Editing Creation Records (section)

{{short description|British record label}}
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{{Infobox record label
| name        = Creation Records Ltd.
| image       = File:CREREC.png
| parent      = [[Sony Music Entertainment]]
| founded     = 1983
| founder     = [[Alan McGee]]<br />Dick Green<br />[[Slaughter Joe|Joe Foster]]
| defunct     = 1999
| distributor = 
| genre       = Various
| country     = United Kingdom
| location    = [[London]], England
| url         = {{URL|creation-records.com}}
}}

'''Creation Records Ltd.''' was a British [[independent record label]] founded in 1983 by [[Alan McGee]], Dick Green, and [[Slaughter Joe|Joe Foster]]. Its name came from the 1960s band [[The Creation (band)|The Creation]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Eddie Philips Interview|title=Creation Records|url=http://www.creation-records.com/interviews/the-creation/|work=The Creation Interview|date=27 February 2010 }}</ref> whom McGee greatly admired. The label ceased operations in 1999, although it was revived at one point in 2011 for the release of the [[compilation album]] ''Upside Down''.

Over the course of its sixteen-year history, Creation predominantly focused on [[alternative rock]], releasing several influential [[indie rock]], [[shoegaze]], and [[Britpop]] records, but also featured bands performing various other styles of [[rock music|rock]], including [[indie pop]] and [[post-punk]], as well as some [[electronic music|electronic]], [[folk music|folk]], and [[experimental music|experimental]] artists.