David Cavanagh - The Creation Records Story - My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize. Bleep.

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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, re- published for the label's 40th anniversary. 'The greatest book ever written on British independent music' Guardian 'One of the best British music books of the last ten years' Mojo Founded by Alan McGee in 1983, Creation Records achieved notoriety as the home of Primal Scream, the Jesus and Mary Chain and other anti-Establish- ment acts. During the Britpop boom of the mid-90s, the astonishing success of Oasis brought Creation fame on the world stage. 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. 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.

2023 is the 40th anniversary of the first release on Creation Records (which was ’73 in ’83 by The Legend, fact fans) The Guardian called the book ‘The greatest book ever written on British independent music’

Author Biography: David Cavanagh has written for Select, Sounds, Q, Mojo and Uncut. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Goodnight and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five of John Peel Helped To Shape Modern Life. The Creation Records Story: My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize was origi- nally published to wide critical-acclaim in 2001. He died in 2018

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