Behind The Counter with Ian Rankin: 2CD

FEATURES JOY DIVISON, SCRITTI POLITI, ENO, MAGAZINE, THE CURE, SIMPLE MINDS, ISAAC HAYES, BRIAN ENO, KING CREOSOTE, THROBBING GRISTLE AND MORE.

Rough Trade Shops presents Behind the Counter with Ian Rankin, the second instalment in a compilation series inviting artists to curate mixes of the music that has most influenced them, sourced from records sold on the Rough Trade shop floor.

This compilation mix from Scottish writer and music obsessive Ian Rankin follows the first Behind The Counter mix from much-loved British composer Max Richter, released in 2017.

As a longtime vinyl enthusiast who has always dreamed of working in record shops, Rankin’s curation is inspired by some of the first singles he ever bought and songs which have inspired titles of his best-selling novels – Jackie Leven’s ‘Another Man’s Rain’ (which became ‘Another Man’s Grave’) and The Cure’s ‘The Hanging Garden’.

“I still haunt record shops and play vinyl and I still compose playlists, just in case the chance of working behind the counter arrives." Rankin says. “Here’s some of what you’d be hearing if you pushed open the door and walked into my emporium, tunes I never tire of listening to.”

Tracklist:

1) John Barry - Theme from The Persuaders
2) Passions -I’m in Love With a German Film Star
3) Brian Eno - Fat Lady of Limbourg
4) Limananas - El Beach
5) Carmel - Bad Day
6) Magazine - The Light Pours Out of Me
7) Joy Division - Atmosphere
8) King Creosote - Ankle Shackles (Edit)
9) Saints - No Time
10) Swansway - Soul Train
11) The Cure - The Hanging Garden
12) Julie Fowlis – Blackbird

1) Throbbing Gristle - United
2) Isobel Campbell - Willow’s Song
3) Kath Williams - Electric
4) Roy Budd - Get Carter (Main Theme)
5) Jackie Leven - Another Man’s Rain
6) Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl
7) Simple Minds - I Travel
8) Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells - The Copper Top
9) Anchoress, featuring James Dean Bradfield - The Exchange
10) Python Lee Jackson featuring Rod Stewart - In A Broken Dream
11) Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft