Rough Trade Shops-Electronic

Rough Trade Shops-Electronic

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
5 track sampler version (chosen from the double CD) on 12 inches of vinyl. Featuring electronic artists past and present. Includes Rod Freeman & The Blue Men, Throbbing Gristle, Christian Zanesi, Stereolab & Arovane.

Tracks:

I Found That Essence Rare - Gang of Four
Georges Five - Les Georges Leningrad
We Are All Prostitutes - The Pop Group
Die Matrosen - Liliput
Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks - The Rapture
Mind Your Own Business - Delta 5
Shoplifting - The Slits
Delayed Reaction - The Rogers Sisters
Sunny Day - Pigbag
You're No Good - ESG
Another Song - Swell Maps
You - The Au Pairs,
Fade Away - New Age Steppers
Careering - Public Image Ltd.
You and You - DNA
Leanover - Life Without Buildings
For My Country - U K Decay
Skank Bloc Bologna - Scritti Politti
Sex Machine - The Flying Lizards
Disco Pope - The Prats
Groupmegroup - Liquid Liquid
Ex Lion Tamer - Wire

Tracks:

Too Many Creeps - Bush Tetras
Robot - The Futureheads
Contort Yourself [Original Version] - James Chance
Asbestos Lead Asbestos - World Domination Enterprises
Fish Needs a Bike - Blurt
Debbie Harry - Family Fodder
Like You - Gramme
Definitive Gaze - Magazine
Lola - The Raincoats
Sink - bIG fLAME
Last Words - 23 Skidoo
Yes I Do - Chicks on Speed
Tongue Tied - Erase Errata
I, Bloodbrother Be (4,000 Love Letter) - Shock Headed Peters,
Industrial Estate - The Fall
Searching for Mr Right - Young Marble Giants
Deaf - Crispy Ambulance
This Is Pop? - XTC
White Mice - Mo Dettes,
Bop Bop - Fats Comet,
Aerosol Burns - Essential Logic,
Stretch [Disco Mix/Rap] - Maximum Joy

Album Description

Another installment in the Mute/Rough Trade shop collaboration series. An excellent compilation loaded with 44 post punk classics from the likes of Gang Of Four, The Slits, Swell Maps, Au Pairs, New Age Steppers, Public Image Ltd., Scritti Politti, Bush Tetras, The Futureheads, Magazine, The Raincoats, 23 Skidoo, Chicks On Speed, The Fall, Wire & many more. Packaged in a double gatefold digipak with booklet. Mute. 2003.

Album Details

The Third Double Disc Issue of Recordings that were Only Part of the Great Recordings that One Could Hear in England's Rough Trade Shop (And Many Other Stores around the World) at the Height of the Diy, New Wave Turn of the Decade Into the 1980's. Many of These Tracks Are Now Obscure and Hard to Find on CD, Making this Collection all the More Special. Some of the Highlights Include the Mo-dettes-white Mice, the Pop Group-we Are all Prostitutes, James White and the Blacks-contort Yourself, Young Marble Giants-searching for Mr. Right and Many More.

Customer Reviews:

excellent compilation ..........2006-10-10

timeless ...

excellent segues ...

highly unlikely that you will be disappointed, if you were seeking music from this "era" ...

Not All That Is Missing Is Relevant.......2005-08-03

What alot of reviewers fail to realize about this comp is that it's a Mute/Rough Trade collaboration/compilation which means only bands from those labels are represented.
I actually do not own the disc but have most of the tracks on CD, vinyl or taped from the radio in the early 80's (WNYU). But am gonna get it ASAP since it's a very good representation of that era. Plus it's good to see NYC bands like Liquid Liquid and ESG (who were both on 99 Records in the US) finally on digital format.
Yeah, there might be some stuff missing and the inclusion of the newer bands may seem lame, but it's definitely worth the money!
Check out the Rhino Records 80's/Post-Punk box-set "Left of the Dial" for the rest of the worlds contributions (heavy on USA).

post-punk.......2004-07-06

This is a lovingly put-together, although by no means complete, overview of the incomparable post-punk scene, compiled by the splendid folks at Rough Trade. Colin Newman (of Wire, if it's the same Colin Newman I'm thinking of) wrote the description in the booklet, which made me quite happy seeing as his band was responsible for some of my favorite music, ever (they're on here too, by the way).

