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6 unusual facts about Creation Records


A Flat Man

Originally released in 1998 on Creation Records, it was re-released in 2008 by Hoorgi House Records, a label set up by Ivor Cutler's family after his death.

Absolute Classic Masterpieces Volume II

It collects tracks from the band's singles and albums recorded for Creation Records between 1986 and 1988.

Auburn Lull

The quintet came together out of its members' shared affection for bands like Seefeel, Flying Saucer Attack, earlier works from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, along with many of the acts on the 4AD and Creation Records imprints.

Jonny Owen

Former Creation Records head Alan McGee plays the Svengali 'Dixie' pursues in an effort to get the band he manages signed.

Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death

Their first album for Creation Records, it is composed of short instrumentals in different styles and is less than nineteen minutes in length.

Tiny Meat

It is the band's best known song, and was released in 1995 in the United States by the WORK/Creation labels.


Doing God's Work – A Creation Compilation

Doing God's Work - A Creation Compilation is a various artists compilation album of British indie music released in 1987 by Creation Records.

Empire of Dirt

Fonarow was given a vinyl edition of the Cash album American IV by Alan McGee, founder of Creation Records while writing the manuscript.

Meat Whiplash

"Meat Whiplash" was also the name of a mid-80s independent record store in Plymouth, Devon, run by Jeff Barrett, who later worked as a press officer for Creation Records and then founded Heavenly Records.

Rev-Ola Records

The label was originally a subsidiary of the Creation Records publishing arm, Creation Songs, in which guise it also issued spoken word recordings by William Shatner and Ivor Cutler, as well as first-time reissues by favoured artists, such as Fred Neil and Yma Sumac.

Upside Down: The Creation Records Story

Over a quarter of a century since it began and a decade after it folded, this is the definitive story of Creation Records, which operated under the stewardship of Alan McGee between 1984 and 1999.


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