With such a tumultuous, feverishly exciting history their is critic space here to delve into the 30+ year lineage of London's Rough Trade records. Geoff Travis stands at the forefront of the tale taking thousands of records under his wings, hundreds of hopefuls through the demo stacks, whole movements have come his way and myriad death's and re-births have always been at  the door.

Whatever, it's the band's who make up the Rough Trade story not the dramatic emphemera. The music and the artists that course through the vinyl and the binary is what matters... wander through the extensive bleep > Rough Trade back catalogue and pick out a top five, its difficult.