The size of a house brick, this book was a labour of love in the reading and, no doubt, in the writing.

Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here.Little did he know that over the course of 20 or so odd years Creation would be a label that spawned a lot of game changers in the indie world. Working for magazines like Q, Select, Sound and Mojo, he has proven himself a journalist of rare insight, style and integrity and conducted a huge number of entertaining and memorable interviews. how Creation Records suddenly pulled-out its funding for their North American tour which the band paid for themselves (albeit in a much smaller/fewer city tour- where they were absolutely amazing in case you missed it) this book was still fascinating esp.

It's incredibly comprehensive, including a wealth of behind the scenes material and colorful anectdotes.I bought these records when they were released and still listen to them today, so I’m a little biased, but frankly this is the best musical biography, of a label as opposed to a band or musician that I’ve read. Most obvious of these was the souring of Creation's always problematic relationship with its prized asset Oasis, but the book's gestation also coincided with the British music industry's slide into recession and McGee's disillusionment with what his company - and by definition he himself - had become. The Creation Records Story: My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize was origi- nally published to wide critical-acclaim in 2001. Doubtless conceived as an orthodox rags-to-riches account of how Alan McGee's stewardship of the most celebrated independent record label in the world took him from a Glasgow housing scheme to 10 Downing Street, accruing vast wealth and narcotic-fuelled notoriety along the way, Cavanagh's project got overtaken by events.

In 1999, however, McGee announced his shock departure as his label's influence over a generation of British music came to a confusing and disappointing end. The Oasis bits aside - they're as tiresome to read about as they are to look at or listen to - this is a fitting overview of a label that played a significant role in defining the independent music scene in the UK from the 1980s onwards.

They would have also fit in on the Postcard label out of Scotland as well (Aztec Camera, Orange Juice, Josef K, the Go Betweens, etc)! Containing inter- views with Creation musicians, employees, supporters and detractors, this is the inside story of Creation Records - and of British music since the 1980s.