Bjork, Thurston, Jarvis Make Rough Trade Mix
Also: James Murphy, Erol Alkan, Bobby Gillespie

Making someone a mixtape is universal code for "I love you" for the less-than-forthright of us, and what better way to get some lovin' than to listen to a mix carefully compiled by some of your favorite artists? The folks over at Rough Trade have just such a mix set for a September 25 release in the UK (alas, Americans remain loveless).

Rough Trade Shops will be celebrating its 30th anniversary with the release of The Record Shop: 30 Years of Rough Trade Shops, which features 30 tracks from the likes of the Modern Lovers, the Pixies, Björk and LCD Soundsystem, among many others.

The real treat, however, is that 30 members of the store's famous clientele, including some of the artists featured, handpicked the tracks on the two-disc compilation. These curators include Jarvis Cocker, Björk, Thurston Moore, DFA/LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy, Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie, and Sire Records co-founder Seymour Stein. Each curator will also contribute liner notes to the package. The tracklist is listed after the jump with the names of the people who chose each track in parentheses.

The Record Shop: 30 Years of Rough Trade Shops:

Disc 1:

01 The Modern Lovers - "Pablo Picasso" (Paul Smith)
02 Swell Maps - "Read About Seymour" (Laurence Bell)
03 Kleenex - "Hedi's Head" (Mark Moore)
04 The Rezillos - "I Can't Stand My Baby" (Seymour Stein)
05 Adam and the Ants - "Zerox" (Youth)
06 Holger Czukay - "Persian Love" (Don Letts)
07 The Mekons - "Kill" (Ana Da Silva)
08 The Soft Boys - "I Wanna Destroy You" (Derek Pringle)
09 Boyd Rice - "Track 1, Side 1" (Daniel Miller)
10 The Blue Orchids - "Work" (Stewart Lee)
11 Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force - "Planet Rock" (Geoff Travis)
12 Mighty Mighty - "Night After Night" (Tarquin Gotch)
13 Bongwater - "His Old Look" (Jon Savage)
14 Lard - "The Power of Lard" (Erol Alkan)
15 Pixies - "Here Comes Your Man" (Luella Bartley)

Disc 2:

01 Joe Strummer - "Island Hopping" (Luce Mellor)
02 Skinned Teen - "Pillow Case Kisser" (Thurston Moore)
03 Bikini Kill - "Capri Pants" (Gary Walker)
04 Stock, Hausen and Walkman - "Belly Up" (Jarvis Cocker)
05 Stereolab & Nurse With Wound - "Simple Headphone Mind" (Michel Gaubert)
06 Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight - "At First She Starts" (Peter Christopherson)
07 Karen Dalton - "In the Evening (It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best)" (Jeff Barrett)
08 Mulatu Astatke - "Yakermo Sew" (David Adjaye)
09 Matmos - "Stupid Fambaloo" (Björk)
10 The Frogs - "Sailors Board Me Now" (Savage Pencil)
11 Schneider TM vs. Kpt. Michigan - "The Light 3000" (James Murphy)
12 The Carter Family - "No Depression in Heaven" (Bobby Gillespie)
13 James Luther Dickinson - "O How She Dances" (Sean Rowley)
14 Björk - "Where Is the Line" (Richard Russell)
15 LCD Soundsystem - "Losing My Edge" (Spazom)