Do It Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade

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

Directed by Chris Wilson

Documentary, Music · 1h 28m

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.

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Cast

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

Crew

Director
Chris Wilson

Details

Release date
2009-03-13
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Documentary, Music
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
BBC