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Radio 6 Music,28 Jul 2026,180 mins

Always Check the Label: 50 Years of Rough Trade

Huw Stephens

Available for 22 days

Huw celebrates 50 years of Rough Trade – the pioneering independent label behind artists including The Smiths, The Strokes and The Libertines. Joining him are Rough Trade founders Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee, who look back on the label's extraordinary journey from a small West London record shop to one of the world's most influential independent music institutions. Together they revisit the artists, records and defining moments that reshaped music history, sharing behind-the-scenes stories and reflecting on the independent spirit that has kept Rough Trade at the forefront of music for five decades. Huw has another brand new quiz created by the Music Quiz Generator, giving one of you the opportunity to win a Music Sounds Better With Huw pinbadge. And we declare that your evening has begun with the Home Run playlist at 5 o'clock. Plus, Bonobo takes part in this weeks 'Song I Wish I'd Written'. Produced by BBC Audio in Cardiff for BBC Radio 6 Music.

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    Radio Heart
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    The Futureheads
  3. 2.
    Hey Heartbreaker
    Hey Heartbreaker
    Dream Wife
  4. 3.
    I'm Yours (feat. Mitch Sanders)
    I'm Yours (feat. Mitch Sanders)
    Tricky