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If you loved Rough Trade by Rob Young, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Business Aspects, History & Criticism, and Music.

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Top related books to Rough Trade

Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Rough Trade.

Elvis and the Colonel An Insider’s Look at the Most Legendary Partnership in Show Business — Greg McDonald

Elvis and the Colonel An Insider’s Look at the Most Legendary Partnership in Show Business

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Backstage Pass — Paul Stanley

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Buzzin’ The Nine Lives of a Happy Monday — Bez

Buzzin’ The Nine Lives of a Happy Monday

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

The House that Rock Built How it Took Time, Money, Music Moguls, Corporate Types, Politicians, Media, Artists, and Fans to Bring the Rock Hall to Cleveland — Norm N. Nite

The House that Rock Built How it Took Time, Money, Music Moguls, Corporate Types, Politicians, Media, Artists, and Fans to Bring the Rock Hall to Cleveland

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Orchestra Management Models and Repertoires for the Symphony Orchestra — Arne Herman

Orchestra Management Models and Repertoires for the Symphony Orchestra

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Gibson Guitars 100 Years of an American Icon

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

How Music Works — David Byrne

How Music Works

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Too Late To Stop Now More Rock’n’Roll War Stories — Allan Jones

Too Late To Stop Now More Rock’n’Roll War Stories

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

The Final Days of EMI Selling the Pig — Eamonn Forde

The Final Days of EMI Selling the Pig

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Making Tracks A Record Producer’s Southern Roots Music Journey — Scott Billington

Making Tracks A Record Producer’s Southern Roots Music Journey

Scott Billington

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

The World in Six Songs How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature — Daniel Levitin

The World in Six Songs How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

The Music Never Stops What Putting on 10,000 Shows Has Taught Me about Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Magic — Peter Shapiro

The Music Never Stops What Putting on 10,000 Shows Has Taught Me about Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Magic

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Band People Life and Work in Popular Music — Franz Nicolay

Band People Life and Work in Popular Music

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Improvising on a Theme The Story of the Birmingham Music Service — Cormac Loane

Improvising on a Theme The Story of the Birmingham Music Service

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Researching Live Music Gigs, Tours, Concerts and Festivals — Chris Anderton

Researching Live Music Gigs, Tours, Concerts and Festivals

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Glastonbury An Oral History of the Music, Mud and Magic — Crispin Aubrey

Glastonbury An Oral History of the Music, Mud and Magic

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Sellout The Major-label Feeding Frenzy that Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994-2007) — Dan Ozzi

Sellout The Major-label Feeding Frenzy that Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994-2007)

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Time Has Come Today — Harold Bronson

Time Has Come Today

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

The Working Musician’s Handbook for Professional Success How to Establish Your Value in the Real World — Kris Hawkins

The Working Musician’s Handbook for Professional Success How to Establish Your Value in the Real World

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

A New Philosophy of Opera — Yuval Sharon

A New Philosophy of Opera

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Chairman at the Board Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation — Bill Schnee

Chairman at the Board Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay The Dopsy Business of Popular Music — Simon Napier-Bell

Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay The Dopsy Business of Popular Music

Simon Napier-Bell

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Make Your Own Rules Stories and Hard-Earned Advice from a Creator in the Digital Age — Andrew Huang

Make Your Own Rules Stories and Hard-Earned Advice from a Creator in the Digital Age

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

Uncommon People — Miranda Sawyer

Uncommon People

Themes: Business Aspects • History & Criticism • Music

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Rough Trade by Rob Young — spanning Business Aspects, History & Criticism, Music and featuring authors such as Greg McDonald, Paul Stanley, Bez, Norm N. Nite, and others.

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