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

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.

Cast (6)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Marc Warren

Narrator

Geoff Travis

Self

Robert Wyatt

Self

M

Mayo Thompson

Self

Johnny Marr

Self

Duffy

Self

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