Music
14 Jan 15

Rough Trade to release decades-spanning Best Of

Stiff Little Fingers and The Stars Of Heaven fly the Irish flag on Recorded At The Automat: The Best Of Rough Trade Records, a 3CD retrospective going all the way back to label's 1978 launch.

Due here on March 20, it's a hugely diverse affair, which also includes the likes of Cabaret Voltaire, Scritti Politti, The Fall, The Smiths, The Sundays, Mazzy Star, The Strokes, The Libertines, Palma Violets, Arcade Fire, Warpaint and Antony & The Johnsons.
Proof, if any were needed, that Geoff Travis & Co. have an exceptionally keen ear.
The track-listing in full is:

CD1 

 Metal Urbain – ‘Paris Maquis'
Cabaret Voltaire – ‘Do The Mussolini (Headkick)’
 Kleenex – ‘Hedi’s Head’ File Under Pop – ‘Heathrow’ 
Stiff Little Fingers – 'Rough Trade’ 
The Monochrome Set – ‘Eine Symphonie Des Grauens’ 
The Feelies – ‘Fa Cé La’ 
The Pack – ‘King Of Kings’
The Pop Group – ‘Where There’s A Will There’s A Way’
 The Prats – ‘Disco Pope’ 
James Blood Ulmer – ‘Are You Glad To Be In America?’ 
Young Marble Giants – ‘Wurlitzer Jukebox’ 
The Raincoats – ‘Shouting Out Loud’ 
Swell Maps – ‘The Helicopter Spies’ 
Missing Scientists – ‘Big City Bright Lights'
Vic Godard & The Subway Sect – ‘Stop That Girl’
 Chris & Cosey – ‘October (Love Song)’ 
Scritti Politti – ‘The Sweetest Girl' 
Robert Wyatt – ‘Born Again Cretin’
 Tav Falco’s Panther Burns – ‘She’s The One That Got It’ 
Zounds – ‘More Trouble Coming Every Day'
The Fall – ‘The Man Whose Head Expanded’

CD2 

Rainy Day – ‘I’ll Keep It With Mine’
 The Stars of Heaven – ‘Sacred Heart Hotel’
 The Motorcycle Boy – ‘Big Rock Candy Mountain’
 Arthur Russell – ‘Being It’
 The Smiths – ‘London’ 
AR Kane – ‘Baby Milk Snatcher’
 The Sundays – ‘Here’s Where The Story Ends’
 Galaxie 500 – ‘Blue Thunder’ 
Mazzy Star – ‘Blue Flower’ 
The Strokes – ‘The Modern Age’ 
The Libertines – ‘Time For Heroes’ 
Palma Violets – ‘Best Of Friends’ 
Arcade Fire – ‘Crown Of Love’ 
Babyshambles – ‘Albion’ 
Antony & The Johnsons – ‘I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy’
 Micachu – ‘Golden Phone’ 
Warpaint – ‘Undertow'
 Sufjan Stevens – ‘John Wayne Gacy Jr’ 
Arthur Russell – ‘That’s Us/Wild Combination’ 
Jeffrey Lewis – ‘East River’

CD3

 Belle & Sebastian – ‘I’m A Cuckoo’
 Scritti Politti – ‘The Boom Boom Bap’ 
Mystery Jets – ‘It’s Too Late To Talk’
 British Sea Power – ‘The Great Skua’ 
Emiliana Torrini – ‘Autumn Sun’ 
Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins – ‘Rise Up With Fists!!’ 
Dylan LeBlanc – ‘Emma Hartley’ 
Alabama Shakes – ‘Always Alright’
 Pulp – ‘After You’ 
1990s – ‘You Made Me Like It’ 
Benjamin Booker – ‘Violent Shiver’ 
Parquet Courts – ‘Sunbathing Animal’
 Life Without Buildings – ‘The Leanover'
Brakes – ‘What’s In It For Me’ 
Spring Heel Jack – ‘Lee Perry’ 
Pantha du Prince – ‘Stick To My Side’
 Gruff Rhys – ‘Candylion'
Jarvis – ‘Running The World’