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When Creation went dance
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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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Martin St John publishes new book on The Cramps
Ex-Primal Scream member Martin St John has followed-up his biography by releasing a new book on his favourite band The Cramps. Forever Cramped follows his obsession since seeing for The Cramps for the first time in 1979 at Glasgow Apollo. Fifteen years later The Cramps signed to Creation briefly. The book is available to order…
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Watch Primal Scream : The Memphis Tapes
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Primal Scream to release The Original Memphis Sessions
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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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Bobby Gillespie joins the Jesus & Mary Chain onstage
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Listen to Martin St John talk about his Primal Scream days
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Listen to the samples and influences of Screamadelica
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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.