I fancied myself to know quite a bit about post-punk before I came across this compilation, but there was still quite a lot of interest for me. The big players are all represented here, but those bands like PiL, Gang of Four, and The Fall comfortably rub shoulders with the lesser-known likes of Family Fodder, Blurt, and the Prats. The No Wave scene manages to creep onto this compilation in the form of DNA and James White and the Blacks. Scritti Politti and XTC might seem a bit out of place if you're only familiar with their later pop careers, but both songs fit in quite well (the difference between the two is that later XTC was better than the XTC featured here, but early Scritti Politti was much, much better than their later chart-toppers). In fact, Skank Bloc Bologna, the longest song on the entire comp, is one of my favorites.
One thing that really put a grin on my face while listening would be the female representation, being one of the fair sex myself, it was good to see that almost half of the songs featured are done by women. And rightfully so!
I do have a minor irritance with the inclusion of newer bands on here. The difference is obvious, they just sound too derivative, and I usually find myself skipping them. Nothing really bad, per se, but they would have done better with including more 70s/80s artists instead.

Ok, so, before I ramble on too far, this is a good overview of both the obvious and the obscure. But like I said before, and the ones who compiled this would agree with me, it isn't complete. There are quite literally hundreds upon hundreds of post-punk and no-wave bands out there that weren't represented (no Joy Division?), so keep listening! This is an excellent introduction to those uninitiated with the unparalleled, wildly experimental world of post-punk, and a good listen for those of us who already are.

A Collection of some of the most influential Post Punk...........2003-10-29

Glorious, sublime, exceptional, inspired....that's some of the superlatives That are deservedly heaped upon this fantastic collection by myself. Even if your not 100% completely up to speed on the Post-Punk scene, and don't know your "Gang of four" from your "Public Image Ltd", if you have even a passing interest in this music, you owe it to yourself to give this more than a passing glance. `Gang of Four' start things of with their twitchy spoken/shouted "I found that Essence Rare".....leading through to `The Pop Group's' neo-Dub punk of "We are all Prostitutes"...and not forgetting the bouncy Punk-funk of `Delta 5's - Mind your own Business', and the Dub-reggae of female trio `The Slits - Shoplifting'. The double album weighs in at a hefty 44 tracks...and you'd be forgiven for thinking that the quality of songs will suffer with such a large tracklisting...unfortunately you'd be wrong, as whoever the group of individuals were that complied this album, were obviously treated this project as a labour of love...(and it shows), easily the best (and most enjoyable way) to familiarise yourself with the Post-punk generation.

Pretty good but could be much better.......2003-09-20

There are some really great bands on here, such as: Magazine, Gang Of Four, The Au Pairs, The Mo-Dettes, Delta 5, Essential Logic, ESG, Liliput, The Slits, The Raincoats, Young Marble Giants, and The Bush Tetras. All of the above named bands do not get nearly enough credit for how innovative and influential they were to future generations of musicians, which is why it is great to see them on here. But, the song choices for most of these bands were a bit disappointing. They were the obvious choices. Meaning that whenever you see one of these bands on a comp, the song which is featured here is usually the one that you'll find. Which is great for people who have never heard of these bands, but for the people who do know these bands, and were hoping for something different, or even perhaps more rare, it's not so great.

The biggest flaw that I saw in this compilation was the fact that not all the material is from the Post-Punk era (meaning the late '70s/early '80s). There are quite a few bands on here which are from today, and these bands have the tendency to rip off some of the earlier bands that are featured here. It is obvious which songs are from the present and which are from the past (even without looking at what year they are from), since the songs from the present pale in comparison to the ones from the past. Through their music, these new bands are trying to evoke a time and a place that they weren't even a part of, and because of that, they fail miserably. It is just not possible to re-create the spirit and the energy of the era (especially if you weren't around back then), and I don't even understand why they bother trying. I really wish that Rough Trade would have kept the compilation true to the era, and not featured these newer bands. If I wanted a compilation of bands from 2003, I would have bought one.

