The Rough Trade record shops are set to release their newest collection LP 'Rough Trade Shops: Singer Songwriter 01' on 3 Jul via Mute.
It is the latest in a series of compilations that began in 2001with the 'Rough Trade Shops 25 Years' album, and which continued with sets dedicated to electronic music, rock n roll, post punk, country and Iindiepop, all compiled by Rough Trade shop staff.
The new collection, which, as the name suggests, focuses on singer songwriters, features 38 songs from artists such as Bright Eyes, Cat Power, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Kristin Hersch and Antony And The Johnstons. The full tracklisting is as follows, press info from Mute.
Disc One:
Micah P. Hinson - Beneath The Rose
Bright Eyes - The Calendar Hung Itself
Plush - I've Changed My Number
Franklin Bruno - The Irony Engine
Adrian Crowley - The Girl From The Estuary
Cat Power - Metal Heart
James William Hindle - Come Down Slowly
Mark Eitzel - Take Courage
Tracey Thorn - Plain Sailing
The Bevis Frond - Waving
Richard Thompson - Vincent Black Lightning 1952
PJ Harvey - Dress (demo)
Elvis Costello - I Want You
Tom Waits - Little Boy Blue
Barbara Manning - Scissors
Elliott Smith - Needle In The Hay
Simon Joyner - Alabaster
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere
James Yorkston - Someplace Simple
Julie Doiron - When The Snow Falls This November
Disc Two:
Victoria Williams - Summer Of Drugs
Richard Hawley - Hotel Room
Diane Cluck - Easy To Be Around
Vic Chesnutt - Danny Carlisle
Mark Mulcahy - The Way That She Really Is
Matthew Hattie Hein - Number One
Jane Weaver - Is Everybody Happy?
Lou Barlow & His Sentridoh - Forever Instant
Robert Wyatt - Blues In Bob Minor
Jeffrey Lewis - Don't Let The Record Label Take You Out To Lunch
Kristin Hersh - Sundrops
King Creosote - Just After 11 She Left
Charlie Parr - To A Scrapyard Bustop
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Dear Darling
Antony and The Johnsons - Cripple and The Starfish
The Mountain Goats - Masher
Nick Lowe - Endless Sleep
Daniel Johnston - Speeding Motorcycle