The Creation Records Story: My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize

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View image in fullscreen Every spring Australians are subjected to swooping attacks from magpies, which nonetheless were voted bird of the year in 2017 by Guardian Australia readers. and interview, with band members, Creation staff and interested parties, while maintaining an authoritative air. 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)! The book tells the story of flamboyant company founder Alan McGee and the many great bands that recorded for the label, such as the Jesus and Mary Chain, the House of Love, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Primal Scream and Oasis.

Favorite song is the opener but dedicate “Blue” to my friend Blue who lost her life at 22, she would have loved this album. busy as The Loft provided some of the first really major sellers on the label -with radio sessions, ‘proper’ tours and all that palaver going on, it looked certain that The Loft would be Creation's first "Breaking" act to hit the mainstream. My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for the Prize transcends the parochial concerns of most rock biographies, although it comes steeped in them too. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. It takes you on a long trip, starting with punk rock hitting Glasgow in 1976, leading through the many years of scuffling, Creation Records shoving out any old rough mix by The Jazz Butcher to have new product for "The Kids" to keep some turnover rolling for the business.Out of print for many years and regarded as one of the greatest music books ever written, My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize: The Creation Records Story is the definitive account of the iconic British record label, republished for the label’s 40th anniversary. I often find myself being so deep in thought that I'm not really listening to what my children are saying to me and I extrapolated guilty feelings over that into the story of someone who for a combination of personal ambition and commuter journey time ends up missing out on his kids growing up and not really knowing them or the 'Herberts' they might be hanging out with. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit. It's the tale of how a Scottish train driver left his job in 1980 and moved to London to start a record label.

The story of indie, told through the prism of Creation Records, gathered from many interviews with the musicians, scenesters, journalists and fans who were there on the way through. My expectations may have been a bit on the high side, but it was interesting and informative to say the least.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. It is a long long book and the obsessive details about the Jesus and Mary Chain, Ride, Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine might be a bit much for some.

By the mid 90's McGee had a bad drug habit but he also signed the almighty Oasis, who then made Creation the hippest label ever. Out of print for many years and regarded as one of the greatest music books ever written, My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize: The Creation Records Story is the definitive account of the iconic British record label, republished for the label’s 40th anniversary. The history of Creation Records is equal parts black comedy, tragedy, farce and urban myth - laced with orgiastic quantities of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll.Anything that gives me more insight into the early years of the Jesus and Mary Chain is always going to get a thumbs up from me. Neither is the book sensationalist - whatever that appallingly designed cover might suggest - the heavy cocaine use being documented rather than drooled over, with Oasis appearing only two-thirds in. Now, when the dust has settled, this is the definitive full on story of The Loft in sound, words and visuals; with full participation by ALL the members!

I picked up the meal, which had fallen to the ground at this stage and started walking to my car, which wasn’t that far away. for anyone who has had or has Creation bands take up consider playing time on the stereo and in the head.So many of the bands in this book my brother and I saw, bought their records or followed them passionately through the dark nights that is England. When news of the closure of Creation Records broke on November 26 1999, one person at least must have been grateful. His right eye, which bore the brunt of the attack, was still blurry, but he said doctors believed the main concern was preventing infection.