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Rough Trade is a music retailer headquartered in Nottingham, England. It operates an online store and a chain of record shops in the United Kingdom, United States and Germany.
Rough Trade West, Talbot Road
Rough Trade on 130 Talbot Road
Martina Topley-Bird performing at Rough Trade East, Brick Lane, London (photo July 2010)
Rough Trade NYC storefront
Rough Trade Records
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Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London, England. It was formed in 1976 by Geoff Travis, who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove. It is currently run by co-managing
Rough Trade (shops)
…Ladbroke Grove district of West London. Travis reportedly took the name from the Canadian art punk/new wave band Rough Trade. In 1978, the shop spawned Rough Trade Records, which later became the label of bands from The Smiths to The Libertines. In 1982, the two separated and the shop remains an independent entity from…
Rough Trade's largest UK store opened in Liverpool in 2024.