Rough Trade Records: Difference between revisions

Rough Trade Records was relaunched in 2000 as an independently owned entity, a partnership between Travis, [[Jeannette Lee]] (a former member of [[Public Image Ltd.]]), and minority partners [[Sanctuary Records]], as a part of the [[Zomba Group of Companies|Zomba Group]] until 11 June 2002 when [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]] bought out this business. Prior to the BMG buyout, Rough Trade Records released [[the Strokes]]' debut EP [[The Modern Age]] in the spring of 2001.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Eliscu|first=Jenny|date=2001-04-12|title=The Strokes' 'The Modern Age' EP Echoes Television, Velvet Underground|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-strokes-the-modern-age-ep-echoes-television-velvet-underground-102334/|access-date=2022-02-03|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> In July 2007 Sanctuary Records then sold its tsakestake in Rough Trade to the [[Beggars Group]]. Throughout this period, and continuing under Beggars, the label has been co-managed by Lee and Travis.