vinyl2
rt.sw.001[none]
Alternative UlsterStiff Little Fingers7" Vinyl2
  • GB1978-10-17
RT 004[none]
AmbitionSubway Sect7" Vinyl2
RT 007[none]
Extended PlayCabaret Voltaire7" Vinyl4
RT 003[none]
CyclotronDie Electric Eels7" Vinyl2
RT 008[none]
Hedi's Head / Ain't YouKleenex7" Vinyl2
RT 009
Dresden StyleSwell Maps7" Vinyl3
RT 012[none]
Ü / YouKleenex7" Vinyl2
RT 014
6000 CrazySpizzoil7" Vinyl3
RTSO-1[none]
Inflammable MaterialStiff Little Fingers12" Vinyl13
  • GB1979-02-02
ROUGH 1[none]
Fairytale in the SupermarketThe Raincoats7" Vinyl3
RT 013[none]
Gotta GettawayStiff Little Fingers7" Vinyl2
  • GB1979-05-08
RT 015[none]
Nag Nag NagCabaret Voltaire7" Vinyl2
RT 018[none]
A Trip to MarinevilleSwell Maps12" Vinyl + 7" Vinyl14 + 4
  • GB1979-07-27
ROUGH 2[none]
Mind Your Own BusinessDelta 57" Vinyl2
RT 031
Micro-Chips & FishRed Crayola12" Vinyl2
  • GB1979-10-05
RTO 26, RTO26
We Are All ProstitutesThe Pop Group7" Vinyl2
  • GB1979-11-09
RT 023
Where's Bill Grundy Now?Television Personalities7" Vinyl4
RT033[none]
The RaincoatsThe Raincoats12" Vinyl10
ROUGH 3[none]
Mix-UpCabaret Voltaire12" Vinyl9
ROUGH 4[none]
Beat Rhythm News (Waddle Ya Play?)Essential Logic12" Vinyl9
ROUGH 5[none]
HeathrowFile Under Pop7" Vinyl3
RT 0011[none]
He’s Frank / AlphavilleThe Monochrome Set7" Vinyl2
RT 005
Sweet MarylinMetal Boys7" Vinyl2
RT 016[none]
Eine Symphonie des GrauensThe Monochrome Set7" Vinyl2
RT 019
Zip NolanCult Figures7" Vinyl3
RT 020
Real ShocksSwell Maps7" Vinyl3
RT 021
Animal WorldLast Words7" Vinyl2
RT 022[none]
The Monochrome SetThe Monochrome Set7" Vinyl2
RT 028
Popcorn Boy (Waddle Ya Do?)Essential Logic7" Vinyl2
RT 029[none]
Work in Progress 2nd Peel SessionScritti Politti7" Vinyl4
RT 034[none]
Let’s Build a CarSwell Maps7" Vinyl3
RT 036[none]
King of KingsThe Pack7" Vinyl2
RT 25[none]
Raised Eyebrows / Fa Cé LaThe Feelies7" Vinyl2
RTO24[none]
Cold City: 4Spizzoil7" Vinyl4
RTSO-2[none]
Soldier SoldierSpizzenergi7" Vinyl2
RTSO•3[none]
Where's Captain Kirk?Spizzenergi7" Vinyl2
RTSO 4[none]
Loin of the Surf EPSwell Maps7" Vinyl4
AnticipationDelta 57" Vinyl2
RT 041
In the Beginning There Was Rhythm / Where There’s a Will There’s a WayThe Slits / The Pop Group7" Vinyl2
  • GB1980-03-07
RT 039A
In the Beginning There Was Rhythm / Where There’s a Will…The Slits / The Pop Group7" Vinyl2
  • GB1980-03-07
RT 039A
For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?The Pop Group12" Vinyl9
ROUGH 9
Three MantrasCabaret Voltaire12" Vinyl2
RTO 38
Totale’s Turns (It’s Now or Never)The Fall12" Vinyl10
ROUGH 10[none]
Man Next DoorThe Slits7" Vinyl2
  • GB1980-06-04
RT 044[none]
Datapanik in the Year Zero‐APere Ubu7" Vinyl2
  • GB1980-06-13
RT 049
The Art of WalkingPere Ubu12" Vinyl11
  • GB1980-07-04
ROUGH 14[none]
How I Wrote ‘Elastic Man’The Fall7" Vinyl2
  • GB1980-07-11
RT 048[none]
....in "Jane From Occupied Europe"Swell Maps12" Vinyl13
ROUGH 15
Smashing Time!Television Personalities7" Vinyl2
RT 051[none]
Totally WiredThe Fall7" Vinyl2
