Originally written by Mike Diver · 4 May 2006
This looks a little bit better than decent...
Another Rough Trade Shops compilation is due to hit store shelves pretty soon. Rough Trade Shops: Singer Songwriter 01 will be released via Mute on July 3rd.
The double-disc compilation features the likes of Elliott Smith, Polly Jean Harvey, Cat Power and Nick Cave... and that's just the first CD! Track listing as follows...
Disc One 1 Micah P. Hinson - 'Beneath The Rose' 2 Bright Eyes - 'The Calendar Hung Itself' 3 Plush - 'I've Changed My Number' 4 Franklin Bruno - 'The Irony Engine' 5 Adrian Crowley - 'The Girl From The Estuary' 6 Cat Power - 'Metal Heart' 7 James William Hindle - 'Come Down Slowly' 8 Mark Eitzel - 'Take Courage' 9 Tracey Thorn - Plain Sailing' 10 The Bevis Frond - 'Waving' 11 Richard Thompson - 'Vincent Black Lightning 1952' 12 PJ Harvey - 'Dress' (demo) 13 Elvis Costello - 'I Want You' 14 Tom Waits - 'Little Boy Blue' 15 Barbara Manning - 'Scissors' 16 Elliott Smith - 'Needle In The Hay' 17 Simon Joyner - 'Alabaster' 18 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - 'Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere' 19 James Yorkston - 'Someplace Simple' 20 Julie Doiron - 'When The Snow Falls This November'
Disc Two 1 Victoria Williams - 'Summer Of Drugs' 2 Richard Hawley - 'Hotel Room' 3 Diane Cluck - 'Easy To Be Around' 4 Vic Chesnutt - 'Danny Carlisle' 5 Mark Mulcahy - 'The Way That She Really Is' 6 Matthew Hattie Hein - 'Number One' 7 Jane Weaver - 'Is Everybody Happy?' 8 Lou Barlow & His Sentridoh - 'Forever Instant' 9 Robert Wyatt - 'Blues In Bob Minor' 10 Jeffrey Lewis - 'Don't Let The Record Label Take You Out To Lunch' 11 Kristin Hersh - 'Sundrops' 12 King Creosote - 'Just After 11 She Left' 13 Charlie Parr - 'To A Scrapyard Bustop' 14 Mary Margaret O'Hara - 'Dear Darling' 15 Antony and The Johnsons - 'Cripple and The Starfish' 16 The Mountain Goats - 'Masher' 17 Nick Lowe - 'Endless Sleep' 18 Daniel Johnston - 'Speeding Motorcycle'