Creation Records

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This article is about the British indie label founded by Alan McGee. For the Creation Records label founded in 1967, see Robert Stigwood.

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Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Creation was Founded in 1983 by Alan McGee, Dick Green and Joe Foster and lasted until 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation, whom McGee greatly admired (McGee's own band was called Biff Bang Pow!, also a Creation song). From the early 1990s on, however, its 'Indie' status was severely compromised, since financial difficulties forced it into partnership with Sony, after being nearly bankrupted subsidizing the arduous, two-year long recording of Loveless.

During its existence Creation's roster featured some of the leading lights of the British indie music scene, including

It also launched subsidiary Rev-ola Records for cult reissues.

Since the dissolution of Creation Records in 1999 McGee has been running the Poptones label, which has seen a return to the staunchly independent roots of Creation. Most notably, Poptones launched the career of The Hives in the UK.