RT 056[none]
EugeneEssential Logic7" Vinyl2
  • GB1980-10-20
RT 050[none]
Final DayYoung Marble Giants7" Vinyl4
RT 043[none]
Grotesque (After the Gramme)The Fall12" Vinyl10
  • GB1980-11-17
ROUGH 18
The Flood / Disney BoysBlue Orchids7" Vinyl2
  • GB1980-11-17
RT 065[none]
Try / ColourDelta7" Vinyl2
  • US1980-11-26
RTUS002
Grotesque (After the Gramme)The FallVinyl10
ROUGH 18 Y5
Wanna Buy a Bridge? A Rough Trade Compilation of Singles (blue)Various Artists12" Vinyl14
ROUGH-US 3[none]
Seconds Too LateCabaret Voltaire7" Vinyl2
RT 060[none]
We Are TimeThe Pop Group12" Vinyl10
ROUGH 12
Arauco / CaimaneraRobert Wyatt7" Vinyl2
100 112
At Last I Am Free / Strange FruitRobert Wyatt7" Vinyl2
100.114
Live at the YMCA 27.10.79Cabaret Voltaire12" Vinyl9
ROUGH 007
The Voice of AmericaCabaret Voltaire12" Vinyl10
ROUGH 11
Are You Glad to Be in America?James Blood UlmerCD10
ROUGH 16
Colossal YouthYoung Marble Giants12" Vinyl15
ROUGH 8
Live West Runton Pavilion 6/3/79Robert Rental & The Normal12" Vinyl1
ROUGH US 2
The Art of WalkingPere Ubu(unknown)11
ROUGH US 4
Inflammable MaterialStiff Little Fingers12" Vinyl13
ROUGH US 5
Colossal YouthYoung Marble Giants12" Vinyl15
ROUGH US 6
Silent CommandCabaret Voltaire7" Vinyl2
RT 035[none]
1990's Pop E.P.The Prats7" Vinyl4
RT 042
Die MatrosenLiLiPUT7" Vinyl2
RT 047
Music Is a Better NoiseEssential Logic7" Vinyl2
RT 053[none]
Born In FlamesThe Red Crayola7" Vinyl2
RT 054
No RoomAthletico Spizz 807" Vinyl2
RTSO 5[none]
Stalin Wasn’t Stalling / StalingradRobert Wyatt / Peter Blackman7" Vinyl2
  • GB1981-01-28
RT 046
The Modern DancePere UbuVinyl10
ROUGH 22[none]
…and Don’t the Kids Just Love ItTelevision Personalities12" Vinyl14
ROUGH 24[none]
I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives / Arthur the GardenerTelevision Personalities7" Vinyl2
RT 063[none]
390 Degrees of Simulated Stereo: Ubu Live, Volume 1Pere Ubu12" Vinyl12
Rough 23[none]
Testcard E.P.Young Marble Giants7" Vinyl6
RT 059
SlatesThe Fall10" Vinyl6
  • GB1981-04-27
RT 071[none]
SlatesThe Fall10" Vinyl6
  • US1981-04-27
TRADE 3/10[none]
Our SwimmerWire7" Vinyl2
  • GB1981-05-26
RTO-79, RTO79[none]
OdyshapeThe Raincoats12" Vinyl9
ROUGH 13[none]
Grass / Trade UnionRobert Wyatt / Disharhi7" Vinyl2
RT 081
The Sound of the Sand & Other Songs of the PedestrianDavid Thomas and The Pedestrians12" Vinyl11
Rough 30
Greatest Hits - Entertainment Through PainThrobbing Gristle12" Vinyl11
ROUGH US 23
Wonderful OfferLora Logic7" Vinyl2
087, RT087[none]
Wonderful OfferLora Logic12" Vinyl3
087[none]
Arauco / Caimanera / At Last I Am Free / Strange FruitRobert Wyatt12" Vinyl4
6005 139[none]
Live at the LyceumCabaret VoltaireCassette8
COPY 002
Kangaroo?The Red Krayola with Art & LanguageVinyl15
ROUGH 19
Whatever Happens Next...Swell Maps2×12" Vinyl12 + 11
ROUGH 21[none]
DeceitThis Heat12" Vinyl11
ROUGH 26[none]
Red MeccaCabaret Voltaire12" Vinyl9
ROUGH 27[none]
Document and EyewitnessWire2×12" Vinyl13 + 8
ROUGH 29, ROUGH 29 12[none]