FROM ONE OLD ROUGH TRADER TO ANOTHER...

The subject of yesterday's post - Scritti Politti - would find fame and fortune after departing Rough Trade Records for Virgin Records.A similar outcome befell Aztec Camera after they left Rough Trade for a major.I don't think I'm alone in thinking that they lost something upon signing to WEA, with none of the subsequent releases living up to the consistent brilliance of the 1980 debut High Land Hard Rain. However, there's no doubt The Boy Wonder (aka Roddy Frame) was always capable of writing ...

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