There were plenty of great Post-Punk era bands that are excluded from this comp, which could have been put in place of the 2003 bands, such as: The Passions, Y Pants, 8 Eyed Spy, Girls At Our Best, Los Microwaves, Lene Lovich, Nina Hagen, The Suburban Lawns, The Bloods, A Certain Ratio, The Revillos, Plastic Bertrand, The Normal, The Buggles, D-Day, The Tom Tom Club, Pylon, The Belle Stars and more. These bands would have fit in perfectly with the other Post-Punk era bands featured here.

And lastly, how could you have a Post-Punk comp, and not put Joy Division on it? That is just absurd.

Tracks:

Signals - Brian Eno
I Hear A New World - The Blue Men
Kardamon - Oval
Die Liebe (R.Lippok: Schneekristall Mix) - Barbara Morgenstern
Hot On The Heels Of Love - Throbbing Gristle
Marseille 2 - Christian Zanesi
Dr. Who (Original Theme) - BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass (Radio Edit) - I-F
Bufferin: 'Memories' (Original) - Raymond Scott
The Light 3000 - Schneider Tm Vs Kpt. Michi.gan
Day Breaks, Night Heals - Thomas Leer
Basscadet - Autechre
586 - New Order
Freak 'N' You - Matmos
Between Kate And Naomi - Uusitalo
Atelier - Pierre Henry
Inkey$ - Aphex Twin
D.C. D.O.A. - Terre Thaemlitz
The Robots - Kraftwerk
Radio Music (Edit) - John Cage
Out Out Out - Non

Tracks:

Just A Second (Starts Like That!) - Faust
Cars (Variant) - To Rococo Rot
I Want More - Can
Freestyle Dumping - Stereolab
Arvio - Pan Sonic
Tascel_7 - Arovane
Superbad - Lb
Firspk - d
Being Boiled - The Human League
Direct Drive (Edit) - Aux 88
Mean Old Devil - Bruce Haack
Peanuts - Kevin Blechdom
Turn On - Fischerspooner
Trixie - Thomas Brinkmann
Warm Leatherette - The Normal
Big Muff - Depeche Mode
Senderwahl - Dexter
011 - Fennesz
At The Golden Circle Stockholm Vol.1, 1965 - Farben
Ended - Elph Vs Coil

Album Description

Full title, 'Rough Trade Shops - Electronic Volume 1'. The second in the ongoing series of albums with Mute. Electronic 01 features tracks carefully chosen & compiled by the Rough Trade Shops staff from some of the best records of the genre. Featuring a collection of Electronic artists past & present with over 40 rare & diverse tracks. Highlights include, Brian Eno 'Signals', Oval 'Kardamom', Throbbing Gristle 'Hot On The Heels Of Love', BBC Radiophonic Workshop 'Dr Who' (Original Theme), I-F 'Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass' (Radio Edit), Autechre 'Basscadet', New Order '586', Matmos 'Freak 'N' You', Aphex Twin 'Inkey$', Kraftwerk 'The Robots', Faust 'Just A Second (Starts Like That!)', To Rococo Rot 'Cars (Variant)', Can 'I Want More', Stereolab 'Freestyle Dumping', Pan Sonic 'Arvio', Human League 'Being Boiled', Depeche Mode 'Big Muff' & Elph VS Coil 'Ended'.Gatefold digipak. 2002.

Album Details

The Rough Trade Record Shoppe was the Gathering Place Where, in the Late 70's and Early 80's, the Kids of Manchester England Could Flock to Hear the Latest Sounds from around the Country and the Rest of Europe. The Diy Ethic was the Order of the Day and Many Took What They Found to Heart and Created their Own Thing. The Shoppe Would Branch Out Quickly and Grow Into a Record Label that Foster and Launched the Careers of Many Significant Recording Artists. This Double CD Collection Concentrates on the Electronic Side of Things and features Over 40 Rare and Diverse Tracks from the Likes of Aphex Twin, Brian Eno, Throbbing Gristle, Depeche Mode, Faust, Autechre, Human League, the Normal, to Rococo Rot, John Cage, and Many More. A Snapshot of a Most Creative and Productive Musical Scene.

