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Do It Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade (2009)

★ 8.0/10 88 min Documentary, Music United Kingdom German
Director: Chris Wilson
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Marc Warren
Marc Warren Narrator
Geoff Travis
Geoff Travis Self
Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt Self
Mayo Thompson Self
Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr Self
Duffy
Duffy Self

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