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Do It Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade

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Do It Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade

8.0

1h 28m

2009

Synopsis

The Rough Trade story begins more than thirty years ago on 20th February 1976. Britain was in the grip of an IRA bombing campaign; a future prime minister was beginning to make her mark on a middle England in which punk was yet to run amok; and a young Cambridge graduate called Geoff Travis opened a new shop at 202 Kensington Park Road, just off Ladbroke Grove in west London. The Rough Trade shop sold obscure and challenging records by bands like American art-rockers Pere Ubu, offering an alternative to the middle-of-the-road rock music that dominated the music business.

Director

Chris Wilson

DocumentaryMusic

Cast & Crew

Marc Warren

Marc Warren

as Narrator

Geoff Travis

Geoff Travis

as Self

Robert Wyatt

Robert Wyatt

as Self

Mayo Thompson

as Self

Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr

as Self

Duffy

Duffy

as Self

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