Creation Records

Creation Records was a British record label that had 1983-2000 many successful bands such as Oasis, Felt, My Bloody Valentine, Ride and Jesus And Mary Chain under contract.

History

Creation Records was founded in 1983 by Alan McGee with the help of a loan of £ 1,000. The name comes from the British band The Creation, which then McGee greatly admired and whose comeback albums Power Surge and Lay The Ghost he published. The first major success was the release of the single Upside Down by The Jesus and Mary Chain, which sold 50 000 times. In 1986, Creation take the post - punk band Felt under contract and brought in the same year out their most successful LP Forever Breathes the Lonely Word. In the following were the most successful British bands of the nineties under contract with Creation Records, to include Primal Scream, Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and The House Of Love.

1990 brought Creation with the release of Nowhere by Ride the first chart placing in the top 20; the same band released in 1992 with the song Leave Them All Behind the first Top 10 ranking. In 1993 McGee signed Oasis, whose 1994 album Definitely Maybe went into the UK charts at # 1 a. More LPs released by Sugar Boo Radleys and the. The next few years were marked by the great success of Oasis. However, the " independent" status of the label was increasingly loose as it was going through financial difficulties to cooperate and eventually taken over by Sony Music.

McGee left Creation Records in 1999 and later founded the Poptones label; the last album that was released in 2000 on Creation Records, XTRMNTR Primal Scream was.