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

'The greatest book ever written on British independent music' - Guardian

'One of the best British music books of the last ten years' - Mojo

Founded by Alan McGee in 1983, Creation Records achieved significant 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 propelled Creation to fame on the world stage. In 1999, however, McGee announced his shock departure, as his label's immense influence over a generation of British music came to a confusing and ultimately disappointing end.

Containing revealing interviews with Creation musicians, employees, supporters, and detractors, this is the definitive inside story of Creation Records—and of British music since the 1980s.