Customer Reviews:

A Great Overview of Electronic History.......2003-11-12

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This is a fun sampler, featuring a wide variety of electronic artists. Ranges from the 'arty,' like Brian Eno, to the more 'pop,' like Depeche Mode. Includes famous & obscure electro-pioneers -- & it's a great price for a 2-CD set!

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Too many important bands excluded.......2003-09-20

Well at least they put Kraftwerk and New Order on here, but besides them, they have forgotten many important electronic music pioneers such as: Devo, Gary Numan, Magazine, Pete Shelley, The Buggles, Ultravox, Visage, The Flying Lizards, and Soft Cell. A lot of these bands don't get enough credit for their innovation, so it really should be no surprise that Rough Trade would forget them as well. I just expected Rough Trade to be smarter than that since they were such a good record label back in the '70s and '80s, but I guess not.

Average customer rating:

Rough Trade Shops - Electronic 01

Manufacturer: Mute Records Ltd.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000RW5FVU

Product Description

Tracklisting: 1-01 Brian Eno Signals (2:44) Featuring - Daniel Lanois 1-02 Rod Freeman & The Blue Men I Hear A New World (2:38) 1-03 Oval Kardamom (1:00) 1-04 Barbara Morgenstern Die Liebe (Schneekristall Mix) (3:53) Remix - Robert Lippok 1-05 Throbbing Gristle Hot On The Heels Of Love (4:18) 1-06 Christian Zanési Marseille 2 (3:24) 1-07 BBC Radiophonic Workshop Dr. Who (Original Theme) (2:21) 1-08 I-f Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass (Radio Edit) (4:05) 1-09 Raymond Scott Bufferin: "Memories" (Original) (0:58) Narration - Jim Henson 1-10 Schneider TM vs. KPT.Michi.Gan The Light 3000 (4:03) 1-11 Thomas Leer & Robert Rental Day Breaks, Night Heals (3:59) 1-12 Autechre Basscadet (5:23) 1-13 New Order 586 (7:29) 1-14 Matmos Freak 'n' You (4:57) 1-15 Uusitalo Between Kate and Naomi (2:30) 1-16 Pierre Henry Atelier (3:31) 1-17 Aphex Twin Inkey$ (1:17) 1-18 Terre Thaemlitz D.c. d.o.a. (1:11) 1-19 Kraftwerk The Robots (6:06) 1-20 John Cage Radio Music (Edit) (0:57) 1-21 NON Out Out Out (3:32) 2-01 Faust Just A Second (Starts Like This) (3:36) 2-02 To Rococo Rot Cars (Variant) (3:58) 2-03 Can I Want More (3:31) 2-04 Stereolab Freestyle Dumping (3:56) 2-05 Pan Sonic Arvio (1:21) 2-06 Arovane Tascel_7 (5:41) 2-07 LB* Superbad (3:14) 2-08 D Firspk (2:16) 2-09 Human League, The Being Boiled (3:47) 2-10 Aux 88 Direct Drive (Edit) (3:50) 2-11 Bruce Haack Mean Old Devil (3:24) 2-12 Kevin Blechdom Peanuts (2:41) 2-13 Fischerspooner Turn On (4:23) 2-14 Thomas Brinkmann Trixie (4:51) 2-15 Normal, The Warm Leatherette (3:21) 2-16 Depeche Mode Big Muff (4:20) 2-17 Dexter Senderwahl (3:53) 2-18 Fennesz 011 (2:48) 2-19 Farben At The Golden Circle Stockholm Vol. 1 1965 (6:10) 2-20 ELpH vs. Coil Ended (1:13)

Average customer rating:

A synthesis of progress!

Rough Trade Shops Electronic Vol. 1

Manufacturer: Msi Music Corp
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000067CNF
Release Date: 2002-09-06

Customer Reviews:

A synthesis of progress!.......2002-07-05

This collection seperates itself from most electronic music compililations because it draws from a variety of labels, time periods, and genres. One of the best features of the collection is it has a good balance of instrumental music and vocal music. Anyone who needs a place to start their electronic music collection should start right here!

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