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

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After that Super Furry Animals were signed and then one bad choice after another until the label folded into 2000. Since then he has developed - and shaken - a spectular drug habit, suffered a nervous breakdown, become a millionaire and, famously, visited 10 Downing Street. Only last month, a video of a young boy being relentlessly swooped by a magpie – and filmed by his father – went viral. When news of the closure of Creation Records broke on November 26 1999, one person at least must have been grateful. Containing interviews with Creation musicians, employees, supporters and detractors, this is the inside story of Creation Records - and of British music since the 1980s.

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. The pre-loved books are carefully cleaned and maintained offering a wide variety of general and specialist titles from children's to adults. 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.What started as a “one-way conversation” with a magpie has ended with a Victorian man airlifted to hospital with serious injuries to both his eyes. Falls into the ranks of tracks like “Dance” by ESG, “Eisbaer” by Grauzone, “Damaged Goods” by Gang of Four or like the album description says Kleenex. Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here. It's a bit rushed in the latter stages, but it's well worth a read for anyone interested in the machinations of the music industry. 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.

While it is true they caused immense financial problems for Creation, their amazingly original Loveless album is now generally regarded as a masterpiece on par with Sgt. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies.Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. This isn't a great book but it is essential for fans of Creation Records, being the only salient and exhaustive book on that subject so far produced. Guitarist/singer Pete Astor formed the more well-known WEATHER PROPHETS after the demise of the LOFT. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.

On the flip side, Kevin Shields and My Bloody Valentine are treated almost with disdain by the author. Apart from the shock of it all, I just thought, yes, it had struck me in the face, but I didn’t think it had done any damage. My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for the Prize transcends the parochial concerns of most rock biographies, although it comes steeped in them too. 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 title was inspired by a book about Creation records 'my Magpie Eyes are hungry for the prize' which in turn was taken from 'Up the Hill Down The Slope' by The Loft. The Creation Records Story is in equal parts black comedy, tragedy, farce and urban myth, laced with large, large helpings of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.