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It was 20 years ago today!
26th November 2000 was the date I first launched this website, twenty years ago! The month before two books and a compilation album on the subject of Creation Records were released but there was still very little information about the music online. I had no plans other than to fill that gap. The legacy […]
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Goodbye NME, thanks for the good times…
After 66 years the print edition of the New Music Express is coming to an end. For many decades it was the leading weekly music paper. It championed Punk, Acid House, Hip-Hop, Madchester, Grunge and Beatlemania. Sadly around the turn of the century it seemed to drop much of the music analysis to try and […]
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Listen to live recording of My Bloody Valentine on Loveless tour
Today marks 25 years since My Bloody Valentine started the UK leg of their Loveless tour so this is a perfect opportunity to share with you a live set from those dates.
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My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless turns 25
Released on November 4th 1991, My Bloody Valentine’s final Creation release ‘Loveless’ featured sounds that no one had ever heard before leaving a legacy for a generation of bands to use as a blueprint.
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Interview with Tim Worthington, author of Higher Than The Sun
Autumn 1991 saw Creation release three of its most iconic albums in Screamadelica, Loveless and Bandwagonesque. To celebrate 25 years since those releases I caught up with Tim Worthington the author of a book about those three albums and Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne on Jeff Barrett’s Heavenly Records.
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My Bloody Valentine to reissue back catalogue on vinyl
Four years after the reissue on CD it seems My Bloody Valentine’s back catalogue is finally coming out again on vinyl.
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Listen to Creation Records live 1987-1990 Vol. 2
After last year’s hugely popular Live In London compilation, it seemed only right to follow it up with another compilation of live recordings.
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1991 – The Year Creation Broke
Every Creation fan has their favourite era, but for many 1991 was year the label peaked musically. 1991 is often talked about in similar terms to 1967 for being a year of classic albums.
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The Creation Records Spotify playlist
At over 3.5 hours long, the Creation Records Spotify playlist covers most of the 17 years of Creation releases. Featuring early favourites like Biff Bang Pow! Phil Wilson, Revolving Paint Dream and The Jasmine Minks. Then there’s the later years with Super Furry Animals, Bernard Butler and Sugar. Sandwiched between those are most of the […]
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Listen to unheard My Bloody Valentine interview from 1992
A previously unheard interview with Kevin Shields during My Bloody Valentine’s 1992 European ‘Loveless’ tour has been uploaded to YouTube.