The Creation Records story : my magpie eyes are hungry for the prize /

ISBN:

Signatur:

Schlüsselwörter:

Hinweise:

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction / John Harris -- Prologue: the indie dream -- Part one: Creating and destroying -- The galvanised latecomer -- The sound of Young Scotland -- The neophyte psychedelian -- A war on pop -- A premier concert spoiled -- Part two: the magpies -- The margin of psychosis -- The fifth member of the Mary Chain -- The four desperados -- R. in the I. -- The President at the Waldorf -- Part three: Binging and purging -- The difference between going there and being there -- Viaticum -- The road less travelled: Wales visitation -- Removing the unwanted associations -- American Kamikaze -- More like torture than entertainment: My Bloody Valentine say goodbye -- Part four: the prize -- Forty-nine per cent fo an insolvent rock 'n' roll label -- Maximum life expectancy -- Jacuzzi rock -- On bended knee -- A corporate virus: the marketing revolution -- The unstoppable juggernaut -- Control -- The new deal -- Slaying the dinosaur."Founded by Alan McGee in 1983, Creation Records achieved notoriety as the home of Primal Scream, the Jesus and Mary Chain and other anti-Establishment 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 interviews with Creation musicians, employees, supporters and detractors, this is the inside story of Creation Records - and of British music since the 1980. Out of print for many years and regarded as one of the greatest music books ever written, The Creation Records Story: My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize is the definitive account of the iconic British record label, republished for the label's 40th anniversary."--Amazon.com