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press release text below. something about the tracklisting gives me a shiver of pleasure. not least the British Sea Power song.

Released 20.10.03. A landmark compilation CD to celebrate 25 years of Rough Trade Records. Features the new breed of Rough Trade bands covering classic Rough Trade songs.

TRACKLIST:

01 EASTERN LANE Fa Ce La
Originally by The Feelies

02 ADAM GREEN Eating Noddemix
Originally by Young Marble Giants

03 MYSTIC CHORDS OF MEMORY We Could Send Letters
Originally by Aztec Camera

04 ONEIDA Jazz Is The Teacher, Funk Is The Preacher
Originally by James Blood Ulmer

05 ELIZABETH FRASER At Last I Am Free
Originally by Robert Wyatt

06 THE HIDDEN CAMERAS Dunes
Originally by The Clean

07 THE TYDE Tell Me
Originally by Galaxie 500

08 ROYAL CITY Is This It
Originally by The Strokes

09 ALASDAIR ROBERTS I Had A Little Boat
Originally by Ivor Cutler

10 DELAYS Ride It On
Originally by Mazzy Star

11 THE VEILS Lions After Slumber
Originally by Scritti Politti

12 JEFFREY LEWIS Part-Time Punks
Originally by The Television Personalities

13 BRITISH SEA POWER Tugboat
Originally by Galaxie 500

14 THE DETROIT COBRAS Last Nite
Originally by The Strokes

15 THE FIERY FURNACES Winter
Originally by The Fall

16 BELLE & SEBASTIAN Final Day
Originally by Young Marble Giants

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 29 September 2003 04:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Why the fuck are there Strokes covers in there?

I wouldn't like the responsibilty of covering 'Final Day', 'Winter' or 'Part-Time Punks'... Well, maybe Part-Time Punks.

― Sasha (sgh), Monday, 29 September 2003 04:12 (twenty-two years ago)

galaxie 500 did a lovely version of 'final day'..

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 29 September 2003 04:13 (twenty-two years ago)

this reminds me of an old thread of mine

TS: classic Rough Trade vs the revitalised Rough Trade

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 29 September 2003 04:14 (twenty-two years ago)

nobody tackled the smiths i see

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 29 September 2003 04:15 (twenty-two years ago)

indeed one needs to question the inclusion of *two* strokes covers

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 29 September 2003 04:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Why aren't they ON it, rather than being covered on it? (are they still on RT?)

That Oneida / Blood Ulmer cover sounds promising.

― Dave M. (rotten03), Monday, 29 September 2003 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

at last i am free - originally by chic

― phil turnbull (philT), Monday, 29 September 2003 04:22 (twenty-two years ago)

was robert wyatt covering a chic tune?

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 29 September 2003 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

he was, though the original was better. and the Strokes' first EP was on RT

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 29 September 2003 05:04 (twenty-two years ago)

everything the strokes have done was on RT in the UK

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 29 September 2003 05:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Couldn't we just stick with the originals?

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Monday, 29 September 2003 08:49 (twenty-two years ago)

The Strokes are on Rough Trade and they're probably one of the biggest-selling bands on RT, at least currently.

― Nick H, Monday, 29 September 2003 09:46 (twenty-two years ago)

i can't say i'm going to be running to the record store to buy this comp anytime soon...it looks like it suXoRs. the last rough trade comp i liked was the 'electronic 01' one

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 29 September 2003 09:48 (twenty-two years ago)

The Belle & Sebastian version of "Final Day" is _very_ good and pleasingly non-faithful (they do it as electro-disco, basically).

― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 29 September 2003 11:27 (twenty-two years ago)

That reminds me I just witnessed the best cover of Styx evah! By a band called The Buttless Chaps. Sundar would have been proud.
This has nothing to do with Rough Trade unless various members of Royal City were in the room. That is the Three Gut Records band right??

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 29 September 2003 13:09 (twenty-two years ago)

02 ADAM GREEN Eating Noddemix
Originally by Young Marble Giants

Trust this no-talent to pick the worst thing YMG ever did

― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 29 September 2003 13:15 (twenty-two years ago)

It's a fantastic comp. The full album title is, quite cleverly I think, Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before, so there's your nod to The Smiths.

And more to the point, it's only gonna cost you a paltry fiver in the UK! Bring it on.

fwiw my personal favourites are the Liz Fraser and Hidden Cameras tracks; and the cover of "Part Time Punks" is pretty faithful, so don't panic...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 29 September 2003 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

the oneida cover is astounding, but should be longer, in a LIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHTLIGHT kinda way. the detroit cobras' take on 'last nite' is fun, too...

― stevie (stevie), Monday, 29 September 2003 13:59 (twenty-two years ago)

five months pass...

The Belle & Sebastian version of "Final Day" is _very_ good and pleasingly non-faithful (they do it as electro-disco, basically).

haha this cover version is the crappiest piece of shit i've heard in months!

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 10:44 (twenty-one years ago)

i was impressed by most of the versions, especially British Sea Power and Adam Green. The Tyde's G500 version was just dull. Fiery Furnaces are wasting everyone's time.

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 10:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought it was OK, nothing too embarrassing...but "Rebuilding The Bridge" (Typical Girls mailing list CD-R that Douglas compiled) was much more experimental and much stronger.

I'd still rather listen to the originals than either of these.

― mike a, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Royal City's cover of Is This It? has been floating around for some time. It's brilliant. Though hearing it sung without a bunch of fuzz over the vocals made me realize just how bland the lyrics are.

― dieblucasdie (dieblucasdie), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)

seven months pass...

There's some awful shit on this, but Liz Fraser is wonderful, and the Mystic Chords Of Memory's 'We Could Send Letters' just came on my iPod and it suddenly sounded great.

― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 24 October 2004 13:18 (twenty years ago)

http://www.230publicity.com/images/MysticChordsOfMemory_web.jpg

Oh dear God.

― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 24 October 2004 13:27 (twenty years ago)

after having had this for a while the only song i out-and-out hate is the belle and sebastian one.

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Sunday, 24 October 2004 22:25 (twenty years ago)

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